016203 Accession Number: 016203

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VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. ARMOURERS OF NO. 8 (BEAUFORT) SQUADRON RAAF COMMANDED BY WING COMMANDER G. D. NICOLL CHALK THEIR VISITING CARD ON A 2000LB DAISY-CUTTER BEING LOADED UP FOR A HEAVY ALL-AUSTRALIAN PRE-DAWN RAID ON LAKUNAI AERODROME, RABAUL. THESE BOMBS ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE MOST DEVASTATING YET USED IN THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC. THE MESSAGE READS: 2000LB FROM NIC & HIS 300 THIEVES.

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Accession Number
016203
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
17 November 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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