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ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-11. LEADING SEAMAN R.F. PEEL (1), A MEMBER OF A RMSU (RENDERING MINES SAFE UNIT) RAN, EXAMINES A BOOSTER CHARGE AT ALEXISHAFEN NO. 1 AIRSTRIP, THE BOOSTER CHARGE, POSITIONED WITH THIRTY 100 KILOGRAM AERIAL BOMBS, HAD RE-COMMENCED TICKING. IT WAS PREVENTED FROM EXPLODING BY THE DISCONNECTION OF A BATTERY POWERING THE FIRING MECHANISM. THE SIGN IN THE RIGHT FOREGROUND WAS ERECTED ABOVE THE MINE BY THE JAPANESE TO WARN THEIR OWN FORCES.
ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-11. MEMBERS OF A RMSU (RENDERING MINES SAFE UNIT) RAN, HAULING JAPANESE 100 KILOGRAM AERIAL BOMBS AT ALEXISHAFEN NO. 1 AIRSTRIP. THE BOMBS, SET TO BE FIRED WITH A BOOS
ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-11. MEMBERS OF A RMSU (RENDERING MINES SAFE UNIT) RAN, EXAMINING A LARGE CRATER AT THE ALEXISHAFEN NO.1 AIRSTRIP. THE CRATER IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE EXP
ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-11. MEMBERS OF A RMSU (RENDERING MINES SAFE UNIT), RAN, HAULING TO THE SURFACE A JAPANESE 100 KILOGRAM AERIAL BOMB AT ALEXISHAFEN NO. 1 AIRSTRIP. THE BOMB WAS THE LAST
ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-11. MEMBERS OF A RMSU (RENDERING MINES SAFE UNIT) RAN, EXAMINING A LARGE CRATER AT THE ALEXISHAFEN NO. 1 AIRSTRIP. THE CRATER IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE EX
ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-11. MEMBERS OF A RMSU (RENDERING MINES SAFE UNIT) RAN, HAULING JAPANESE 100 KILOGRAM AERIAL BOMBS AT ALEXISHAFEN NO. 1 AIRSTRIP. THE BOMBS, SET TO BE FIRED WITH A BOOS
ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-11. MEMBERS OF A RMSU (RENDERING MINES SAFE UNIT) RAN EXAMINING A 500 POUND UNEXPLODED BOMB. THE BOMB WAS DISCOVERED DURING THEIR SEARCH AT ALEXISHAFEN NO. 1 AIRSTRIP
