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Post by fots2 on Sept 20, 2011 18:45:12 GMT 8
I wonder if this undated aerial photo was taken moments after Battery Ramsay exploded. The huge blast cloud is expanding and generally moving to the right (perhaps due to prevailing winds at the time or the direction in which the bomb was falling). I labeled a few locations you can see in the immediate area. 1 - Middleside Parade Ground 2 - Bldg 518, Enlisted Men's Club/YMCA 3 - 3 million gallon water reservoir 4 - Middleside Barracks 5 - Junior Officer's Quarters 6 - Road to Bottomside 7 - Road to Government Ravine 8 - Fresh Water Tanks 9 - Two rows of Officer's Quarters 10 - Bldg 74, Medical Storage 11 - Bldgs 75 to 78, QMC Shorehouses
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Post by fots2 on Sept 20, 2011 19:27:37 GMT 8
Hi fortman, Here is the location of Battery Ramsay in the original photo posted by one50.
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Post by batteryboy on Sept 20, 2011 22:46:24 GMT 8
Fots, that can be the Ramsay explosion.
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Post by fortman on Sept 20, 2011 22:47:47 GMT 8
Hi Fots2,
Many thanks! I would never have identified Ramsay in that condition.
fortman
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Post by fortman on Sept 22, 2011 1:06:01 GMT 8
batteryboy is surely right - that must be the explosion. Amazing photo.
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