Photo #: NH 82476
Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Britain
Attack on Japanese shipping in Simpson Harbor by aircraft of
the USAAF 3rd Bomb Group, 2 November 1943.
The heavy cruiser Haguro is in the upper right center,
beyond the bomb splashes. The ship in the center distance appears
the submarine tender Chogei or Jingei.
The original photograph came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's
World War II history project working files.
Official U.S. Air Force Photograph, from the collections of
the Naval Historical Center.
Online Image: 131KB; 690 x 635 pixels
Note: An earlier identification of this photograph
as having been taken during the 5 November 1943 Rabaul raid by
USS Saratoga (CV-3) is not correct. |
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