The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The burnt out remains of a B-17 Flying Fortress, one of the six large aircraft, which included two Flying Fortresses and a B-24 Liberator, destroyed on the ground in the Japanese air-raid on the town on 3 March 1942. Most of these aircraft had just arrived from the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) carrying refugees who were still aboard them. 88 people were killed in the raid, including women and children, and probably as many again wounded. Fourteen flying boats in the harbour were also destroyed.
The two B17s destroyed on the ground were B17E 41-2449, and B-17E 41-2454.
The burnt out remains of what was probably a Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force DC-3 destroyed on the ground in the Japanese air-raid on the town on 3 March 1942. The DC-3, PK-ALO, was one of six
A B-24A Liberator aircraft (B-24A 40-2473) damaged on the aerodrome in the Japanese air-raid on the town on 3rd March 1942. The aircraft was one of six large aircraft destroyed on the ground in the r
A pall of smoke rises from the burning remains of an aircraft on the aerodrome at Broome, following the the Japanese air-raid on the town on 3rd March 1942. The aircraft is probably a B-24A Liberator
One of the six large aircraft, which included two Flying Fortresses and a Liberator, destroyed on the aerodrome in the Japanese air-raid on the town on 3rd March 1942. Most of these aircraft had just
BROOME, WA. 3 MARCH 1942. THE REMAINS OF ONE OF EIGHT LARGE AIRCRAFT, WHICH INCLUDED TWO FLYING FORTRESSES AND TWO LIBERATORS, DESTROYED ON THE AERODROME IN THE JAPANESE AIR-RAID ON THE TOWN. SIXTEEN
BROOME, WA. 1942. THREE OF THE MOTORS OF ONE OF THE FOUR ENGINED AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS BURNT OUT IN THE JAPANESE AIR RAID ON THE TOWN ON 1942-03-03. FOURTEEN FLYING BOATS IN THE HARBOUR AND SIX LARGE AIR
