Caption | B-17 Flying Fortress bomber at rest, silhouetted by the setting sun, Langley Field, Virginia, United States, Jul 1942; note B-18 Bolo and two A-20 Havoc aircraft in background ww2dbase | |||||||||||
Photographer | Alfred Palmer | |||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Library of Congress | |||||||||||
Identification Code | LC-DIG-fsac-1a35090 | |||||||||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||||
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18 Sep 2011 03:58:59 AM
That photo is priceless! I've never seen such resolution and color from a 1942-vintage picture...thanks for sharing this!