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    90th Bombardment Group records, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

    Identifier

    ms.0358.055.016.001

    Description

    In May 1943, a group of U.S. Air Force officers and Australian Air Force officers volunteered to search out the site and cause of a B-24 bomber crash in Japanese controlled Papua New Guinea near the of Bena Bena. L to r: Lt. Norman Wilde (Austrian Air Force); Lt. Spiffy Wells; Capt. Frank McLaughlin; Maj. Ed Imparato; Lt. Kenneth Bandy.

    Date Created

    2024

    Date

    1943 May

    Keywords

    Bena Bena (Papua New Guinea); World War II; 90th Bombardment Group

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