The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Large clouds of smoke billow from the US aircraft carrier Bunker Hill burning furiously after being hit twice within thirty seconds by Japanese kamikaze (suicide) planes. The fires eventually were extinguished and the ship reached the US safely for repairs.
OFF OKINAWA, JAPAN. 1945-05-11. ISSUING BILLOWING CLOUDS OF SMOKE HUNDREDS OF FEET INTO THE AIR FROM GASOLINE AND AMMUNITION FIRES THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS BUNKER HILL TURNS INTO THE WIND TO RESTRICT
Iwo Jima, Japan. 1945-03. Fighting a fire on the US aircraft carrier Saratoga which was hit seven times off Iwo Jima by Japanese bombs and kamikaze planes. Despite immense damage the ship reached base
LEYTE ISLAND, THE PHILIPPINES, 1944-10-26. FIRST OF A SERIES OF FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING A JAPANESE KAMIKAZE ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS SUWANNEE. THE SUWANNEE WAS ENGAGED IN RECO
Hit, Mesopotamia. 1918-03. Two members of No. 3 Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, with their horses, visiting the bitumen pits near the town. Pitch drawn from th
Kraakhellesund Fjord, Norway. C. 1945-01. Clouds of smoke pouring from a large enemy merchantman ship after rocket firing Mosquito aircraft of RAF Coastal Command had carried out an attack in Kraakhel
Kraakhellesund Fjord, Norway. C. 1945-01. Clouds of smoke pouring from a large enemy merchantman ship after rocket firing Mosquito aircraft of RAF Coastal Command had carried out an attack in Kraakhel
