Aerial view of Airstrip No. 2 at Cape Gloucester, looking southeast, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, 1940s; note Razorback Ridge in background to the right

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Caption     Aerial view of Airstrip No. 2 at Cape Gloucester, looking southeast, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, 1940s; note Razorback Ridge in background to the right ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name New Britain, Australian New Guinea
Date  Jan 1944
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Government via Wikimedia Commons
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