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Photograph MEA0171 Second World War, 1939-1945During a sight seeing tour of the area RAAF airmen inspect buildings damaged by bombs dropped in German air raids.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
During a sight seeing tour of the area RAAF airmen inspect buildings damaged by bombs dropped in German air raids.
During a sight seeing tour of the area RAAF airmen inspect buildings damaged by bombs dropped in German air raids.

During a sight seeing tour of the area, RAAF airmen stand amongst rubble inside a building left in ruins by damage from bombs dropped in German air raids.

Three RAAF airmen, probably members of 450 Squadron or 3 squadron RAAF, travel by a horse drawn cart for a sight seeing tour of the area. In the background are buildings left in ruins by damage from

Some civilians inspect the ruins of buildings damaged by bombs dropped in German air raids. Note the clock tower in the right background.

MOST OF THE ISLANDERS ARE DEVOUT ROMAN CATHOLICS AND A GROUP OF SIGHT-SEEING AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN OF NO. 3 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON RAAF INSPECT A CHURCH WHICH HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY WAR AND STORMS.

Darwin area, NT. c. February 1942. Repairing the ruined buildings, possibly huts on the RAAF base, damaged by Japanese bombs during the air raids.