B-17s Bomb Rabaul, 1942

B-17s Bomb Rabaul, 1942
Here we see bombs dropped from a formation of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses straddling Japanese shipping at Rabaul at some point during 1942. The B-17 took part in the earliest raids on Rabaul, very soon after it fell to the Japanese, and remained in use throughout 1942 before being replaced by the B-24 Liberator early in 1943.
Under the Southern Cross – The South Pacific Air Campaign against Rabaul, Thomas McKelvey Cleaver. Looks at the Allied air campaign that helped neutralise the major Japanese base at Rabaul without a costly invasion, tracing the growth of Allied air power in the South Pacific from the desperate days on Guadalcanal to a position where the Allies had clear air superiority and were able to subject Rabaul to weeks of near constant attack, eventually forcing the Japanese to withdraw their last aircraft from the base, but not until they had attempted to use their elite carrier aviators to defeat the Allied attacks, thus reducing the effectiveness of their aircraft carriers for the rest of the war (Read Full Review)
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How to cite this article: Rickard, J (15 November 2024), B-17s Bomb Rabaul, 1942 , https://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_B-17s_bomb_rabaul.html

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