The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Unidentified American servicemen, most likely USAAF, work to clear the ruined bedroom of a house destroyed by a bomb during the Japanese air raid of 15 March, 1943. The men wear American webbing belts with American helmets, and what appears to be a version of khaki trousers worn by the USAAF. As an official photograph which cleared censorship for publication almost immediately after being taken (when so much Darwin imagery did not), this image may have been posed for public relations. The original caption stated "NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. JAPANESE RAID ON DARWIN. THIS BEDROOM SUFFERED SEVERELY WHEN HIT BY A BOMB DURING THE RECENT RAID ON DARWIN. 49 FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS WERE ATTACKED BY SPITFIRES, AT LEAST 14 OF THE ENEMY PLANES BEING SHOT OUT OF THE ACTION (NEGATIVE BY H. TURNER)".
JAPANESE RAID ON DARWIN. SPITFIRES MANNED BY THE RAAF AND R.A.F. WENT INTO ACTION FOR THE SECOND TIME IN AUSTRALIAN WHEN 49 JAP BOMBERS AND FIGHTERS RAIDED DARWIN. AT LEAST 14 WERE SHOT OUT OF ACTION.
JAPANESE RAID ON DARWIN. SPITFIRES MANNED BY THE RAAF AND R.A.F. WENT INTO ACTION FOR THE SECOND TIME IN AUSTRALIA WHEN 49 JAP BOMBERS AND FIGHTERS RAIDED DARWIN. AT LEAST 14 WERE SHOT OUT OF ACTION.
JAPANESE RAID ON DARWIN. SOLDIERS IN A BOMB CRATER LOOKING FOR SOUVENIR SPLINTERS AFTER THE RAID ON DARWIN WHEN AT LEAST 14 OUT OF 49 JAP PLANES WERE SHOT OUT OF ACTION. THIS BOMB EXPLODED IN THE BUSH
JAPANESE RAID ON DARWIN. ONE OF FOUR SPITFIRES SHOT OUT OF ACTION DURING THE RAID ON DARWIN ON 15 MARCH 1943. THE PILOT PARACHUTED TO SAFETY. AT LEAST 14 OF THE 49 ENEMY PLANES WERE SHOT OUT OF ACTION
JAPANESES RAID ON DARWIN. SPITFIRES MANNED BY THE RAAF AND R.A.F. WENT INTO ACTION FOR THE SECOND TIME IN AUSTRALIA WHEN 49 JAP BOMBERS AND FIGHTERS RAIDED DARWIN. AT LEAST 14 WERE SHOT OUT OF ACTION.
JAPANESE RAID ON DARWIN. A HOUSE AT DARWIN DAMAGED BY A BOMB DROPPED DURING A JAPANESE RAID WHEN AT LEAST 14 PLANES WERE SHOT OUT OF ACTION. (NEGATIVE BY H. TURNER).
