Fighting 5th AF: Mission to Rabaul

September/October 1943, the hellish triangle of blood-soaked mud, jungle and sky bore witness to one of history's most savage battles on October 12. Angry warbirds sweep Cape Gloucester, Hansa Bay, Lae and Salamanaua leaving a wake of devastation unequaled in the Pacific campaign. Imperial Japan lost 1,000 planes, hundreds of ships and barges, plus a brutal body count.