OG2964 Accession Number: OG2964

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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. C. 1945. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NEWEST LANDING BY AUSTRALIAN FORCES, ON THE SOUTH-EAST COAST OF BORNEO. FOR WEEKS PAST, LIBERATOR BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF THE RAAF HAVE BEEN HAMMERING THE RICH OIL CENTRE, SOFTENING ITS DEFENCES FOR THE PROPOSED LANDING. SHOWING A COMPLETE VIEW OF THE TOWNSHIP, THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN BY A RAAF CAMERAMAN AFTER OIL WELLS HAD BEEN BOMBED AND SET ABLAZE BY RAAF LIBERATOR BOMBER AIRCRAFT, FROM ONE OF WHICH THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN. SMOKE FROM THE HITS STILL BILLOWS UP FROM THE GROUND.

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Accession Number
OG2964
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 3x4" safety base
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
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Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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