BISMARCK SEA. 1943-03-03. PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A BEAUFIGHTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT PILOTED BY 260353 ...

BISMARCK SEA. 1943-03-03. PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A BEAUFIGHTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT PILOTED BY 260353 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. F. UREN OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF. A JAPANESE TRANPORT SHIP ON FIRE DURING THE BATTLE IN THE BISMARCK SEA. IN A JAPANESE ATTEMPT TO REINFORCE THE LAE-SALAMAUA AREA GARRISONS, A CONVOY OF EIGHT JAPANESE TRANSPORTS, ESCORTED BY EIGHT DESTROYERS, LEFT RABAUL IN NEW BRITAIN. THE MOVE WAS ANTICIPATED BY THE ALLIED COMMAND AND THE CONVOY WAS INTERCEPTED BY AEROPLANES OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE AND THE RAAF. IN THE ATTACK, MOSTLY AT LOW LEVEL, ALL OF THE TRANSPORTS AND FOUR OF THE DESTROYERS WERE SUNK WITH A LOSS OF ABOUT 3,000 MEN. (FILM STILL).