The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
near El Adem, Cyrenaica, Libya. 15 December 1941. Prior to the re-capture of El Adem enemy transport concentrations and mechanised forces were subjected to almost continuous attacks by aircraft of the Allied Air Forces. A leading part was played by South African squadrons, already famous for the accuracy and determination of their activities. This aerial view taken from the raiding bombers provides an example of accurate bomb-aiming which destroyed large numbers of enemy vehicles and completely disorganised his dispositions.
near El Adem, Cyrenaica, Libya. 15 December 1941. Prior to the re-capture of El Adem enemy transport concentrations and mechanised forces were subjected to almost continuous attacks by Martin Baltimor
El Adem, Cyrenaica, Libya. 14 December 1941. Aerial photograph showing bombs from aircraft of the South African Air Force bursting on the ground among tanks and transport. Large quantities of the enem
WATER LIFE LINE. WHILE THE MECHANISED FORCES PUSHED AHEAD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IN THE 8TH ARMY'S ADVANCE IN LIBYA, THE VITAL PROBLEM OF WATER SUPPLY WAS SOLVED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WATER SUPPLY COY.
El Agheila, Cyrenaica, Libya. 7 December 1942. Cooking pans are scrubbed, cleaned and put together ready for packing when the squadron moves on. All the time the Allied armies have been advancing in C
El Agheila, Cyrenaica, Libya. 7 December 1942. These boilers are the squadron tea pots. The water, tea and milk are boiled in the boilers at the roadside. Tea is served with a ladle. All the time the
El Agheila, Cyrenaica, Libya. 7 December 1942. Bully beef, beans and biscuit seem to be on the menu. A corporal sits on a rock to eat his meal in the desert. All the time the Allied armies have been a
