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Lae, New Guinea. A United States Army Air Force A-20 attack plane pilot swooped down to within sixty feet of the ground to get this aerial view of smashed enemy planes. More than fifty Japanese planes, destroyed by Allied bombing and strafing raids, littered the airfield after the Allied attack. In
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Lae, New Guinea. A United States Army Air Force A-20 attack plane pilot swooped down to within sixty feet of the ground to get this aerial view of smashed enemy planes. More than fifty Japanese planes, destroyed by Allied bombing and strafing raids, littered the airfield after the Allied attack. In

1943-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineLae, New Guinea. A United States Army Air Force A-20 attack plane pilot swooped down to within sixty feet of the ground to get this aerial view of smashed enemy planes. More than fifty Japanese planes. 1943-01-01. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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