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BISMARCK SEA. 1943-03-03. PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A BEAUFIGHTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT PILOTED BY 260353 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. F. UREN OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF. A JAPANESE TRANPORT SHIP ON FIRE DURING THE BATTLE IN THE BISMARCK SEA. IN A JAPANESE ATTEMPT TO REINFORCE THE LAE-SALAMAUA AREA GARRISONS, A CONVOY OF EIGHT JAPANESE TRANSPORTS, ESCORTED BY EIGHT DESTROYERS, LEFT RABAUL IN NEW BRITAIN. THE MOVE WAS ANTICIPATED BY THE ALLIED COMMAND AND THE CONVOY WAS INTERCEPTED BY AEROPLANES OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE AND THE RAAF. IN THE ATTACK, MOSTLY AT LOW LEVEL, ALL OF THE TRANSPORTS AND FOUR OF THE DESTROYERS WERE SUNK WITH A LOSS OF ABOUT 3,000 MEN. (FILM STILL).
BISMARCK SEA. 1943-03-03. JAPANESE TRANSPORT SHIP UNDER ATTACK FROM A BEAUGHTER OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF, PILOTED BY 260353 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. F. UREN DURING THE BISMARCK SEA BATTLE. (FILM STILL).
AT SEA. 1943-03-03. A JAPANESE TRANSPORT ON FIRE DURING THE BISMARCK SEA BATTLE, PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A BEAUFIGHTER OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF, PILOTED BY 260353 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. F. UREN. (FILM STILL)
BISMARCK SEA. 1943-03-03. 260353 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. F. (TORCHY) UREN, NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF, IN THE COCKPIT OF HIS BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT TAKES A DRINK FROM A WATER BOTTLE AFTER LEAVING THE TARGET AREA
Bismarck Sea. 1943-03-03. Japanese shipping on fire after attack by Beaufighter aircraft of No. 30 Squadron RAAF during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea fought about 40 miles north west of Buna when a l
Bismarck Sea. 1943-03-03. A Japanese transport vessel on fire after attack by Beaufighter aircraft of No. 30 Squadron RAAF during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea fought about 40 miles north west of Bun
Bismarck Sea. 1943-03-03. Aerial photograph of Japanese shipping on fire after attack by Beaufighter aircraft of No. 30 Squadron RAAF during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea fought about 40 miles north
