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OIL WELLS BURNING IN NORTH BORNEO AFTER JAPANESE ACTION TO DESTROY THE WELLS BEFORE ALLIED LANDINGS IN 1945.
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT
AN OIL WELL FIRE EXTINGUISHER CONSTRUCTED TO PUT OUT FIRES IN OIL WELLS DESTROYED BY THE JAPANESE BEFORE ALLIED LANDINGS IN NORTH BORNEO IN 1945.
SERIA AREA, BORNEO. 23 JUNE 1945. SMOKE RISING FROM BURNING OIL WELLS WITH BURNTOUT WORKSHOP ON RIGHT. THE OIL WELLS WERE FIRED BY RETREATING JAPANESE.
SERIA, BORNEO. 23 JUNE 1945. OIL WELLS, FIRED BY RETREATING JAPANESE, BURNING FURIOUSLY IN 20 INFANTRY BRIGADE AREA.
SERIA, BORNEO. 23 JUNE 1945. OIL WELLS, FIRED BY RETREATING JAPANESE, BURNING FURIOUSLY IN 20 INFANTRY BRIGADE AREA.
SERIA, BORNEO. 23 JUNE 1945. OIL WELLS, FIRED BY RETREATING JAPANESE, BURNING FURIOUSLY IN 20 INFANTRY BRIGADE AREA.
SERIA AREA, BORNEO. 23 JUNE 1945. OIL WELLS BURNING FURIOUSLY. THEY WERE FIRED BY RETREATING JAPANESE.
