Aerial view of bombed Japanese airplanes in Hollandia in 1944

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Gift of Mary Noble, from The collection of the National WWII Museum
Description: 

"File No. 251,359. Released: May 30, 1944. Seizure of Hollandia. By-passing the Jap [Japanese] strongholds of Wewak and Madang, U.S. Army troops transported and aided planes by the planes and ships of a vast U.S. task force, 'leap-frogged' 500 miles in the South Pacific to land in the Hollandia area of Dutch New Guinea on April 22, 1944. These official U.S. Navy photographs depict the massive operation, which swept to immediate success against minor opposition, seizing three airfields and quelling all resistance within five days. Japan's "101" Club-- A long line of shattered Jap planes bear witness to the accuracy of Navy bombers during the aerial attack which preceded and accompanied Army landings on Hollandia on April 22, 194. Our planes destroyed 101 Japanese aircraft-- 67 of them on the ground-- in the Hollandia operation." New Guinea. April 1944

Image Information

Donor: 
Ms. Mary Noble
Accession Number: 
2010.130.038
Date: 
Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
US Navy
Theater of Service: 
Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)
Unit: 
Campaign / Event: 
New Guinea (1942-45)
POW / KIA: 
Topical Subjects: 
Airplanes--Japanese--New Guinea
Collection Level: 
Official U.S. Navy Photographs collected by navy veteran John R. Noble, who served in the Pacific on the USS Castor and the USS Fletcher during World War II.
Geography: 
Jayapura
Latitude: 
-2.617
Longitude: 
140.650
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Airplanes--Japanese--New Guinea