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Crews of an American bomber squadron somewhere along the African coast take on their cargo of calories while their planes are being refueled and fresh bombs and ammunition loaded for delivery across the Mediterranean
Summary
Image source: U.S. Army Signal corps.
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
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africa
north africa
safety film negatives
photo
american bomber squadron
african coast
ultra high resolution
high resolution
office of war information
farm security administration
united states history
library of congress
Date
01/01/1943
Location
africa
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. 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