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P-38F Lightning 42-12652 with a damaged right aileron after a collision with a Zero (sic Ki-43-I Oscar) over Lae after landing safely at 14-Mile (Schwimmer Drome) near Port Moresby
In the foreground is a photographer with a camera and flash kneeling atop marston matting (PSP) with P-38F Lightning 42-12652 pulled to the side with a tow vehicle and gathered U.S. personnel.
Credit: USAAF, 5th AF, 6th PRG, 8th PRS Date: December 31, 1942
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