Pacific War, Malayan Front.
Allied troop transports being bombed by Japanese Navy fighter planes in the Bangka Strait between Bangka Island and the east coast of Sumatra Island, January 31, 1942.
The Osaka Mainichi Shimbun's photo album, a compilation of photographs taken by the newspaper's photo department at the time, bears the date (February 9, 1942) when glass dry plates were received from the site, the stamps "Ministry of the Navy Permission No. 565" and "Kaiyotsu No. 17-570," and a note in red with " ".
● Mainichi Legacy Photo Archives Project. Wartime negatives, dry plates, and photographic prints were digitized.
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