Bloody Tuesday... Rabaul, 2 November, 1943 by Jack Fellows

November 2, 1943 - Simpson Harbour, Rabaul..... Elements of the 71st Bomb Squadron, 38th Bomb Group, 5th United States Army Air Force attack Japanese shipping, delivering serious losses to the Japanese forces at Rabaul ...but at considerable cost to themselves: eight B-25s and nine P-38s lost, and many other aircraft damaged.