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WEEKLY REVIEW 152: NZ SQUADRONS STRIKE FROM BOUGAINVILLE

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HOROKINA BEACH, AUGUSTA BAY, BOUGAINVILLE. New Zealand Torpedo bomber crews receive a final briefing from an officer before heading for Japanese occupied Buka. Bombs are loaded into War Hawks. The planes take off and fly over Buka and the Japanese airstrips there. They bomb the island, destroying Japanese supplies and vegetable gardens. Venturas approach the Shortland Islands and drop bombs on...
Display date:
1944
Location:
New Zealand/Aotearoa
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MovingImage
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Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
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Camera: Pacific Unit
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