BORAM AIRSTRIP, WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. AERIAL VIEWS OF THE AIRFIELD IN THE WEWAK AREA WHICH THE ...

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Accession Number OG1036
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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BORAM AIRSTRIP, WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. AERIAL VIEWS OF THE AIRFIELD IN THE WEWAK AREA WHICH THE JAPANESE WERE TRYING DESPERATELY TO REPAIR AS IT SUFFERS ANOTHER HEAVY RAID BY RAAF BEAUFORT AIRCRAFT. THIS PICTURE, TAKEN BY FLIGHT SERGEANT ERN SKINNER RAAF, MOUNT BARKER, WA, SHOWS BOMBS BURSTING ON THE BATTERED STRIP AND HUGE CRATERS LEFT AFTER BOMBING.