Place | Asia: Borneo, Balikpapan |
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Accession Number | OG2964 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film original negative 3x4" safety base |
Maker |
Harrison, John Thomas |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. C. 1945. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NEWEST LANDING BY AUSTRALIAN FORCES, ON THE ...
Description
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. C. 1945. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NEWEST LANDING BY AUSTRALIAN FORCES, ON THE SOUTH-EAST COAST OF BORNEO. FOR WEEKS PAST, LIBERATOR BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF THE RAAF HAVE BEEN HAMMERING THE RICH OIL CENTRE, SOFTENING ITS DEFENCES FOR THE PROPOSED LANDING. SHOWING A COMPLETE VIEW OF THE TOWNSHIP, THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN BY A RAAF CAMERAMAN AFTER OIL WELLS HAD BEEN BOMBED AND SET ABLAZE BY RAAF LIBERATOR BOMBER AIRCRAFT, FROM ONE OF WHICH THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN. SMOKE FROM THE HITS STILL BILLOWS UP FROM THE GROUND.