BOMBING OF DARWIN DAY

AT 9.58am on February 19, 1942, Japanese aircraft began the first of two bombing attacks on the city of Darwin, signalling the moment the Second World War was brought to our shores. Lieutenant Owen Griffiths recounted the attacks, the air over the harbour was ... full of Japanese dive bombers and fighter planes. There seemed just sufficient room between each to allow the next one to manoeuvre. There were so many planes diving and twisting about that at first I thought the enemy planes were having dog-fights with our planes... The attack lasted for 40 minutes, HAVE YOUR SAY thechronicle.com.au