P02124.002 Accession Number: P02124.002

Description

Rabaul, New Britain. 1943-11-02. Aerial photograph of the town with wisps of smoke and a damaged building in the foreground during an air attack by seventy-five Mitchell aircraft covered by Lightnings of the American Fifth Air Force. In this raid nine Mitchells and nine Lightnings were lost. (Donor J. Smith)

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Accession Number

P02124.002

Classification

Photograph

Physical Description

Colour: Black & white

Whole/Part

Whole

Item Count

1

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

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