Us Official Photographs
B-24 Snoopers over Sangga-Sangga
1944-12-09
In a series of smashing strikes at Jap oil refineries in the Netherlands East Indies, three 13th AAF Consolidated B-24 "Snoopers" on Dec 9, 1944 slipped in at dawn over Sangga-Sangga, 45 miles from Balikpapan, Borneo, ignited eight oil reserves, three of which are shown in this picture burning through the early-morning mist, blew up Dondary bridge, strafed the refinery area and set fire to a ship in the harbor. Primary mission was to knock out the bridge, but since the low-level attack caught the enemy's defenses unprepared, the "Fightin' 13th" planes did all their extra work "just for good measure". Date: 2-5-45 Photographic Intelligence AC/AS, Intell. Hq., A.A.F. No. 55958
