The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Western Desert, Egypt. 10 November 1942. A bren gunner whose duty is to cover riflemen as they advance, awaits the order to move forward to a new position. Men of the RAF regiment were among the first to arrive at the Daba and Fuka airfields when the British land forces took these advanced bases of Rommel's air striking force. Soldiers of the RAF rounded up more than 200 prisoners of war (POWs), most of whom were Germans, badly shaken in the terrific Allied air attacks.
Western Desert, Egypt. 6 November 1942. Bombs score a direct hit among vehicles in an enemy convoy at a road junction between Daba and Fuka as the Allied Air Forces continue to pound Rommel's retreati
Western Desert, Egypt. 6 November 1942. Enemy transport caught by a salvo of bombs on the road from Daba to Fuka. Direct hits were scored on the road and on vehicles in a retreating convoy. Roads lead
The airfield at St Trond (Trudieu)/Brusthem, Belgium, blanketed by bomb craters after attack by the Allied Air Forces. RAF Bomber Command attacked this target 1944-08-15 as part of a programme of conc
Western Desert, Egypt. 9 November 1942. Enemy aircraft abandoned on an airfield in the Fuka area. Some of them were damaged by Allied fighter aircraft and bomber aircraft in the terrific onslaught fro
Western Desert, Egypt. 6 September 1942. American built Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft operated by the Allied Air Forces are constantly striking at the Axis in the Middle East. With their
Holland. 1944-08-15. Bombs released from aircraft of RAF Bomber Command during the attack of 1944-08-15 on the airfield at Gilze-Rijen, Holland, as part of a programme of concentrated attacks on airfi
