File:USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) loading a P-47D Thunderbolt at Finschhafen on 15 July 1944.jpg

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English: The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) loading a U.S. Army Air Forces Republic P-47D Thunderbolt at Finschhafen, Paupa New Guinea, on 15 July 1944. Lunga Point transported worn out USAAF planes to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, for further transportation the the United States.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) 1944-1945 cruise book, p. 41, available at the Bangor, Maine (USA) Public Library
Author U.S. Navy
Camera location6° 36′ 45.11″ S, 147° 51′ 32.58″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current09:59, 7 April 2018Thumbnail for version as of 09:59, 7 April 20181,163 × 1,572 (892 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1=The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS ''Lunga Point'' (CVE-94) loading a U.S. Army Air Forces Republic P-47D ''Thunderbolt'' at Finschhafen, Paupa New Guinea, on 15 July 1944. ''Lunga Point'' transported worn out USAAF planes to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides for further transportation the the United States.}} |Source=U.S. Navy photo [http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1208&context=ww_reg_his] from the [http://digicom.bpl...