The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NEW GUINEA. PTE. A.J. WATT, OF NORTHCOTE, VIC, SMILES AFTER THE JAPS NEAR OBSERVATORY HILL, MUBO HAD BEEN SUBJECTED TO WHAT WHAT WAS THEN THE BIGGEST AIR BLITZ ON A SINGLE JAP LAND TARGET IN NEW GUINEA. IN THE BACKGROUND IS SOME OF THE JUNGLE DEVASTED BY 106 TONS OF BOMBS DROPPED IN 45 MINUTES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT).
NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS EXAMINE A BOMB CRATER MADE BY A "BLOCK BUSTER" DROPPED NEAR MUBO DURING WHAT WAS THEN THE BIGGEST AIR BLITZ ON ANY SINGLE JAP TARGET IN NEW GUINEA. IN 45 MINUTES OUR PLAN
NEW GUINEA. USING A SHATTERED TREE AS COVER PTE. A.J. WATT, OF NORTHCOTE, VIC., IS READY TO OPEN FIRE WITH HIS BREN GUN NEAR OBSERVATORY HILL. THE TREE WAS SHATTERED IN AN AERIAL BLITZ ON THE JAPANESE
NEW GUINEA. AN AUSTRALIAN PATROL MOVES FORWARD THROUGH SHATTERED TIMBER TO OBSERVATORY HILL, ALMOST DIRECTLY NORTH OF MUBO. THE ADVANCE WAS FACILITATED BY WHAT THEN WAS THE BIGGEST AIR BLITZ ON A SING
NEW GUINEA. MEMBERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN BOSTON BOMBER UNIT DISCUSS THEIR BOMBING ATTACK ON MUBO - THE GREATEST SINGLE RAID YET MADE ON A LAND TARGET IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. OVER 50 PLANES DROPPED 106 T
NEW GUINEA. MUBO CAMPAIGN. AUSTRALIANS, AMERICANS AND NATIVES PULLING PART OF AN AMERICAN ARTILLERY PIECE UP A GRADE OF NEARLY ONE IN ONE IN JUNGLE COUNTRY TO BOMBARD JAP POSITIONS NEAR MUBO. (NEGATIV
COMBINED SEA, LAND AND AIR OPERATIONS AGAINST JAPS. WITH AIRCRAFT CIRCLING OVERHEAD THE BIGGEST CONCENTRATION OF SHIPPING EVER SEEN IN NEW GUINEA WATERS STEAMS TOWARDS LAE. THE THOUSANDS OF TROOPS LAN
