The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Messina, Sicily, Italy. 1943. A RAAF member stands near an abandoned Italian truck found in the street in front of the Messina Roman Catholic Cathedral and tower. On the side of the tower is a lunar clock hidden by the truck and a planetarium dial. Above the planetarium dial between the two windows is the moon.
Messina, Sicily, Italy. 1943. The front exterior of the damaged Messina Roman Catholic Cathedral, to the left is the church tower showing a luna calendar clock and planetarium dial, just above the pla
Messina, Sicily, Italy. 1943. A luna calendar clock and planetarium dial on the Messina Roman Catholic Cathedral tower. Above the planetarium between the two windows is a ball shape representing the m
Messina, Sicily, Italy. 1943. The bomb damaged interior of the Messina Roman Catholic Cathedral showing rubble lying on the floor and roof missing.
Priolo, Sicily, Italy. July 1943. Exterior of the front entrance to a church in the village near Augusta. Note the bell and clock tower to the right.
Looking through the scaffolding of the unfinished Admiralty House can be seen one of "Bardia Bill's" shells bursting in the town. This section contained the homes of various Italian officials. In the
Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. July 1943. A RAAF airman talks to a street vendor on the edge of the harbour. In the background a building stands intact after the bombing.
