BOMBING OF JAPANESE CRUISER OFF RABAUL, NE NEW BRITAIN ISLANDS, BISMARCH ARCHIPELAGO, TERR OF NEW GUINEA Part 3

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Signal Corps ADC 1787 111 SOURCE: AFCF (USN Office Public Relations Release #6) ADC FILM: Arch, DN&MP, APC, 746' ea Silent 1787 BOMBING OF JAPANESE CRUISER OFF Rabaul, NE New Britain Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Terr of New Guinea Mar 1944 AV, bombing of Japanese cruiser, explosions and near misses. (No direct hit. ) vs, F4U "Corsairs" dive low over moving battleship and drop bombs. GSAP ftge, enemy fighter planes are hit and disintegrate in air. vs, F4Us dive bomb Japanese warships. DUs, diving down and dropping bombs. (Bombs straddle warships; near misses engulf a ship.) AA fire from warships is visible in air surrounding US Navy planes. AV, enemy cruiser zigzags thru open waters to avoid direct hits. Record Group 111 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Accession Number III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities