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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-06-04. JAPANESE TROOPS (POSITIONS MARKED WITH FOUR CIRCLES) IN THEIR TRENCHES TAKING SHELTER FROM A STRAFING ATTACK BY BOOMERANG AIRCRAFT OF NO. 5 (TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE) SQUADRON RAAF, DURING THE BOUGAINVILLE CAMPAIGN. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN FROM A FEW FEET ABOVE TREE-TOP LEVEL. (SEE ALSO OG2782).
BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-06-04. TRENCHES IN A JUNGLE AREA IN WHICH JAPANESE TROOPS TOOK SHELTER AGAINST A STRAFING ATTACK BY LOW SWEEPING BOOMERANG AIRCRAFT OF NO. 5 (TACTICAL RECONNAISSANC
Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 1945-03. This photograph taken from an RAAF Boomerang a few feet above the treetops shows Japanese in their trenches (circled) towards the end of the Solomons campaign.
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-04-11. 2005 WARRANT OFFICER E. MCFARLANE OF CHELSEA, VIC, EXTRACTS AN AERIAL CAMERA FROM A BOOMERANG AIRCRAFT OF NO. 5 (TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE) SQ
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-04-11. IN THE OFFICE, ARMY AND RAAF PERSONNEL EXAMINING PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN DURING A PHOTO RECONNAISSANCE MISSION OVER JAPANESE-HELD TERRITORY ON BOU
BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-06-04. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM A BOOMERANG AIRCRAFT OF NO. 5 (TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE) SQUADRON, RAAF, DURING THE BOUGAINVILLE CAMPAIGN SHOWING THE EFFECT OF H
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-08. TAXIING OUT BEFORE TAKING OFF FROM A BOUGAINVILLE JUNGLE STRIP ON A TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SORTIE, 432800 FLYING OFFICER DOUG HILLIGER, MOS
