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OKINAWA AIRFIELD

Going through some of the older photo’s in my collection and thought I’d share this one. It shows the wreckage at Okinawa after US air attacks on the main island in Ryukyu chain prior to the US 10th Army invasion on 31 March 1945.

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By: Kansan - 18th October 2005 at 14:29

WoW!

This is interesting – keep up the good work. When you get time, post some more! 😀

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By: Mpacha - 18th October 2005 at 13:18

Here is another showing an American attack on installations on Balik Papen by 150 Liberators, Mitchells and P-38’s from the 13th US Army Air Force. Balik Papen was a great oil refinery centre on the South East coast of Borneo. The assault was the heaviest up to mid-June 1945.

Japanese planes and ships had for three years been supplied 3 million barrels of oil annually.

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By: Mpacha - 18th October 2005 at 13:10

For fear of the the ‘Steve Bond effect’ – no expression therefore no interest, may I say thanks for posting and sharing a fascinating and emotive image.

Any more like this?
Mark

I can understand the frustration caused by the “Steve Bond effect”, especially when someone ask’s you to post pictures! :confused: Then after you have searched high ‘n low for the photographs, scanned them and posted them, then your posting is ignored 😡 :confused: 😡

Anyway, since you have asked 😉 I have quite a few. Here is one which is of the damaged centre of Hiroshima. If I remember correctly it was taken a year after the atomic bomb was dropped.

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By: Swiss Mustangs - 18th October 2005 at 13:03

where’s my time-machine ?

thanks for sharing !
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By: Moggy C - 18th October 2005 at 12:57

Seconded.

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By: Mark12 - 18th October 2005 at 12:04

For fear of the the ‘Steve Bond effect’ – no expression therefore no interest, may I say thanks for posting and sharing a fascinating and emotive image.

Any more like this?

Mark

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