Photos Taken in Dobodura | World War II Database

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Roland Holmberg (rear far left), Robert Boucher (rear center left), Jack Heyn (rear center right), John Barr (rear far right), and Brackett (front) of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group photographic section, Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943	Seeley (rear left), John Paulovitch (rear center), Shemlynce (rear right), and Berube (front) of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group photographic section, Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943

Staff Sergeant Marvin Culbreth of 13th Bomb Squadron of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group, Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943	The '3rd Slug Bar' officer club at Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943

The dedication ceremony of B-25 bomber 'Fat Cat', Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943; she had been salvaged using parts of damaged bombers and would be used to transport food; photo 1 of 4	The dedication ceremony of B-25 bomber 'Fat Cat', Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943; she had been salvaged using parts of damaged bombers and would be used to transport food; photo 3 of 4

The dedication ceremony of B-25 bomber 'Fat Cat', Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943; she had been salvaged using parts of damaged bombers and would be used to transport food; photo 4 of 4	USAAF 3rd Bomb Group photographer Jack Heyn reading at his bunk, Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943

USAAF 3rd Bomb Group photographer Jack Heyn's tent at Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943	USAAF 3rd Bomb Group photographer Jack Heyn, actress Una Merkel, and two 2nd Bomb Command cinematographers at Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943

USAAF 3rd Bomb Group photographic section, Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943	US B-25 bomber 'Fat Cat' taking off, Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943

US B-25 bomber 'Hot Horse' after belly landing at Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua after a returning from a mission over Rabaul, New Britain, mid-1943	US B-25 bomber after belly landing at Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943

Wreckage after a takeoff accident, Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943	A P-38 Lightning with the 80th Fighter Squadron, the “Headhunters,” at rest at Dobodura, New Guinea, Dec 1943 – Feb 1944. Note the improvised wheel chocks.

USAAF Major Richard Bong in his P-38 Lightning aircraft 'Marge', Dobodura, New Guinea, circa 1944