The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
KEEPING THE DEFENCE IN ORDER AT AN ADVANCED OPERATIONAL BASE IN NEW GUINEA. JAPANESE RAIDERS ARE FINDING IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO OPERATE EFFECTIVELY AGAINST OUR FORWARD BASES OWING TO THE EFFICIENCY AND KEENNESS OF THE DEFENDERS - BOTH AIR-BORNE AND ON THE GROUND. THIS PICTURE SHOWS AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN CREW CLEANING AND ADJUSTING THEIR WEAPON.
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. PREPARING FOR A RAID ON JAPANESE POSITIONS FROM AN ADVANCED AUSTRALIAN OPERATIONAL BASE. PICTURE SHOWS AN ARMOURER INSERTING THE DETONATOR FUSE IN A 500 POUND BOMB. (NEGATIVE BY TU
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. PREPARING FOR A RAID ON JAPANESE POSITIONS FROM AN ADVANCED AUSTRALIAN OPERATIONAL BASE. PICTURE SHOWS INCENDIARIES BEING LOADED INTO THE BOMB BAY OF A B25 BOMBER. (NEGATIVE BY TUR
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. PREPARING FOR A RAID ON JAPANESE POSITIONS FROM AN ADVANCED AUSTRALIAN OPERATIONAL BASE. PICTURE SHOWS A BOMB TROLLEY TRAIN CARRYING 500 POUND BOMBS FROM A BOMB DISPERSAL AREA TO T
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. PREPARING FOR A RAID ON JAPANESE POSITIONS FROM AN ADVANCED AUSTRALIAN OPERATIONAL BASE. PICTURE SHOWS DUTCH ARMOURERS LIFTING 500 POUND DEMOLITION BOMBS OVER TO THE BOMB BAY OF A
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. PREPARING FOR A RAID ON JAPANESE POSITIONS FROM AN ADVANCED AUSTRALIAN OPERATIONAL BASE. PICTURE SHOWS A BOMB TRAIN IN FRONT OF A B25 BOMBER. FROM THE BOMB TRAIN THE BOMBS WILL BE
Western Desert, North Africa. 22 November 1942. Riggers and fitters of one squadron have made their home in a wrecked Stuka aircraft. Allied Air Force squadrons are moving rapidly in the Western Deser
