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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-12. A CATERPILLAR D.8 BULLDOZER TRYING TO EXTRICATE ITSELF FROM WET CLAY DURING THE BUILDING OF AN AIRSTRIP BY 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN L.C. MOYLE, (1); SERGEANT M.R. SWAN, (2); LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN R.W. COLE, (3); LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN K. NAUMANN, (4); LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN D.H. LONG, (5); LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN D.S. SLATTERY, (6); WARRANT OFFICER J. JENNINGS, (7).
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-12. A D 5 HARMAN SHOVEL STUCK IN WET CLAY ALONGSIDE A CATERPILLAR D.8 BULLDOZER. THIS BOGGING WAS ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY THE MEN OF 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCT
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-23. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN TABONE, 8TH AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF, USING A TD14 BULLDOZER, MOVING GRAVEL FOR THE AIRSTRIP ACROSS THE QUARRY BEFORE PUSHING IT UP TO THE "
MOROTAI ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-17. MEN OF 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF, PLACING A BOILER PLATE IN POSITION TO PROVIDE A SOLID FOUNDATION TO ALLOW BULLDOZERS TO WORK IN THE WET CLAY DURING T
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. C. 1945-05-10. PRIMITIVE AND MECHANICAL METHODS WERE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TARAKAN AIRSTRIP. NATIVES OF THE SURROUNDING ISLANDS, MOST OF WHOM WERE BROUGHT TO TARAKAN
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. C. 1945-05-10. SHEEP'S FOOT IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THIS ROLLER DRAWN BY A BULLDOZER IN ROLLING OPERATIONS ON TARAKAN AIRSTRIP. ITS OBJECT IS TO STAMP DOWN THE ROUGH SURFACE PRIOR
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. C. 1945-05-10. ONE OF THE FIRST HEAVY PIECES OF EQUIPMENT TO COMMENCE OPERATIONS ON TARAKAN AIRSTRIP WAS A GRADER OF A RAAF AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION UNIT. 89054 LEADING AIRCRAFTMA
