This scrapbook page captures both the destruction and the improvisation of the air war over New Guinea: the upper photograph, captioned 'Dagua Strip from 6000 ft. B-24's made the big craters,' shows heavy bomb damage to the Dagua airstrip near Wewak, while the lower photograph, captioned 'Nip attempt to replace divots. Empty gas drums dumped into bomb craters,' documents a Japanese effort to patch the runway using discarded fuel drums as crater fill -- period wording preserved here for historical accuracy. Together they illustrate the ongoing contest between Allied bombing campaigns, including those of the 312th Bomb Group, and Japanese efforts to keep their airfields operational. Project: 218560