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KURE, JAPAN, 1945-06-22. TWO-TON BOMBS FROM A 21ST BOMBER COMMAND B-29 SUPERFORTRESS AIRCRAFT, AIMED AT THE KURE NAVAL ARSENAL, BRACKET THE STERN OF A JAPANESE BATTLESHIP. THE 4000LB BOMBS USED ON THIS MISSION ARE THE HEAVIEST YET DROPPED ON THE JAPANESE HOMELAND BY SUPERFORTRESSES. PHOTO INTERPRETERS REPORTED THAT IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL NEAR MISSES, THE BATTLESHIP WAS GIVEN A DIRECT HIT NEAR THE STERN. US OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION PICTURE 1531. (DONOR: K. ATKINSON).
Rangoon, Burma. February 1945. An aerial view, taken from one of the RAF attacking Liberator aircraft during the height of the raid illustrates the tremendous concentration of bombs bursting in the ta
SORONG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04. TWO NEAR MISSES AND A DIRECT HIT FROM A STRING OF BOMBS DURING AN ATTACK ON JAPANESE SHIPPING BY B25 BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF FIFTH AIR FORCE, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE. FLAS
MANOKWARI, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-21. A LIBERATOR BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 380 BOMBARDMENT GROUP, UNITED STATED ARMY AIR FORCE, SINKS A 4000 TON JAPANESE MERCHANT SHIP. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING TWO
BAA BAY, ROTI ISLAND, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-18. AIR ATTACK ON A SMALL JAPANESE FREIGHTER, APPROXIMATELY 150 TON, OF THE SUGAR DOG TYPE, IN BAA BAY. THE LEADING B25 MITCHELL AIRCRAFT OF NO.
BAA BAY, ROTI ISLAND, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-18. AIR ATTACK ON A SMALL JAPANESE FREIGHTER, APPROXIMATELY 150 TON, OF THE SUGAR DOG TYPE, IN BAA BAY. THE LEADING B25 MITCHELL AIRCRAFT OF NO.
BAA BAY, ROTI ISLAND, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1944-12-18. AIR ATTACK ON A SMALL JAPANESE FREIGHTER, APPROXIMATELY 150 TON, OF THE SUGAR DOG TYPE, IN BAA BAY. THE LEADING B25 MITCHELL AIRCRAFT OF NO.
