Wreckage of a Japanese World War II fighter airplane buried in ash from the 1994 eruption of Tavurvur. Rabaul, Papua New Guinea,

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During World War II Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, was captured by Japan in 1942, and became its main base of military and naval activity in the South Pacific. This is the wreckage of one of the Japanese aircraft nearly buried in the ash from Tavurvur.

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Size: 6582px × 4406px
Photo credit: © Sue Clark / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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