The Snapshots in Time Collection
Strike Photograph, 498th Bomb Squadron Attack on Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 29 December 1943
A 498th Bomb Squadron, 345th Bombardment Group strike photograph captures bombs exploding across Japanese-held ground at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, on the morning of 29 December 1943. Taken from a companion B-25 Mitchell during the low-level attack, the image shows the cumulative cratering from repeated air strikes supporting the Allied landings at Cape Gloucester. Project: 218236