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VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. WARRANT OFFICER (WO) ALEX ROSS, MONT ALBERT, VIC (IN TOPEE, LEFT) FITS "SCREAMERS" TO THE TAIL OF A 2000LB DAISY-CUTTER BEFORE THE HEAVY AIR RAID BY AIRCRAFT OF NO. 8 (BEAUFORT) SQUADRON RAAF ON LAKUNAI AERODROME, RABAUL. WO ROSS, WHO LEFT SINGAPORE ONLY THREE DAYS BEFORE THE CAPITULATION AND WHO SPENT TWENTY TWO HOURS IN THE WATER WHEN HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED, THINKS ORDINARY BOMBS ARE NOT BAD ENOUGH FOR THE JAPANESE. THE USE OF 2000LB DAISY-CUTTERS, PROBABLY THE MOST DEVASTATING BOMBS YET USED IN THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC, WAS ONE OF HIS OWN IDEAS.
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-11-17. WARRANT OFFICER (WO) ALEX ROSS, MONT ALBERT, VIC (IN TOPEE, LEFT) FITS "SCREAMERS" TO THE TAIL OF A 2000LB DAISY-CUTTER BEFORE THE HEAVY AIR RAID BY AIR
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
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-11-17. 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
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-11-17. GROUND STAFF OF NO. 8 (BEAUFORT) SQUADRON RAAF COMMANDED BY WING COMMANDER G. D. NICOLL CHALK THEIR VISITING CARD ON A 2000LB DAISY-CUTTER BEING LOADED
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-11-17. 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
VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. 1943-11-17. ARMOURERS LOADING A 2000LB DAISY-CUTTER BOMB INTO A BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 8 SQUADRON RAAF IN READINESS FOR THE HEAVY ALL-AUSTRALIAN PRE-DAWN R
