Video Parts (5 across 2 reels)
This clip is Reel 1, Part 1 of a 5-part film.
AIR WAR IN THE PACIFIC Reel 1 · Part 1
Description
Shows various aerial operations in New Guinea, Aug.- Sept. 1943. B-25's strafe a barge off Lae. B-25's and P-38's of the 5th AAF bomb and strafe an airfield. A bomber crash lands at a U.S. base. Hansa Bay is bombed. Paratroops board C-47's and jump over the Markham Valley. Shows a damaged airport at Lae. B-25's bomb and strafe Wewak. Gun camera footage shows several Japanese fighters and bombers being shot down.
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Records of the Army Air Forces
Series
Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Film Report" Program Series
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