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Dhubalia, Bengal, India. 12 January 1945. RAAF members of No. 99 (Liberator) Squadron RAF checking over their equipment before taking off on the record breaking attack on Mandalay on 12 and 13 January 1945 are, left to right: Warrant Officer Clem (Slug) Walker, pilot of Vite Vite North, near Ballarat, Vic; Flight Sergeant Lyall (Digger) Ayres, air gunner of East Melbourne, Vic; WO Verner (Twisty) Olliffe, air bomber of Sydney, NSW.
Dhubalia, Bengal, India. 13 January 1945. Liberator bomber aircraft of No. 99 Squadron RAF of Eastern Air Command's Strategic Air Force, being prepared for their record-breaking raid on Mandalay.
Dhubalia, Bengal, India. 13 January 1945. Liberator bomber aircraft of No. 99 Squadron RAF of Eastern Air Command's Strategic Air Force, being prepared for their record-breaking raid on Mandalay.
Dhubalia, Bengal, India. 13 January 1945. Flying Officer Ian (Handlebar Hank) Hyndman, RAAF of East Ivanhoe, Vic, captain of a Liberator bomber aircraft of No. 99 Squadron RAF, prepares to take off fo
Dhubalia, Bengal, India. 13 January 1945. Liberator bomber aircraft of No. 99 Squadron RAF of Eastern Air Command's Strategic Air Force taxiing out for their record-breaking attack on Mandalay. Practi
Dhubalia, Bengal, India. 13 January 1945. Ground staff of No. 215 Squadron RAF watch the many Liberator bomber aircraft take off on the record-breaking raid on Mandalay.
Dhubalia, Bengal, India. 13 January 1945. Flying Officer Matt Adam, RAAF of Cowandilla, SA, a bomb aimer in a Liberator bomber aircraft of No. 99 Squadron RAF, watches Flight Sergeant Jock Harrower, R
