Caption | TBF-1 Avengers getting ready to take off from Piva airstrip, Bougainville, Solomons for a strike against Rabaul, New Britain, 1944. Note differences in the National Insignia. ww2dbase | |||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives via the Bobby Rocker Collection | |||||||
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Photos at Same Place | Bougainville, British Western Pacific Territories | |||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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WW2-Era Place Name | Bougainville, British Western Pacific Territories |
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