Port Moresby, New Guinea. August 1942. The aftermath of a bombing raid by the Japanese on an ...

Accession Number 150509
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Parer, Damien Peter
Place made New Guinea1, New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Date made c August 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Port Moresby, New Guinea. August 1942. The aftermath of a bombing raid by the Japanese on an Allied airfield. Personnel inspect debris from a destroyed Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft and other damage. In the background are vehicles and aircraft. Smoke drifts across the area.

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