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VUNAKANOU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-24. VIEW FROM FIFTH AIR FORCE, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE BOMBER APPROACHING THE AIRSTRIP, WITH FIGHTER AIRCRAFT, 'JAKES' AND 'ZEROS', IN REVETMENTS. NEAR THE HUTS CAN BE SEEN THE WRECKAGE OF A RAAF HUDSON BOMBER, THE AIRSTRIP IS ON THE RIGHT.
VUNAKANOU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-24. VIEW FROM FIFTH AIR FORCE, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE BOMBER OF "BETTYS" (JAPANESE AIRCRAFT) DISPERSED IN REVETMENTS. ATTACKING PLANES CAN BE SEEN COMING OVER THE
VUNAKANOU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-10. VIEW FROM FIFTH AIR FORCE, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE BOMBER, OF THE AIRSTRIP CONTROL TOWER, LEFT OF PHOTO TELEPHONE LINES LEADING TO THE CITY. "PARAFRAGS" CAN BE
VUNAKANOU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-02. VIEW FROM FIFTH AIR FORCE, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE BOMBER OF THE PERIMETER OF THE AIRSTRIP. IN FOREGROUND, BULLETS FROM ATTACKING AIRCRAFT CAN BEEN SEEN STRIKIN
VUNAKANOU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-24. VIEW FROM FIFTH AIR FORCE, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE BOMBER RUNNING DOWN THE STRIP AT ZERO ALTITUDE WITH THE WRECKAGE OF A RAAF BOMBER IN THE FOREGROUND.
SAMATE, NEW GUINEA. JAPANESE AIRSTRIP ON SALAMATO ISLAND UNDER ATTACK BY MITCHELL B25 BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF FIFTH AIR FORCE, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE. BOMBS ARE BURSTING ON END OF RUNWAY WHILE "PARAF
VUNAKANOU, NEW GUINEA. ? 1943-11. VIEW FROM FIFTH AIR FORCE, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE BOMBER, DISPERSED AIRCRAFT IN REVETMENT BAYS. IN PEACE TIME VUNAKANOU WAS A CIVIL AERODROME.
