Converted TWA Stratoliner 'Cherokee' (USAAF #42-88623) began wartime Transatlantic duty, 1942; note similarity with B-17 bomber in the wings and engine cowlings

Caption   Converted TWA Stratoliner 'Cherokee' (USAAF #42-88623) began wartime Transatlantic duty, 1942; note similarity with B-17 bomber in the wings and engine cowlings ww2dbase
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Added Date 16 Dec 2010

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1. Anonymous says:
9 Mar 2012 04:18:23 PM

Looks like an M-1903, vice an M1 Garand.

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