Bougainville - Aircraft of World War II

Graeme · 09-08-2007, 06:12 PM

Some images of Bougainville 1945-6. My father was in the Army at the time involved in 'mopping up' operations.

mkloby · 09-08-2007, 06:53 PM

Very cool pictures. Thank you for posting.

syscom3 · 09-08-2007, 07:50 PM

YES!!!!!!!!! EXCELLENT PICTURES.

Bougainville was relatively unknown part of the war in the Pacific.

After Macarthur began his advance up New Guinea, this island lost its strategic significance.

evangilder · 09-08-2007, 11:06 PM

Great stuff.

FLYBOYJ · 09-09-2007, 12:22 AM

Very cool!!!!!

Aggie08 · 09-09-2007, 02:29 AM

Yeah, neat pics! Props to the Marines who had to take those god-awful little islands.

syscom3 · 09-09-2007, 02:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aggie08

Yeah, neat pics! Props to the Marines who had to take those god-awful little islands.

Actually, the US Army had more involvement in the seizing of the islands of the Pacific than the marines. "Props" should go to both.

Wildcat · 09-09-2007, 06:31 AM

Very cool Greame!!

v2 · 09-09-2007, 08:08 AM

Lucky13 · 09-09-2007, 08:52 AM

Great!

Negative Creep · 09-09-2007, 01:45 PM

By that stage, was there still any fighting going on?

Thorlifter · 09-09-2007, 02:11 PM

Yeah, neat pics

Graeme · 09-09-2007, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Negative Creep

By that stage, was there still any fighting going on?

Hostilities had ceased.

And Talili in Rabaul. (Note the 'outdoor' picture theatre top left photo)

Soundbreaker Welch? · 09-11-2007, 02:11 AM

Thank you.

Denniss · 09-11-2007, 07:42 PM

What's the type of the aircraft wreck lying in the water? (first image, top left) Japanese flying boat Mavis or Emily ?

09-08-2007, 06:12 PM	#1
Graeme Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,081	Bougainville Some images of Bougainville 1945-6. My father was in the Army at the time involved in 'mopping up' operations.

09-08-2007, 06:53 PM	#2
mkloby Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Jacksonville, NC Posts: 3,562	Very cool pictures. Thank you for posting. __________________ If the Army and the Navy ever look on heaven's scenes, they will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines

09-08-2007, 07:50 PM	#3
syscom3 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 10,283	YES!!!!!!!!! EXCELLENT PICTURES. Bougainville was relatively unknown part of the war in the Pacific. After Macarthur began his advance up New Guinea, this island lost its strategic significance. __________________ "Pilot to copilot..... what are those mountain goats doing up here in the clouds?"

09-08-2007, 11:06 PM	#4
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,809	Great stuff. __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

09-09-2007, 12:22 AM	#5
FLYBOYJ IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 16,051	Very cool!!!!! __________________ "IF ITS RED OR DUSTY, DON'T TOUCH IT"

09-09-2007, 02:29 AM	#6
Aggie08 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 1,013	Yeah, neat pics! Props to the Marines who had to take those god-awful little islands. __________________ "I had ten rockets on board, and as I wasn't particularly fond of head-on attacks, I salvoed the whole lot at him. The rockets didn't hit him but but they must have scared the bejesus out of him, for he did a steep turn to starboard... I let him have the full blast, all eight fifty-calibers. I had never seen an aircraft completely disintegrate in the air the way this Me-110 did..." Bill Dunn, 406th Fighter Group Matt

09-09-2007, 06:31 AM	#8
Wildcat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Queensland Posts: 4,543	Very cool Greame!! __________________

09-09-2007, 08:08 AM	#9
v2 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cracow Posts: 4,207	__________________ "A good fighter pilot, like a good boxer, should have a knockout punch..... You will find one attack you prefer to all others. Work on it till you can do it to perfection... then use it whenever possible." - Captain Reade Tilley, USAAF 7 Victories, WW-II -

09-09-2007, 08:52 AM	#10
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	Great! __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

09-09-2007, 01:45 PM	#11
Negative Creep Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Plymouth Posts: 819	By that stage, was there still any fighting going on?

09-09-2007, 02:11 PM	#12
Thorlifter Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dallas, Tx Posts: 4,346	Yeah, neat pics

09-11-2007, 02:11 AM	#14
Soundbreaker Welch? Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 1,893	Thank you. __________________ "His motor's conked out!" "What's the differance, they're all Nazis!" "Luke, shut up!" "Fear the hook!" "Oh.....I wanna fly." "You mean the kind that go under water and fly up the stairs?" "What you doing? Oh Nooooo!"

09-11-2007, 07:42 PM	#15
Denniss Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 117	What's the type of the aircraft wreck lying in the water? (first image, top left) Japanese flying boat Mavis or Emily ?

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