B-25 Mitchell bombers of the 13th Air Force over the Japanese forward base at Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Britain, 5 Mar 1944

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Caption     B-25 Mitchell bombers of the 13th Air Force over the Japanese forward base at Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Britain, 5 Mar 1944 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Rabaul, New Britain, Australian New Guinea
Date 5 Mar 1944
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps via Wikimedia Commons
Link to Source    Link
Identification Code   50154AC
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 1,800 x 1,204 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
10 Jan 2016 12:36:40 AM

The caption information above is taken directly from my source for this photograph but I have my doubts that this is Rabaul – the coastline is wrong. Any better information about the location shown in this photograph would be greatly appreciated.

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WW2-Era Location Name:
Rabaul, New Britain, Australian New Guinea

Latitude-Longitude:
-4.1945, 152.1706

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