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1941-09-29. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE BRITISH CARGO VESSEL SS KENT. NOTE THE 4 INCH GUN AFT ...

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1941-09-29. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE BRITISH CARGO VESSEL SS KENT. NOTE THE 4 INCH GUN AFT AND THE A FRAME IN THE BOWS FOR PARAVANES. THERE ARE LIGHT MACHINE GUN POSITIONS IN THE CORNERS OF THE SU...
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AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH CARGO VESSEL PAHUD. SHE IS ARMED WITH A 12 POUNDER AA GUN AFT ...

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AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH CARGO VESSEL PAHUD. SHE IS ARMED WITH A 12 POUNDER AA GUN AFT AND TWIN AA MACHINE GUNS IN THE GUN TUBS ABOVE THE BRIDGE. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
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1944-02-22. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF A US NAVAL PICKET BOAT. NOTE THE PROVISION FOR MOUNTING ...

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1944-02-22. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF A US NAVAL PICKET BOAT. NOTE THE PROVISION FOR MOUNTING A MACHINE GUN ABOVE THE FORWARD CABIN. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
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1942-10-30. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE AMERICAN TANKER USS VICTORIA (AO-46) (EX GEORGE G ...

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1942-10-30. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE AMERICAN TANKER USS VICTORIA (AO-46) (EX GEORGE G HENRY). SHE IS ARMED WITH A 5 INCH GUN AFT AND A 3 INCH AA GUN FORWARD. ANTI AIRCRAFT MACHINE GUNS ARE M...
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AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE GUNBOAT USS TULSA (PG-22). NOTE THE SHIELDED 4 INCH/50 GUN ...

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Maker: No 7 Squadron RAAF
AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE GUNBOAT USS TULSA (PG-22). NOTE THE SHIELDED 4 INCH/50 GUN FORWARD AND TWO OTHERS, UNSHIELDED, AFT. TWO MACHINE GUNS ARE MOUNTED ABOVE THE BRIDGE. (NAVAL HISTORICAL C...
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Aerial view of Mogadishu from the door of a RAN Sea King SK50 helicopter from HMAS Tobruk. The ...

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Maker: Perryman, Duncan John
Aerial view of Mogadishu from the door of a RAN Sea King SK50 helicopter from HMAS Tobruk. The door gun is on the right.
P01914.011
A forward post in the Ramu Valley. Australian patrol wiped out this Japanese Type 92 'woodpecker' ...

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Maker: Brown, Norman
A forward post in the Ramu Valley. Australian patrol wiped out this Japanese Type 92 'woodpecker' machine gun post. Members of the patrol examine the body of the dead Japanese.
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Afula, Palestine. 1942. Francis Jameson Mulholland and George Rose standing with their Bren gun ...

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Maker: Mulholland, Francis
Afula, Palestine. 1942. Francis Jameson Mulholland and George Rose standing with their Bren gun on anti aircraft mount, in the middle of a field. They are on ack ack duty, while on their way to Syria....
P02572.007
A German concrete shelter on the hill at Messines, in Belgium. The entrances are just showing ...

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Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A German concrete shelter on the hill at Messines, in Belgium. The entrances are just showing above ground, and the pockets over them hold machine gun and revolver ammunition; above can be seen the re...
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A German electric signal lamp set in a machine gun emplacement.

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Maker: Deutsche Reichsarchiv
A German electric signal lamp set in a machine gun emplacement.
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A German gun crew lying dead around their machine gun position, having been killed during the ...

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Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A German gun crew lying dead around their machine gun position, having been killed during the strenuous fighting on the night counter attack of April 24th, by which the 13th and 15th Australian Brigad...
E02434
A German LVG C.V aircraft brought down by Australian machine gun fire, at Aeroplane Farm, in the ...

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Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A German LVG C.V aircraft brought down by Australian machine gun fire, at Aeroplane Farm, in the Ypres Sector. (1/2F.P on back).
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A grenade machine gun used by the 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. This image was ...

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Maker: Fletcher, Nick
A grenade machine gun used by the 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. This image was taken by Nick Fletcher, Senior Curator of Military Heraldry and Technology at the Australian War Memor...
P10271.122
A Hughes OH-6A fitted with an XM-27 7.62mm machine gun. This aircraft is operating from `Dagger ...

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Maker: Gazzard, Donald Edward
A Hughes OH-6A fitted with an XM-27 7.62mm machine gun. This aircraft is operating from `Dagger Pad' at Bearcat in support of the US Army 2nd Brigade, 1st Division.
P01980.014
Aircraft identification and communication papers relating to James Murdoch Archer Durrant, 1916-1917

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Maker: Various
Aircraft identification and communication papers relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant-Colonel James Murdoch Archer Durrant, 1916-1917. This file contains official records and a book ...
AWM2018.785.67
AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. 1944. "JILL", TWO SEATER CARRIER BORNE ...

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AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. 1944. "JILL", TWO SEATER CARRIER BORNE TORPEDO BOMBER AND RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT. THE NAKAJIMA B6N2, "JILL". JAPAN. SINGLE ENGINE, LOW WING, ...
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AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. 1944. "JUDY", 2 SEATER CARRIER BORNE ...

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AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. 1944. "JUDY", 2 SEATER CARRIER BORNE DIVE BOMBER OR RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT. THE YOKOSUKA D4Y2 AND D4Y2-R, "JUDY". JAPAN. SINGLE ENGINE, LOW W...
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AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. 1944. "LIBERATOR", 4 ENGINED LONG-RANGE ...

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AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. 1944. "LIBERATOR", 4 ENGINED LONG-RANGE BOMBER. THE CONSOLIDATED VOLTEE "LIBERATOR", B24J. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 4 ENGINE, ALL METAL, HIGH...
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AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. 1944. "LIBERATOR", 4 ENGINE LONG RANGE ...

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AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. 1944. "LIBERATOR", 4 ENGINE LONG RANGE BOMBER. THE CONSOLIDATED VULTEE "LIBERATOR", B24J. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 4 ENGINE, ALL METAL, HIGH ...
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AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. 1944. "OSCAR" MARK II SINGLE SEATER ...

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AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. 1944. "OSCAR" MARK II SINGLE SEATER FIGHTER. THE NAKAJIMA KI 43, "OSCAR". JAPAN. SINGLE ENGINE, LOW WING, ALL METAL MONOPLANE. POWER PLANT: 1 ...
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