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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN G.A. MARREN, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT, CHECKS A SECTION OF THE AIRSTRIP WITH A MINE DETECTOR.
TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN G. GERMAIN, WITH MINE DETECTOR, (1), AND LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN C.R. BIDDLE, BAYONET IN HAND, (2), MEMBERS OF NO. 3 BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT, RAAF, LOOKING FOR
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-05. WORKING AT NIGHT ON THE AIRSTRIP ON TARAKAN BEFORE IT WAS SECURED BY THE AUSTRALIANS, RAAF BOMB DISPOSAL MEN PAVED THE WAY FOR THE OCCUPATION OF THE VITAL STRIP. 41
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-05. A RAAF LIBERATOR AIRCRAFT FLEW LOW OVER THE TARAKAN AIRSTRIP WHEN RAAF ENGINEERS WENT TO WORK ON IT AT FIRST LIGHT ON SUNDAY 1945-05-06. SHOWN: 820265 LEADING AIRCR
Tarakan Island, Borneo. 1945-05-06. One of the numerous bomb craters on Tarakan airstrip being pumped dry to be filled by No 8 Airfield Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. The bogged tr
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-09. PORTRAIT OF 75575 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN J. G. MADDOX, WARWICK, QLD, BULLDOZER OPERATOR WITH A RAAF UNIT, AT WORK ON THE TARAKAN AIRSTRIP.
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. HEAVY EQUIPMENT FROM 1 AND 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRONS, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, WORKING ON THE EASTERN END OF THE AIRSTRIP.
