The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Kanhla, Burma. 23 February 1944. During the attack by aircraft of No. 177 (Beaufighter) Squadron RAF, the line of cannon strikes went through the Pump House (in foreground) to the base of a 200,000 gallon oil storage tank. Warrant Officer (WO) Royce Rayner and WO Bill Watson (both RAAF aircrew) took part in this operation. The fire in the background was the result of an attack on the BOC oil pipeline the same day.
Kanhla, Burma. 23 February 1944. The Oil Pump House, on fire, smoke billowing from inside, after an attack by aircraft of No. 177 (Beaufighter) Squadron RAF. Warrant Officer (WO) Royce Rayner and WO B
Kanhla, Burma. 23 February 1944. A 200,000 gallon oil storage tank (in foreground) under attack by aircraft of No. 177 (Beaufighter) Squadron RAF. The fire in the background was the result of an attac
Kanhla, Burma. 23 February 1944. Fierce flames and dense black smoke from burning oil followed an attack on the BOC pipeline five miles south of Kanhla, by aircraft of No. 177 (Beaufighter) Squadron R
Burma. 23 February 1944. In the attack by aircraft of No. 177 (Beaufighter) Squadron RAF on the BOC oil pipeline between Nyaunghla and Syriam, the first strikes are fairly on the middle of the pipelin
Burma. 23 February 1944. In the attack by aircraft of No. 177 (Beaufighter) Squadron RAF on the BOC oil pipeline between Nyaunghla and Syriam, the first strikes are fairly on the middle of the pipelin
Burma. 23 February 1944. A dense column of thick black smoke still rising from burning oil some time after the attack by aircraft of No. 177 (Beaufighter) Squadron RAF on the BOC oil pipeline between
