The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN POSITION INSIDE TOBRUK PROTECTED BY ITALIAN AMMUNITION BOXES FILLED WITH STONES. THEY PROVIDE AMPLE PROTECTION AGAINST THE SPLINTERS OF BOMBS DROPPED BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT.
Salerno, Italy. 23 September 1943. An RAF Glen Martin Baltimore bomber aircraft flies over the bursts of bombs dropped by other aircraft during a raid on German positions in the Salerno area. The vall
TOBRUK - AN ITALIAN ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN THAT WAS DISPATCHED BY A DIRECT HIT FROM OUR ARTILLERY.
Australian troops watching anti aircraft guns firing at a German aircraft near Morbecque. Note the ammunition boxes in left foreground.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941-05. MEN OF 8 BATTERY, 2/3RD LIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT REGIMENT, WITH .303 LEE ENFIELD RIFLES AND BAYONETS. RIFLES WERE ISSUED TO THE MEN OF THE BATTERY TO DEFEND TOBRUK AGAINST THE ANTIC
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. DEFENDERS OF THE TOBRUK FORTRESS DURING THE SIEGE, USE CAPTURED ITALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND AMMUNITION TO WARD OFF NAZI PLANES.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. DEFENDERS OF THE TOBRUK FORTRESS DURING THE SIEGE, USE CAPTURED ITALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND AMMUNITION TO WARD OFF NAZI PLANES.
