The Snapshots in Time Collection
Scrapbook Page No. 137: Dagua Airfield Strike -- Parafragmentation Bomb Technique Explained
This scrapbook page preserves both the image and the technical account of a parafragmentation bomb strike on Dagua airfield, New Guinea. The veteran's handwritten note explains that each B-25 Mitchell carried eighty small 25-pound parafrag bombs, released in rapid succession to blanket roughly a mile of ground -- the tactic responsible for the burning aircraft and smoke column visible in this photograph. Project: 218560