Cape Gloucester Air Strip No. 2 being bombed by American aircraft in preparation for invasion, New Britain, Dec 1943

Caption     Cape Gloucester Air Strip No. 2 being bombed by American aircraft in preparation for invasion, New Britain, Dec 1943 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
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Photo Size 480 x 794 pixels
Photos on Same Day 14 Dec 1943
Photos at Same Place New Britain, Australian New Guinea
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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