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Archbishop Spellman of New York posing with the crew of a B-25 medium bomber at the farthest advanced U.S. bomber base in Tunisia

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Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York touring the North African battle front, saying mass for the men at the 57th Fighter Group of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force. This group, located "somewhere in Tunisia," knocked almost 100 Axis transports and fighters out of the skies in one engagement

Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York touring the North African battle front, saying a mass for the men at the 57th Fighter Group of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force. This group, located "somewhere in Tunisia," knocked almost 100 Axis transports and fighters out of the skies in one engagement

A scale model of North American's B-25 bomber is placed in the company's new wind tunnel

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Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York touring the North African battle front, saying mass for the men at the 57th Fighter Group of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force. This group, located "somewhere in Tunisia," knocked almost 100 Axis transports and fighters out of the skies in one engagement

Archbishop Spellman of New York posing with the crew of a B-25 medium bomber at the farthest advanced U.S. bomber base in Tunisia

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tunisia nitrate negatives ṭabarqah tunisia archbishop spellman archbishop spellman crew medium bomber medium bomber base bomber base bombers ww 2 bombers farm security administration b 25 mitchell b 25 b 25 bomber propeller aircraft united states history aircraft 1940 s aircrafts 1940 s library of congress
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01/01/1943
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Parrino, Nick, photographer
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Ṭabarqah (Tunisia) ,  36.95444, 8.75806
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. On North American's "Sunshine" assembly line at Inglewood, California, a B-25 bomber is prepared for painting. Paper is taped to those areas to be painted. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

North American B-25 bomber is prepared for painting on the outside assembly line, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.

B-29 Super Fortress. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domain photo.

Kansas City, Kansas. B-25 bombers on the flight ramp ready for a test flight at the North American Aviation, Inc.

A huge rubber tire is mounted on the landing gear strut of a North American B-25 before it moves to the final assembly line

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American troops of the 57th Fighter Group sightseeing among Roman ruins in Tunisia

B-29 Super Fortress machine gun ammunition

Archbishop Ireland - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. One of the Army's new P-51 "Mustang" fighters in flight near the North American Aviation plant at Inglewood, California. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Technical Sergeant John A. Harkeli, twenty-four, gunner, of Manifold, Pennsylvania, a coal miner before the war. He is one of the original crew members of the Snow White, a B-24 bomber of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force, which has completed 300 combat hours in the Middle East

Billings Spellman, et al. to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, May 11, 1863 (Telegram concerning appointment of assessor in New York)

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tunisia nitrate negatives ṭabarqah tunisia archbishop spellman archbishop spellman crew medium bomber medium bomber base bomber base bombers ww 2 bombers farm security administration b 25 mitchell b 25 b 25 bomber propeller aircraft united states history aircraft 1940 s aircrafts 1940 s library of congress