A direct hit with a 1000-pound bomb on an 8,000 ton Japanese transport off Kavieng, New Britain Island, on November 21, 1943 by Lt. Ben Seurlock, Butler, Ala., one of the crack bombardiers of the U.S. Army Fifth Air Force.
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A direct hit with a 1000-pound bomb on an 8,000 ton Japanese transport off Kavieng, New Britain Island, on November 21, 1943 by Lt. Ben Seurlock, Butler, Ala., one of the crack bombardiers of the U.S. Army Fifth Air Force.

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A direct hit with a 1000-pound bomb on an 8,000 ton Japanese transport off Kavieng, New Britain Island, on November 21, 1943 by Lt. Ben Seurlock, Butler, Ala., one of the crack bombardiers of the U.S. Army Fifth Air Force.

November 1943
Gelatin silver print
18.4 x 24.2 cm.
Museum accession
Inscriptions recto-(printed in image) "26379 A.C."
verso-(applied typed caption) "AC 26379 A direct hit with a 1000-
pound bomb on an 8,000 ton Jap transport off Kevieng, New Britain
Island, on November 21 1943 by Lt. Ben Seurlock, Butler, Ala., one of
the crack bombarders of the U.S. Army Fifth Air Force." "Photography -
Reconn. A.C. 26379"
(rubberstamp) "U.S. Army Air Forces Photo. Watch Your Credit"
(in pencil) "A.C. 26379"
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