U.S. Navy Bombers destroy Japanese planes on new Guinea.

U.S. Navy Bombers destroy Japanese planes on new Guinea. Shattered Japanese planes litter the big airdrome at Hollandia, on the northern coast of Dutch New Guinea, after U.S. Navy bombers attecked the base in support of U.S. troops, aided by planes and surface units of a powerful U.S. Navy task force, swept to victory in five days, capturing this airfield on April 26. Other American forces landed simultaneously at Tanahmera Bay and Aitape on the same coast. U.S. planes destroyed 101 Japanese aircraft, 67 of them on the ground, in the Hollandia operation.