OFF NEW BRITAIN ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. C. 1943-10. SMOKE POURING FROM A BURNING BARGE AFTER IT HAD ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain
Accession Number OG0111
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

OFF NEW BRITAIN ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. C. 1943-10. SMOKE POURING FROM A BURNING BARGE AFTER IT HAD BEEN STRAFED BY BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF IN A SWEEP ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF NEW BRITAIN. NINE BARGES CARRYING PETROL AND STORES WERE ATTACKED AND ALL DESTROYED.