Us Official Photographs

Battle of Bismarck Sea

Herewith are pictured incidents of the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, in which Allied bombers destroyed a 22 ship Japanese convoy, with an estimated loss to the enemy of 15,000 lives and 90,000 tons of shipping. 12 of the ships were troop transports and 10 cruisers and destroyers. Scattered clouds afford no protection to an enemy ship which burns fiercely from stem to stern after Allied attack during battle of the Bismarck Sea.