The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Berlin, Germany. C. 1944-02. Effects of an 8,000 lb bomb dropped in a suburb of Berlin during one of RAF Bomber Command's attacks. This photograph, taken a month after the bomb was dropped, shows the crater filled in (arrow), and the visible area of destruction covering approximately 4,700 yards. The outer dotted line shows an area of approximately 14 acres over which buildings are seen to have been damaged by blast, as revealed by re-roofing and repairs.
Berlin, Germany. C. 1944-02. Effects of an 8,000 lb bomb dropped in a suburb of Berlin during one of RAF Bomber Command's attacks. This photograph, taken more than a month after the bomb was dropped,
Western Desert, North Africa. c. 1942. The wreckage of a German Afrika Corps lorry beside the crater made by a 250lb bomb dropped by the RAF. The Opel Blitz vehicle was totally destroyed by the bomb-b
Wooden tail fuse cone for a British 1650 lb bomb. This relic consists of a turned piece of timber with a diameter approximately 225 mm wide and height of 110 mm. The base of the cone shows extreme
Berlin, Germany. C. 1944-03-08. Reconnaissance photograph showing effect of RAF Bomber Command's tremendous blows at the heart of the German capital since the real Battle of Berlin was opened by the h
VULCAN, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-14. THE CRATER FORMED BY THE DESTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 20 TONS OF JAPANESE AMMUNITION. IT WAS DESTROYED BY MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION.
Nagasaki, Japan. 1945-08. The extent of destruction of this city of 260,000 population after the second atom bomb was dropped. Approximately 40,000 were killed and a similar number injured. Note (righ
