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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-05. RAAF ENGINEERS FACED A FORMIDABLE PROBLEM WHEN THEY GOT ONTO THE TARAKAN AIRSTRIP FOR THE JAPANESE DID THEIR BEST TO DESTROY IT WITH BOMBS AND MINES. 80365 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN J. BRIDGE OF KALGOORLIE, WA, CLEARS DEBRIS FROM ROUND THE EDGE OF A BOMB CRATER WITH HIS BULLDOZER.
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-05. A RAAF LIBERATOR AIRCRAFT FLEW LOW OVER THE TARAKAN AIRSTRIP WHEN RAAF ENGINEERS WENT TO WORK ON IT AT FIRST LIGHT ON SUNDAY 1945-05-06. SHOWN: 820265 LEADING AIRCR
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN G. GERMAIN, WITH MINE DETECTOR, (1), AND LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN C.R. BIDDLE, BAYONET IN HAND, (2), MEMBERS OF NO. 3 BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT, RAAF, LOOKING FOR
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-05. THE JAPANESE SOWED SOME OF THESE WICKED LOOKING 1000LB SEA MINES ON THE TARAKAN ROADS, AND WHEN DETONATED THEY MADE A 30 FOOT CRATER. RAAF BOMB DISPOSAL BOYS GOT TH
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-09. PORTRAIT OF 75575 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN J. G. MADDOX, WARWICK, QLD, BULLDOZER OPERATOR WITH A RAAF UNIT, AT WORK ON THE TARAKAN AIRSTRIP.
ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-11. AN UNEXPLODED PARACHUTE BOMB HANGS SUSPENDED FROM A TREE NEAR THE ALEXISHAFEN NO.1 AIRSTRIP. TWO SIMILAR BOMBS WERE DISCOVERED SUSPENDED FROM TREES IN THE AREA. TH
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN G.A. MARREN, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT, CHECKS A SECTION OF THE AIRSTRIP WITH A MINE DETECTOR.
