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Media Category: Bataan

All images and items about Bataan.

Zd908

Zd908. One of 5 images of the Main Gate area of the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP). The Australian WWII Memorial is located just inside the Main Gate of MAAP. The gate is located, right side on the long road down to Kamaya Point Piers from the Cabcaben to Mariveles Road. This is part of Barangay Alas-asin, Mariveles, Bataan.

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Zd907. On 14 December 1944, No. 43 Squadron, augmented by Catalinas from No. 11 Squadron based at Rathmines, New South Wales, mined Manila Bay to keep Japanese shipping “bottled up”, thus supporting the Allied landing at Mindoro taking place the next day. Flying from Leyte, the 24 Catalinas successfully dropped 60 mines in the heavily defended target area for the loss of one of their number, and returned to base at the limit of their fuel reserves

Zd906

Zd906. In memory of the crew of Catalina A24-64, a Black Cat” of 43 Aquadron RAAF who made the ultimate sacrifice on 14th December 1944 to protect Australia and liberate the Philippines during the Second World War. Les we forget.
406368 FLTLT Herbert Roberts
411054 FLTLT Frank Silvester
411867 FLTLT James Cox
419949 FLGOFF Robert Barbour
406824 FLGOFF Raymond Bradstreet
15882 SGT John MacDonald
37077 FSGT David Albert
37766 SGT James Robinson
82777 SGT Harold Goodchild

Zd905

Zd905. One of several images of the Australian WWII Memorial located just inside the Main Gate of the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP). The gate is located, right side on the long road down to Kamaya Point Piers from the Cabcaben to Mariveles Road. This is part of Barangay Alas-asin, Mariveles, Bataan.

Zd904

Zd904. One of several images of the Australian WWII Memorial located just inside the Main Gate of the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP). The gate is located, right side on the long road down to Kamaya Point Piers from the Cabcaben to Mariveles Road. This is part of Barangay Alas-asin, Mariveles, Bataan.

Zd903

Zd903. One of several images of the Australian WWII Memorial located just inside the Main Gate of the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP). The gate is located, right side on the long road down to Kamaya Point Piers from the Cabcaben to Mariveles Road. This is part of Barangay Alas-asin, Mariveles, Bataan.

Zd902

Zd902. One of several images of the Australian WWII Memorial located just inside the Main Gate of the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP). The gate is located, right side on the long road down to Kamaya Point Piers from the Cabcaben to Mariveles Road. This is part of Barangay Alas-asin, Mariveles, Bataan.

Zd901

Zd901. 43_sqn_(AWM_128022) Black Cat Catalina. A Black Cat Catalina like this one is assumed to went down with the loss of the whole crew in Manila Bay.

Zd912

Zd912. One of 5 images of the Main Gate area of the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP). The Australian WWII Memorial is located just inside the Main Gate of MAAP. The gate is located, right side on the long road down to Kamaya Point Piers from the Cabcaben to Mariveles Road. This is part of Barangay Alas-asin, Mariveles, Bataan.

Zd911

Zd911. One of 5 images of the Main Gate area of the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP). The Australian WWII Memorial is located just inside the Main Gate of MAAP. The gate is located, right side on the long road down to Kamaya Point Piers from the Cabcaben to Mariveles Road. This is part of Barangay Alas-asin, Mariveles, Bataan.