Photos Taken in Australian New Guinea

136 items in this album on 7 pages.


An A6M2 Type 21 'Zero' fighter at Rabaul with Mount Tavurvur (Japanese: Hanabuki) in the background, New Britain, circa 1942-1944	Enlisted pilots of the Japanese Navy Tainan Air Group, Lae, New Guinea, Jun 1942

Portrait of Saburo Sakai cropped from a Japanese Navy Tainan Air Group group portrait, Lae, New Guinea, Jun 1942; note autograph	A6M Zero fighters at Rabaul, New Britain, late 1942

Japanese Army officer reviewing troops of 20th Division, Australian Territory of New Guinea, 1943	Parafrag bombs falling in Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Britain, 1940s

US B-25 bombers dropping parafrag bombs over a Japanese airfield at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1943	A PBY-5 Catalina of US Navy Patrol Squadron VP-11 on the Sepik River in Australian New Guinea bringing supplies to a coast-watcher working in the area, Jan 1943

Isoroku Yamamoto's final photograph, taken shortly before he was shot down and killed, Rabaul, Apr 1943	Actor Gary Cooper with a B-25 Mitchell bomber, Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943

Mikazuki after being attacked by USAAF B-25 bombers, off Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 28 Jul 1943, photo 1 of 5	Mikazuki after being attacked by USAAF B-25 bombers, off Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 28 Jul 1943, photo 2 of 5

Mikazuki after being attacked by USAAF B-25 bombers, off Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 28 Jul 1943, photo 3 of 5	Mikazuki after being attacked by USAAF B-25 bombers, off Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 28 Jul 1943, photo 4 of 5

Mikazuki after being attacked by USAAF B-25 bombers, off Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 28 Jul 1943, photo 5 of 5	Mikazuki under attack by USAAF B-25 bombers, off Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 28 Jul 1943, photo 01 of 10

Mikazuki under attack by USAAF B-25 bombers, off Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 28 Jul 1943, photo 02 of 10	Mikazuki under attack by USAAF B-25 bombers, off Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 28 Jul 1943, photo 03 of 10

Mikazuki under attack by USAAF B-25 bombers, off Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 28 Jul 1943, photo 04 of 10	Mikazuki under attack by USAAF B-25 bombers, off Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 28 Jul 1943, photo 05 of 10