US B-25 bombers dropping parafrag bombs over a Japanese airfield at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1943

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Caption     US B-25 bombers dropping parafrag bombs over a Japanese airfield at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1943 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Australian New Guinea
Date  1943
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps
 
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 1,973 x 1,280 pixels



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1. Darryl says:
27 Apr 2015 07:55:39 PM

This airfield is Dagua, New Guinea on the 3rd February 1944.

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