BAA BAY, ROTI ISLAND, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-18. AIR ATTACK ON A SMALL JAPANESE ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies
Accession Number P01225.011
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

BAA BAY, ROTI ISLAND, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-18. AIR ATTACK ON A SMALL JAPANESE FREIGHTER, APPROXIMATELY 150 TON, OF THE SUGAR DOG TYPE, IN BAA BAY. THE LEADING B25 MITCHELL AIRCRAFT OF NO. 2 SQUADRON RAAF CAN BE SEEN DROPPING A STICK OF 4 X 500 POUND BOMBS FROM MINIMUM HEIGHT SCORING ONE DIRECT HIT.