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FLINDERS NAVAL DEPOT, VIC. 1942-08. "D" TYPE GERMAN PARACHUTE MINE, USED FIRST AT COVENTRY, ENGLAND, AND LATER USED EXTENSIVELY AS A MAGNETIC MINE IN VARIOUS WATERS AROUND ENGLAND. THE MINE IS DROPPED BY MEANS BY THE PARACHUTE SHOWN HERE PARTIALLY OPENED, AND CAN BE EXPLODED ON IMPACT OR BY MAGNETIC MEANS. THE MINE FALLS AT BETWEEN 40 TO 45 MILES PER HOUR.
FLINDERS NAVAL DEPOT, VIC. 1942-08. "D" TYPE GERMAN PARACHUTE MINE, USED FIRST AT COVENTRY, ENGLAND, AND LATER USED EXTENSIVELY AS A MAGNETIC MINE IN VARIOUS WATERS AROUND ENGLAND. THE MINE IS DROPPED
Wedmore, England. Royal Army Service Corps mine disposal staff supervising the retrieval of the first German acoustic parachute mine made safe by mine disposal officers attached to the Enemy Mining S
LANGWARRIN, VIC. 1943-04. AN EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT BEING CONDUCTED BY MAJOR H.C. SNELL, DIRECTOR OF SALVAGE, LAND HEADQUARTERS, INTO THE DROPPING OF SUPPLIES FROM AIRCRAFT INTO A SUSPENDED NET CONSTRUC
Improvised anti-aircraft sights for a Lewis machine-gun, fabricated in the field from sheet brass. The larger of the sights, which is designed to allow for a 'deflection' shot, is the foresight, while
West of Admiralty House is a tunnel into the rock just above the harbour level, and linking up by means of another long and narrow tunnel, linking Admiralty House 40 or 50 feet above. At the extreme e
Lieutenant George Gosse, Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve. In command of Naval Party 1571 in May 1945, Gosse directed a search for mines laid by the retreating Germans in the waters of Bremen'
