Pacific Wrecks - Aerial view Blanche Bay bordering the Gazelle Peninsula on New Britain with Japanese shipping

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Aerial view Blanche Bay bordering the Gazelle Peninsula on New Britain with Japanese shipping
At the upper left is Cape Gazelle on Gazelle Peninsula on New Britain. Japanese shipping is located off Tokua, in the center is Rapopo and Lesson Point with the Rapopo Airfield runway under construction. Japanese shipping is at anchor off Takubar at the lower right. The orginal negative was printed in reverse, this image is the correct orientation.
Credit: USAAF, 5th AF Combat Camera Unit (5th CCU) Date: January 5, 1943
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