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 Martin Baltimore 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 aircraft of the
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.
Western Desert, Cyrenaica, Libya. 2 November 1942. Portrait of Sergeant G. M. Nettleship of Roseville, NSW, the leader of the attack in which long range fighter aircraft of the RAF destroyed six Junke
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
