The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Darwin, NT. 21 September 1945. Informal portrait of Flight Lieutenant E. R. Oldfield of Victoria Park, WA, who was a prisoner of war (POW) for only five months. A veteran Air Gunner of the South-West Pacific Area since January 1942, he flew in Lockheed Hudson aircraft of No. 2 Squadron RAAF operating from Timor, Ambon and Darwin. During the year his Liberator aircraft from No. 23 Squadron RAAF crash landed off Soemba Island, Netherlands East Indies, after a raid on Den Pasar, Bali. He was taken POW and held in Batavia, Java.
Aru Islands, Maluccas, Netherlands East Indies. March 1943. A RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft over Dobo, a Japanese float plane base. During the month Hudson aircraft of No 2 Squadron RAAF and No. 13 Sq
Bali, Netherlands East Indies. 1944-11-10. Aerial reconnaissance photograph of a coastal inlet near Bali taken from an aircraft of No. 24 Squadron RAAF. (Donor T. Done)
Java, Netherlands East Indies. 27 January 1945. Aerial view of the Siman power house, a portion of the Kali Konto hydro-electric power system in Japanese-occupied Java, during an air raid by bomber ai
Fenton, NT. 27 January 1945. One of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft of No. 24 Squadron RAAF which took part in the raid on the hydro-electric system on the Konto River in Japanese-occu
Fenton, NT. 27 January 1945. One of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft of No. 24 Squadron RAAF which took part in the raid on the hydro-electric system on the Konto River in Japanese-occu
DARWIN, NT. 1943-04. LOCKHEED HUDSON BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO 2 SQUADRON RAAF IN FORMATION IN THE DARWIN AREA.
