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Date
1945
Creation Date
2008-06-11
Description
Black and White photograph of an unidentified United States Army Air Force pilot sitting in the cockpit of a Republic P-47D Thunderbolt fighter plane conversing with two other USAAF pilots at the Fritzlar, Germany (Y.86), airfield, circa 1945. The Thunderbolt may possibly be named "Vivian".
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--Germany--Hesse-Fritzlar
Publisher Digital
Pittsburg State University, Kansas, Axe Library, Special Collections
Rights
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Keywords
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American--Photographs; United States. Army Air Forces--History--Photographs; Thunderbolt (Fighter planes)--Photographs; Fritzlar (Germany)--History--Photographs; Soldiers--United States--Photographs
Notes
Pittsburg State University, Special Collections, 6, Watkins, Arnold Clayton, Envelope 3, 15. Contributed by Joan F. Watkins.