MANGOLE ISLAND, MOLUCCA SEA, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES, 1944-09-15. TWO JAPANESE SHIPS ATTACKED BY ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies
Accession Number P01270.014
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

MANGOLE ISLAND, MOLUCCA SEA, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES, 1944-09-15. TWO JAPANESE SHIPS ATTACKED BY A B24 LIBERATOR OF NO. 24 SQUADRON RAAF. THE SHIPS WERE STRAFED BY THE AIRCRAFT'S MACHINE GUNS WITH ONE SHIP DESTROYED AND THE OTHER RUN AGROUND. POSITION 125O.26'E O1O.56'S.