SANDAKAN, NORTH BORNEO 1945-10-25. JAPANESE PRISONERS SLIDING 250 KG AERIAL BOMBS DOWN THE WHARF ...

Place Asia: Borneo, North Borneo, Sandakan
Accession Number 121759
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Burke, Frank Albert Charles
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

SANDAKAN, NORTH BORNEO 1945-10-25. JAPANESE PRISONERS SLIDING 250 KG AERIAL BOMBS DOWN THE WHARF STEPS PRIOR TO THEIR BEING LOADED ONTO BARGES AND DUMPED AT SEA. THE LARGE STEEL CASES TO THE RIGHT OF THE RAMP ARE 600 LB CHARGES TAKEN FROM KAMIKAZE (SUICIDE) BOATS.