The Snapshots in Time Collection
Wrecked Japanese Aircraft on Wewak Airfield, New Guinea
Wrecked Japanese aircraft litter the grass airstrip at Wewak, New Guinea, following devastating Allied air raids. In August 1943, Fifth Air Force bombers, including units of the 312th Bombardment Group, caught the Japanese Fourth Air Army largely on the ground at Wewak's airfield complex, destroying scores of aircraft and crippling Japanese air power in New Guinea for months to come. Project: 218560