Truly amazing photos, and in particular with regard to clarity.
I can recall reading a Japanese survivors account of the Allied attacks on Japanese shipping out of Rabaul.
The Japanese were distraught at the dreadful shipping losses, and their inability to effectively counter the daring air attacks.
In particular the survivor related the most-feared, low-level attacks were by the RAAF Beaufighters, who came up from behind, and strafed the Jap ships from virtually sea-level, with devastating effect.
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