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Accident at Barakoma Airfield, Vella Lavella

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English: Accident at Barakoma Airfield, Vella Lavella. Two planes' wreckage burns on the airfield, after a collision. A group of men, with a Jeep has gathered around a parachuted pilot in center. Tail of plane No. 2 is at far right, beyond the R4D Transport plane. Taken by an alert Navy photographer who was shooting a story of wounded being evacuated from Bougainville to Vella La Vella. 1st Lieutenant Martin Smith, Jr. of VMF-222 was killed in this accident.
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