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BISMARCK SEA. 1943-03-03. ATTACKS BY ALLIED AIR FORCES ON JAPANESE SHIPS DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BISMARCK SEA, ILLUSTRATING TWO ASPECTS OF A CLOSELY CO-ORDINATED THREE STAGE AIR BOMBARDMENT WHICH ACHIEVED THE DESTRUCTION OF TWELVE VESSELS OF A SIXTEEN SHIP CONVOY BOUND FOR LAE. THE GENERAL ORDER OF THE ATTACK WAS, FIRSTLY, MEDIUM LEVEL ATTACKS TO DISPERSE THE CONVOY; SECONDLY, STRAFING ATTACKS FROM ALL QUARTERS TO DISORGANISE THE ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCES; AND FINALLY, MAST-HEAD BOMBING ATTACKS TO MAKE THE ACTUAL KILL. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS A DESTROYER STEAMING ASTERN WHILE UNDER AMERICAN BOMBING. (PHOTOGRAPH REPRODUCED IN OFFICIAL HISTORY VOLUME: RAAF 1939-42, PAGE 659). (C.I.U. 4378).
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
Bismarck Sea. 1943-03-03. A smoke ring rises into the air as a Japanese destroyer blows up during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. The Battle was fought abour forty miles north west of Buna when a larg
Bismarck Sea. 1943-03-03. Two water spouts from high level bombing, probably from USAAF Boeing B17 Flying Fortress aircraft, almost hide a Japanese merchant ship. It is also being strafed by a Beaufig
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. Japanese shipping on fire after attack by Beaufighter aircraft of No. 30 Squadron RAAF during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea The Battle was fought about 40 miles north west o
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
