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MEMBER OF AN ALLIED BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT DEFUSING A GERMAN DELAYED ACTION BOMB.
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
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-10. THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 3 BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT RAAF, 263536 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. TAYLOR OF TENTERFIELD, NSW, DEFUSING AN UNEXPLODED BOMB ALTHOUGH THE
Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1943. An unidentified member of a RAAF Bomb Disposal Unit kneeling behind a 550 lb (250 kg) delay action bomb labelled "Bad luck Tojo", a message to the Japanese General. Thi
Morotai. Members of an RAAF land mine disposal unit. Left to right: Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Gordon Germain of Vic; LAC Dave Moore of WA defusing a mine; LAC Charles Irvine of Brisbane, Qld. Germain
PANDANSARI, BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-01. AN AUSTRALIAN PATROL PASSING A BADLY DAMAGED OIL REFINERY PLANT. THE SOLDIER SECOND FROM THE LEFT, A MEMBER OF A BOMB-DISPOSAL UNIT, CARRIES A MINE DETECTOR
A portrait of Lieutenant, identified only as 'Jack', from the 1st Australian Independent Bomb Disposal Unit. He holds bag containing bomb disposal tools.
Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1943. Members of a RAAF Bomb Disposal Unit, Lazarini (left) and Neville John Young stand with a 2000lb United States bomb amidst the rubble and ruin left after a fire in the
