Fifth Japanese Planes Destroyed -- In a swift, devastating strike by U.S. Fifth Air Force bombers this last effective Nip air base in New Guinea recently was badly dam­aged. The location is Jefman airdrome, Sorong Island, where 50 Japanese planes were destroyed both on the ground and in the air. In this photo two Nip planes are seen destroyed on the ground while a third rises to a sudden, fiery end in the air. When the U.S. bombers had finished their work, not a serviceable Jap plane remained on the ground. Note the delayed bomb being parachuted to the ground right on the tail of the Jap bomber. June 24, 1944. (Photo by USA Fifth Air Force).