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Caption | Parafrag bombs falling in Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Britain, 1940s ww2dbase | |||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Rabaul, New Britain, Australian New Guinea | |||||
Date | 1943 | |||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||
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2. Anonymous says:
29 Jul 2016 10:58:46 AM
This was a raid on Simpson harbor 2 Nov 1943 by VMB443
29 Jul 2016 10:58:46 AM
This was a raid on Simpson harbor 2 Nov 1943 by VMB443
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8 Nov 2013 04:48:11 PM
Why would they be Parafrag bombs falling in Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Britain, 1940s when the Japanese did not invade Rabaul--till The Japanese dropped their first bombs on Rabaul on 4 January 1942 .
if you are going to copy history get it right