Captioned by its original owner as 'Dagua Strip from 6000 ft. B-24's made the big craters,' this aerial photograph documents the aftermath of a heavy bomber raid on the Japanese-held Dagua airstrip near Wewak, New Guinea. Large craters scar the runway and surrounding terrain, evidence of the sustained Allied air campaign -- involving both heavy bombers like the B-24 Liberator and medium bombers such as the 312th Bomb Group's B-25 Mitchells -- to neutralize Japanese air power in the New Guinea theater during 1943-1944. Project: 218559