026271 Accession Number: 026271

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PAPUA. 1942-08-18. VIEW OF SEVEN MILE AERODROME NEAR PORT MORESBY AFTER A RAID BY 24 JAPANESE BOMBERS. THE CASUALTIES WERE ONE KILLED AND THIRTEEN INJURED; FOUR PLANES WERE DESTROYED AND SEVERAL DAMAGED. IN THE PICTURE ARE TRANSPORT PLANES WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISPERSED.

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026271
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Photograph
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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