Preview
Date
1944-1945
Creation Date
2008-06-11
Description
Black & White photograph of two Douglas A-26B Invaders flying in formation by the Ninth Army Air Force. The Invader in the foreground with the letters 5I, F, painted on the fuselage, 43-22660, was flown by the 643rd Bomb Squadron, 409th Bomb Group. The Invader at the top with the letters YA, J, painted on its fuselage, 43-22415, was flown by the 555th Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomb Group, circa 1944-1945.
Digital Collection
Arnold Clayton Watkins World War II Photograph Collection, 1942-1945
Collection Number
SpC MS 0006
Finding Aid
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/3/
Object Type
Photograph
Image Format
Still Image
Location
Europe;
Publisher Digital
Pittsburg State University, Kansas, Axe Library, Special Collections
Rights
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Keywords
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American--Aerial photographs; United States. Army Air Forces--History--Aerial photographs; Airplanes, Military--Markings--United States--Aerial photographs; Bombers--United States--Aerial photographs; A-26 Invader (Bomber)--History--Aerial photographs
Notes
Pittsburg State University, Special Collections, 6, Watkins, Arnold Clayton, Envelope 3, 03. Contributed by Joan F. Watkins.