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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. C. 1945-06. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING HEAVY SMOKE BILLOWING FROM FIRES STARTED BY RAAF LIBERATOR BOMBER AIRCRAFT. THE RAAF PLAYED A BIG PART IN THE PRE-INVASION BATTERING OF THE OIL PORT.
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
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
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
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
Liberator Bomber attacks on Balikpapan. On 1 May, 1945 began the invasion by Australian forces of the oil-rich territory of Borneo, which had been in Japanese hands since 1942. The series of operation
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. C. 1945. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF OIL TANKS ABLAZE AFTER BOMB ATTACKS BY RAAF LIBERATOR BOMBER AIRCRAFT IN PREPARATION FOR THE AUSTRALIAN LANDINGS IN 1945-07.
