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Target Number Maps – Wakde Island, Dutch New Guinea

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Several maps of the Wakde Island area, Dutch New Guinea are attached to the May 1944 Unit History of the 501st Bomb Squadron, 345th Bomb Group.

V Bomber Command Strategical Map No 11 had been split into quadrants during the microfilming process. The four images were pieced back together with only a small amount of distortion evident along the midline. The map provides a good picture of locations near Wakde Island.

V Bomber Command Strategical Map No 11, Wakde Area. Reconstituted from public domain images on microfilm reel A0625 provided by the Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA), Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

The V Bomber Command target number map below had been split into four pages and was pieced back together, again with minimal distortion. This map is labeled as Mission FFO-132-E, May 11, 1944.

V Bomber Command Target Number map for the May 11, 1944 mission FFO 132-E. Reconstituted from public domain images on microfilm reel A0625 provided by AFHRA, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.