The Snapshots in Time Collection

Bomb Crater and Wrecked Japanese Aircraft Beside Airstrip Road, Wewak Area, New Guinea

Bomb Crater and Wrecked Japanese Aircraft Beside Airstrip Road, Wewak Area, New Guinea

This close aerial photograph captures a fresh bomb crater beside an airstrip access road near Wewak, New Guinea, with the wreckage of Japanese aircraft scattered nearby in the grass. Images like this documented the intensity and precision of Fifth Air Force raids, including those flown by the 312th Bomb Group, against Japanese airfields during the 1943 New Guinea campaign. Project: 218561