B-17F over Bougainville Nov 1942
1942
A USAAF Boeing B-17F-20-BO Flying Fortress (s/n 41-24528) over Mount Bagana on Bougainville after participating in a raid on the Japanese airfield at Buka and then heading for Shortland harbour to attack Japanese shipping, 11 November 1942.
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