The Snapshots in Time Collection
Official Strike Photograph No. 79L: Wreckage from Sunk Vessel, Shipping N.W. Muschu Island, 19 March 1944
Official strike photograph No. 79L records the destruction of Japanese shipping northwest of Muschu Island, New Guinea, on 19 March 1944. Such carefully cataloged reconnaissance photographs -- complete with date, location, and technical data -- served as formal mission confirmation for Fifth Air Force anti-shipping strikes during the New Guinea campaign. Project: 218560