The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 3
Aerial reconnaissance and strike photographs preserved in a 312th Bomb Group veteran's album record the Fifth Air Force campaign over New Guinea, from cratered runways at Dagua and Wewak to wrecked Japanese aircraft and camouflaged base buildings. Studied at the time to gauge bombing results, these images now trace the contest between Allied raids and Japanese efforts to keep their airfields in service.
B-25 Mitchells Strafe Japanese Airfield with Parafrag Bombs, New Guinea
B-25 Mitchells Strafe Japanese Airfield with Parafrag Bombs, New Guinea (Full Album View)
Wrecked Japanese Aircraft in Dispersal Area Following Airfield Strike, New Guinea
Aerial View of Wrecked Twin-Engine Aircraft, 312th Bomb Group Collection
Wrecked Japanese Bomber and Fighter Aircraft, Airfield Dispersal Area, New Guinea
Destroyed Japanese Fighter Aircraft Beside Runway, New Guinea Airfield
Wrecked Aircraft at Wom Point, Boiken, New Guinea — 312th Bomb Group Album, 1944
WWII Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph of Pacific Coastal Settlement, 312th Bomb Group Collection
Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph of Coastal Village and Shoreline, New Guinea
Aerial Strike Photograph: B-25 Attack on Camouflaged Japanese Coastal Barges
Aerial Strike Photograph of Small Watercraft in Pacific Lagoon, Possibly 312th Bombardment Group Interdiction Mission, WWII
Aerial Strike Sequence Photograph: Attack on Camouflaged Barges with Volcanic Coastline Backdrop
Album Page with Two Aerial Strike Photographs of Japanese Coastal Barge Attack
Aerial Strike Photograph: Bomb Splashes Bracketing a Japanese Warship
B-25 Mitchell Climbing Away from a Low-Level Strike on Japanese Shipping
Album-Mounted Photograph: B-25 Mitchell Departing a Strike on Japanese Shipping
Two B-25 Mitchells Attacking Japanese Shipping in a Harbor Strike
Album-Mounted Photograph: B-25 Mitchells Striking Japanese Shipping in Harbor
Low-Altitude Aerial View of Brandy Plantation, Annotated Album Photograph
Low-Altitude Aerial View of Bomb-Damaged Plantation Terrain
Album-Mounted Photograph: Low-Altitude View of Brandy Plantation
Low-Altitude Aerial View of a Plantation Building Complex and Cratered Terrain
Album-Mounted Photograph: Brandy Plantation, Wewak, New Guinea
Elevated View of a Camouflaged Base Building and Supply Area
Album-Mounted Photograph: Camouflaged Base Building Beside Jungle Road
American Bombs Falling Near Japanese Hospital, Boram Airfield, Wewak, 11 April 1944
Album-Mounted Photograph: 'American Bombs Falling Near Jap Hospital at Boram, Wewak,' 11 April 1944
Album Page: Two Aerial Views of Wewak, New Guinea, with Marked Building
Ground-Level View of a Bomb-Cratered Airfield Runway
Vertical Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph: Bomb-Cratered Coastal Airstrip
Aerial Strike Photograph - Dagua Airfield Area, Wewak Sector, New Guinea
Aerial Photograph - Dagua Airstrip, New Guinea, Taken from 6,000 Feet
Aerial Detail Photograph - Bomb Crater with Crib/Block Fill on Airstrip Surface
Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph of Bomb-Damaged Airfield with Japanese Repair Efforts, Southwest Pacific Theater, WWII
Aerial Strike Photo: Dagua Airstrip, Wewak Area, New Guinea, WWII
Destroyed Japanese Aircraft on Bombed Airfield, Wewak Area, New Guinea
Aerial Photograph - Raid of April 26, 1944, Dagua Airfield, Wewak, New Guinea
Aerial Strike Photograph of Bombed Airfield with Destroyed Aircraft, Possibly 312th Bombardment Group Mission, WWII Pacific Theater
Low-Level Bombing Run in Progress - Bouncing Bombs Over Japanese Airfield, Wewak Area
Low-Level Strafing/Bombing Attack on Japanese Garden Plots and Jungle Encampment, New Guinea
Low-Level Attack Photograph Under Enemy Anti-Aircraft Fire, New Guinea (Annotated: Japanese Gun Pit Visible)
B-25 Mitchell Formation Dropping Parafrag Bombs on Japanese Airfield, New Guinea
345th Bomb Group Strikes Dagua Airfield - Original Caption, New Guinea
B-25 Parafrag Strike in Progress - Burning Japanese Aircraft, Wewak-Area Airfield, New Guinea
Parafragmentation Bomb Strike on Japanese Airfield, Wewak Area, New Guinea - Annotated
B-25 Mitchells Attacking Japanese Airfield Amid Smoke and Parafrag Bombs, Wewak Area, New Guinea
Second Wave B-25 Strike on Japanese Airfield, Wewak Area, New Guinea - Annotated
B-25 Mitchell Strike Sequence - Japanese Airfield Under Attack, Wewak Area, New Guinea