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VIVIGANI, GOODENOUGH ISLAND, PAPUA. ARMOURERS LOADING A 2000LB DAISY-CUTTER BOMB INTO A BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 8 SQUADRON RAAF COMMANDED BY WING COMMANDER G. D. NICOLL IN READINESS FOR THE HEAVY ALL-AUSTRALIAN PRE-DAWN RAID ON LAKUNAI AERODROME, RABAUL. THESE BOMBS, BELIEVED TO BE THE MOST DEVASTATING YET USED IN THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC, WERE DEVISED BY THE GROUNDSTAFF OF A BEAUFORT SQUADRON. THE BOMB BEARS A MESSAGE IN CHALK, READING: 2000LB FROM NIC & HIS 300 THIEVES.
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Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
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Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
27 November 1943
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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