AIR WAR IN THE PACIFIC — Reel 1, Part 2 | The Archive Project

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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

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Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Film Report" Program Series

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Date

1944-01-01

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TRT

2:47

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