The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 1
Album pages from a 312th Bombardment Group veteran gather aerial views of New Guinea during the 1943-1944 Fifth Air Force campaign, including Dagua, Wewak, Hansa Bay, and the airstrip at Wom Point. Alongside bomb craters and wrecked Japanese aircraft are Sepik River villages under attack, a sobering record of the air war's reach into civilian life.
Native Village Under Strafing Attack, Lower Sepik River, New Guinea
New Guinea Targets — Native Village Being Strafed, Lower Sepik River (312th Bomb Group, Gusap)
Native Stilt Village Along the Sepik River, New Guinea — Aerial View
Native Village, Sepik River, New Guinea — Later Bombed for Suspected Pro-Japanese Sympathies
Aerial View of Native Stilt Village, Wewak Area, New Guinea
Album Page: Aerial View of Native Village with Handwritten Caption, Wewak Area, New Guinea
Low-Level Strike Photo: Destroyed Japanese Aircraft at Wewak Airfield, New Guinea
Scrapbook Page: Aerial View of Bomb-Cratered Japanese Airstrip with Derelict 'Betty' Bomber, Wewak, New Guinea
Album Page: 'Wewak' - Bombing Strike Photo with Handwritten Technical Caption
Japanese Aircraft Wreckage Boneyard at End of Wewak Airstrip, New Guinea
Album Page: 'Boneyard of Jap Plane Wreckage at End of Wewak Strip' with Technical Notes
Low-Level Strike Photo: Wewak Airstrip with Bomb Impact and Aircraft Wreckage, New Guinea
Album Page: 'Wewak' - Bombing Strike Photo with Delayed-Fuse Bomb Caption (Duplicate Scan)
Aerial Reconnaissance Photo: Roads, Camouflaged Equipment, and Lookout Tree near Wewak, New Guinea
Album Page: 'Wewak' - Reconnaissance Photo with Handwritten Notes on Camouflaged Equipment
Medium-Altitude Aerial Photograph of Bombing Raid over Wewak, New Guinea
Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph of Wewak, New Guinea, Showing Bomb Craters and Camouflaged Installations, 312th Bombardment Group Album, WWII
Album Page: 'Wewak from Medium Altitude' with Bomb Explosions and Airfield Overview
Aerial Photograph: String of 500-lb Bombs Falling on Plane Revetments, Wewak, New Guinea
Album Page: 'Wewak' - String of 500-lb Bombs Falling on Plane Revetments with Handwritten Notes
Low-Altitude Aerial View of Brandy Plantation near Wewak, New Guinea
Album Page: Low-Altitude View of Brandy Plantation, Companion to Medium-Altitude Bombing Photo
Low-Altitude Aerial View of Brandy Plantation Terrain, Wewak Area, New Guinea
Album Page: Brandy Plantation - Continuation with Additional Low-Altitude Photograph
Album Page: 'Brandy Plantation, Wewak' - Elevated Aerial View of Plantation Settlement
Bomb Crater and Wrecked Japanese Aircraft Beside Airstrip Road, Wewak Area, New Guinea
Album Page: Bomb Crater and Wrecked Aircraft at Wom Point, Boiken, New Guinea (Frame 72-0-39)
Aerial View of Destroyed Japanese Aircraft on Bombed Airfield, Pacific Theater, WWII (312th Bomb Group)
Aerial Photograph of Wrecked Aircraft at Wom Point/Boiken Airstrip, New Guinea
Aerial View of Bomb-Damaged Coconut Plantation, Hansa Bay, New Guinea
Album Page: Aerial Photograph of Hansa Bay Plantation Damage with Original Label
Aerial View of Beached Watercraft and Strafed Shoreline, Hansa Bay, New Guinea
Album Page: Aerial Photograph of Hansa Bay Shoreline with Original Label and Frame Number
Aerial View of Defoliated Shoreline and Small Craft, Hansa Bay Area, New Guinea
Album Page: Aerial Photograph of Defoliated Hansa Bay Shoreline with Original Label
Low-Level Attack Aircraft Strikes Japanese Cargo Vessel, Southwest Pacific
Aerial View of Bombing Raid on Coastal Base with Anchored Vessels, New Guinea
Aerial Strike Photograph of Coastal Target, Pacific Theater, 312th Bomb Group
Low-Level Bombing Attack on a Pacific Village, 312th Bomb Group Combat Photograph
Low-Level Bombing Attack on Rabaul, New Britain, 7 November 1943
Parafrag Bombs Descending Over Beach, New Guinea Coast
Album Page: Parafrag Bombs Descending Over New Guinea Beach, with Original Frame Number
Aerial View of Palm-Lined Beach with Bomb Blast Marks, Dagua Area, New Guinea
Album Page: Aerial Photograph Near Dagua Airfield, New Guinea, with Original Label
Album Page: Sequential Aerial Photographs of Dagua Coastline, New Guinea
Aerial View of Sepik River Native Village Under Attack, New Guinea
Album Page: '312th Bomb Group Based at Gusap' — Native Village Being Strafed, Lower Sepik River
Aerial View of Sepik River Village Longhouses, New Guinea
Album Page: 'This Village Was Later Bombed Because Native Inhabitants Were Pro-Jap' — Sepik River, New Guinea