This scrapbook page from a World War II airman's personal album documents the results of Allied air strikes on the But and Dagua airstrips near Wewak, New Guinea. The photograph shows an airfield rendered unusable by dozens of overlapping, rain-filled bomb craters, the product of sustained Fifth Air Force raids that helped neutralize Japanese air power in the region during 1943-1944. The handwritten captions, preserved as originally written, offer a firsthand, personal perspective on the air campaign from the men who flew it. Project: 218560