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MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-25. A JEEP, MODIFIED TO CARRY AN ADDITIONAL LOAD, CROSSES A BOMB CRATER ON A TEMPORARY BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED BY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. THE CRATER, CAUSED BY AN RAAF DIRECT HIT NEAR MADANG AIRFIELD, BLOCKED THE ONLY ROAD LEADING TO THE AIRFIELD AND ALEXISHAFEN.
MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-25. A JEEP, MODIFIED TO CARRY AN ADDITIONAL LOAD, CROSSES A BRIDGE OVER THE WAGOL RIVER ON THE MADANG - ALEXISHAFEN ROAD. THE BRIDGE WAS ABANDONED INTACT BY THE JAPANESE.
General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief in the Middle East, (left) with Lieutenant General J. D. Lavarack, returning from an inspection of a crater caused by a direct hit from a bomb dropped
NAGADA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-09-11. A JEEP PASSING OVER A TEMPORARY BOX GIRDER BRIDGE WHILE SAPPERS OF THE 5TH FIELD COMPANY BUILD THE BRIDGE OVER THE NAGADA RIVER ON THE MADANG-ALEXISHAFEN ROAD.
Oyle, Germany. 1945-05-31. Large crater, marking a direct bomb-hit on the middle section of the train which was carrying a load of V2 rockets found on a railway siding by the RAF and destroyed with bo
MADANG - ALEXISHAFEN ROAD, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-27. WX15750 LIEUTENANT J.T. OULD, OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE PIONEER PLATOON, 30TH INFANTRY BATTALION, LIFTS FROM THE ROAD A JAPANESE LAND MINE BURIED ON A
ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-11. MEMBERS OF A RMSU (RENDERING MINES SAFE UNIT) RAN, EXAMINING A LARGE CRATER AT THE ALEXISHAFEN NO.1 AIRSTRIP. THE CRATER IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE EXP
