REKATA BAY, SANTA ISABEL ISLAND, BRITISH SOLOMONS ISLAND PROTECTORATE. C.1943. SPLASHES IN THE ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands
Accession Number 305272
Collection type Photograph
Object type 8x10", Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Physical description 8x10", Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

REKATA BAY, SANTA ISABEL ISLAND, BRITISH SOLOMONS ISLAND PROTECTORATE. C.1943. SPLASHES IN THE WATER NEAR THE SHORE MARK WHERE BOMBS HAVE EXPLODED DURING A RAID ON THE JAPANESE SEAPLANE BASE. NOTE THE BOMB DAMAGE FROM PREVIOUS RAIDS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).