Battle of the Bismarck Sea

Battle of the Bismark Sea

A U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas A-20G Havoc of the 3rd Attack Group bombs a Japanese merchant ship off Wewak, Papua New Guinea, 19 March 1944.

From the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 3 March 1943. Flight lieutenant 260353 R. F. (Torchy) Uren, No. 30 squadron RAAF, in the cockpit of his Beaufighter aircraft takes a drink from a water bottle after leaving the target area during the Bismarck Sea battle.

Scope and content: One of the U.S. Army Air Force Aces is Captain Robert L. Faurot, of Cape Girardeau, Mo. who has shot down two Japanese Zeros. New Guinea. General notes: Capt. Robert L. Faurot served with the 39th Fighter Squadron and was shot down by Japanese A6M fighters during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea on 3 March 1943.

Japanese destroyer Asashio under air attacks during the battle of the Bismarck Sea

U.S. Fifth Air Force bombs bracket the Japanese transport Taimei Maru- Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 4 March 1943.

Japanese cargo ship SS Kenbu Maru under attack by Allied aircraft during the battle of the Bismarck Sea.

The Japanese transport Kyokusei Maru was one of the casualties in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, March 1943.

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The Japanese destroyer Shirayuki under air attack during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 2 March 1943. She was shortly afterwards fatally damaged by bomb hits and scuttled.

The Japanese destroyer Tokitsukaze under air attack during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 4 March 1943.

U.S. Army Air Forces bombers hit a Japanese transport during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 2-4 March 1943.

The Japanese 3,793grt transport Shin-ai Maru burns after the attack, 3 March 1943.

U.S. Fifth Air Force bombs bracket the Japanese transport Taimei Maru during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 4 March 1943.

A Japanese transport under attack during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 3 March 1943.

Japanese admiral Masatomi Kimura (1891-1960)

U.S. Army Air Forces North American B-25 Mitchell bombers execute a low level attack on the Japanese transport Taimei Maru during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, March 1943.

Japanese destroyer Shirayuki under attacks during the battle of the Bismarck Sea. She was shortly afterwards fatally damaged by air attacks and sucttled