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Date
1943-1945
Creation Date
2008-06-13
Description
Black & White photograph of a row of wrecked German Messerschmitt 109 fighter planes and wreckage parts lined up at the Gambut, Libya, airfield in Northern Africa, circa 1943-1945.
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
Africa--Libya
Publisher Digital
Pittsburg State University, Kansas, Axe Library, Special Collections
Rights
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Keywords
United States--Army Air Forces--History--Photographs, World War (1939-1945)--Aerial operations, German--Photographs, Messerschmitt 109 (Fighter planes)--Photographs, World War (1939-1945)--Africa, North--Photographs, Africa, North--History--Photographs, World War (1939-1945)--Libya--Photographs, Libya--History--Photographs
Notes
Pittsburg State University, Special Collections, 6, Watkins, Arnold Clayton, Envelope 6, 05. Contributed by Joan F. Watkins.