The men of the 347th Fighter Group who flew the mission to intercept Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. The photo is single frame of a movie taken on Kukum Field, Guadalcanal on 19 Apr 1943, the day after the attack.

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Caption     The men of the 347th Fighter Group who flew the mission to intercept Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. The photo is single frame of a movie taken on Kukum Field, Guadalcanal on 19 Apr 1943, the day after the attack. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Kukum Field, Guadalcanal, British Western Pacific Territories
Date 19 Apr 1943
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Force
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 2,000 x 1,334 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
17 Apr 2024 09:41:56 PM

Back row, left to right: Lt. Roger J. Ames, Lt. Lawrence A. Graebner, Capt. Thomas G. Lanphier Jr., Lt. Delton C. Goerke, Lt. Julius Jacobson, Lt. Eldon E. Stratton, Lt. Albert R. Long, Lt. Everett H. Anglin.
Front row: Lt. William E. Smith, Lt. Douglas S. Canning, Lt. Besby F. Holmes, Lt. Rex T. Barber, Maj. John W. Mitchell, Maj. Louis R. Kittel, Lt. Gordon Whitakke. Not pictured is Lt. Raymond K. Hine who did not return from the mission and was presumed dead.

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WW2-Era Location Name:
Kukum Field, Guadalcanal, British Western Pacific Territories

Latitude-Longitude:
-9.4261, 160.0108

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