View of airstrip on Tarakan, Borneo, showing extensive damage sustained during battle and some reconstruction efforts commited by 1st and 8th Airfield construction Squadrons of RAAF, 21 May 1945

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Caption     View of airstrip on Tarakan, Borneo, showing extensive damage sustained during battle and some reconstruction efforts commited by 1st and 8th Airfield construction Squadrons of RAAF, 21 May 1945 ww2dbase
Date 21 May 1945
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseAustralian War Memorial
Identification Code   108191
 
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Photos on Same Day 21 May 1945
 
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 450 x 335 pixels



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