TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. C. 1945-04. RAAF PRECISION BOMBER AIRCRAFT WERE RIGHT ON THE MARK WHEN ...

Place Asia: Borneo, Tarakan
Accession Number OG3001
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

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Description

TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. C. 1945-04. RAAF PRECISION BOMBER AIRCRAFT WERE RIGHT ON THE MARK WHEN THEY ATTACKED BEFORE THE AIF MOVED INTO BORNEO. THIS AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH, TAKEN BY A RAAF CAMERAMAN IN A LIBERATOR BOMBER AIRCRAFT, SHOWS THE HAVOC CAUSED BY BOMBING. NOTE THE WATER-FILLED BOMB CRATERS.