BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO, 13 JULY 1945. A JAPANESE TWIN BARREL 127MM DUAL PURPOSE GUN WHICH WAS ...

Place Asia: Borneo, Balikpapan
Accession Number 111358
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO, 13 JULY 1945. A JAPANESE TWIN BARREL 127MM DUAL PURPOSE GUN WHICH WAS KNOCKED OUT WHEN IT RECEIVED A DIRECT HIT FROM ONE OF THE 25 POUNDERS OF 54 BATTERY, 2/4 FIELD REGIMENT. IT IS ONE OF TWO, SITUATED ON A HIGH FEATURE OVERLOOKING THE TOWN AREA.