The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-07-31. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN H. DEVESON OF NORTH WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC, IS COPYING WITH A CAMERA THE SERIES OF PRINTS THAT MAKE UP THE AREA. THESE ARE SENT TO BOMBING SQUADRONS AS TARGET MAPS AND USED BY THE ARMY TO PREPARE OPERATIONS. THE PRINTS WERE OBTAINED FROM FILM EXPOSED DURING AN OPERATIONAL MISSION BY A P38 LOCKHEED LIGHTNING PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT ATTACHED TO NO. 75 (FIGHTER) SQUADRON RAAF.
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-07-31. A CORPORAL PHOTOGRAPHER IS WASHING PRINTS WHICH ARE DRIED AND STUCK TOGETHER AS MOSAICS AND THEN PHOTOGRAPHED. THE PRINTS WERE OBTAINED FROM FILM EXPOSED DURING AN OPERAT
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-07-31. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN M. MORTON OF MELBOURNE, VIC, DEVELOPING PRINTS IN A DARKROOM FROM FILM EXPOSED DURING AN OPERATIONAL MISSION BY A P38 LOCKHEED LIGHTNING PHOTOGRAPHIC
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-07-31. THE COMPOSITE PICTURES OF A MOSAIC BEING USED TO MAKE A TOPOGRAPHIC MODEL. PRINTS WHICH MAKE UP THE MOSAIC CAME FROM FILM EXPOSED DURING AN OPERATIONAL MISSION BY A P38 L
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-07-31. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) H. HARDIE, KOGARAH, NSW (RIGHT) DRYING FILM WITH HOT AIR WHILE LAC K. W. GILL, SYDNEY, NSW, WIPES SURPLUS MOISTURE OFF THE FILM WITH A SPONGE. T
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-07-31. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN E. MOXLEY OF WILLOUGHBY, NSW, TITLING THE FILM AND NUMBERING AERIAL FILM EXPOSED DURING AN OPERATIONAL MISSION BY A P38 LOCKHEED LIGHTNING PHOTOGRAPHI
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1943-07-31. NAKED MEN, LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) H. HARDIE, KOGARAH, NSW (LEFT) AND LAC K. W. GILL, SYDNEY, NSW, WASHING A FILM IN A JUNGLE STREAM AFTER IT WAS DEVELOPED IN TOTAL DAR
