Manbulloo, NT. c. September 1944. Trolley loads of 300lb bombs alongside a Consolidated B24 ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Fenton, Fenton Airstrip
Accession Number NWA0611
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Date made c September 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

Manbulloo, NT. c. September 1944. Trolley loads of 300lb bombs alongside a Consolidated B24 Liberator bomber aircraft A72-40 of No. 24 Squadron RAAF. Armourers Leading Aircraftman (LAC) L J. Evans of Five Dock, NSW (left) and C. J. Allen of Bemboka, NSW, carry tails for these bombs. The tails will be fitted to the bombs before being loaded into the aircraft ready for its next mission over enemy territory.