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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.
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
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. ? 1943-11. VIEW FROM FIFTH AIR FORCE, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE BOMBER, DISPERSED AIRCRAFT IN REVETMENT BAYS. IN PEACE TIME VUNAKANOU WAS A CIVIL AERODROME.
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. 1943-12-10. 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
HOLLANDIA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-03. VIEW DOWN THE AIRSTRIP DURING THE BIG RAID BY FIFTH AIR FORCE, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE. NOTE IN THE FOREGROUND, THE UNUSUAL WAY IN WHICH A BOMBER HAS BLOWN UP.
