The description on the photo indicates that this aerial shot was taken at 0845 hours on 21st April 1944, the day prior to the invasion of Hollandia, and at 5,000 altitude.

This Mitchell was named both Red Wrath and Pannell Job at differing times of its career, but was destroyed in a crash at Nadzab on 11th June 1944, only a few months after this photo was taken.

The coastal area in the background is Tadji, and if you look carefully you can see that fires are burning near the runway area, part of the 5th Air Force's softening up process.

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