SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01-21. AERIAL VIEW OF ONE OF TWO ATTACKS BY RAAF BOSTON BOMBER ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Mubo Salamaua Area, Salamaua
Accession Number 128156
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01-21. AERIAL VIEW OF ONE OF TWO ATTACKS BY RAAF BOSTON BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 22 SQUADRON IN EARLY 1943. THIS ATTACK WAS CARRIED OUT AT THE COMPARATIVELY HIGH LEVEL OF 15,000 FEET AND WAS AIMED AT INSTALLATIONS ON THE ISTHMUS. (PHOTOGRAPH REPRODUCED IN OFFICIAL HISTORY VOLUME: RAAF 1939-42, PAGE 611). (RAAF - WAR7).