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Salbani, Bengal, India. 1944-11-25. 41728 Warrant Officer B. R. Francis, RAAF Air Gunner, of North Adelaide, SA, looks through a hole made by flak in the Liberator bomber aircraft of No. 356 Squadron RAF. The aircraft was hit during the longest raid of the war on Khao Huagang, on the Kra Ishtmus, in southern Siam. A shrapnel fragment lodged in Francis' parachute harness.
Salbani, Bengal, India. 1944-11-24. 425354 Warrant Officer (WO) Reg R. Postle, Wireless Air Gunner (WAG) of Kingaroy, Qld, lights a cigarette for his cousin, 426680 WO Jim Postle, WAG of Coopers Plain
Salbani, Bengal, India. 1944-11-25. RAAF member 430211 Flight Sergeant C. G. Kilsby of Casterton, Vic, Pilot in No. 356 (Liberator) Squadron RAF, holding a fox shot near his camp.
Salbani, Bengal, India. 1944-11-24. RAAF members of No. 355 (Liberator) Squadron RAF crew being interrogated after a raid on railway targets in Siam (Thailand). Left to right: Flight Lieutenant E. Eck
Salbani, Bengal, India. 1944-11-24. Liberator bomber aircraft of No. 355 Squadron RAF lined up at Salbani airfield ready for an early-morning take-off to attack Japanese rail targets in Thailand.
Salbani, Bengal, India. 1944-11-24. Liberator bomber aircraft of No. 355 Squadron RAF lined up at Salbani airfield ready for an early-morning take-off to attack Japanese rail targets in Thailand.
Salbani, Bengal, India. 1944-11-24. 409365 Warrant Officer Jack Wickham, RAAF of Broken Hill, NSW (right), Navigator in No. 355 Squadron RAF operating in India, talking with 1803659 Flight Sergeant J.
