The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Off Okinawa, Japan. c. 1945-04. An attacking Japanese bomber aircraft crashes into the sea in a geyser of smoke and water in front of a US Navy warship. The ship's crew stand beside their 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns ready for further attacks. (Naval Historical Collection)
Ryukyu Islands, Japan. 1945-03-18. Blazing fiercely and trailing a long plume of smoke, a Japanese dive bomber aircraft, hit by anti-aircraft fire from a US Navy carrier, plunges towards the water lik
At Sea off Japan, 1945-08-01. The battleship USS South Dakota, photographed from the destroyer HMAS Norman. In the background is a US destroyer of the Fletcher class. In the foreground, near a 20mm Oe
TWO ROYAL NAVY GUNNERS TRAINING ON A 20MM OERLIKON ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN DURING WORLD WAR 2. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
AT SEA. CREW AT THEIR POSTS ON DECK READY TO USE THE S2 OERLIKON ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS ABOARD THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS SLINGER. (ORIGINAL PRINT HOUSED IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE)
AT SEA, 1945-05-22. MEMBERS OF THE 20MM OERLIKON GUN CREW SENDING UP A BARRAGE DURING ANTI-AIRCRAFT PRACTICE ABOARD THE RAN CORVETTE, HMAS ROCKHAMPTON. THE VESSEL IS ON CONVOY DUTY.
Okinawa, Japan. c. 1945-04. Amphibious amtrac vehicles from a US Coastguard landing ship, tank (LST) (not in view) surge towards the beach while nearby a US Navy ship shells Japanese installations on
