A wartime reconnaissance shot shows the airfield on tiny Buka Island. Concerned by Japanese activity there, Allied planners tasked B-17 Old 666 with reconnoitering it before photographing adjacent Bougainville. (National Archives)
A wartime reconnaissance shot shows the airfield on tiny Buka Island. Concerned by Japanese activity there, Allied planners tasked B-17 Old 666 with reconnoitering it before photographing adjacent Bougainville. (National Archives)