Creator

Unknown

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Date

1943

Creation Date

2008-06-13

Description

Black & White photograph montage of various shots of the United States Army Air Force, 93rd Bomb Group, circa 1942-1943. There are three British Austin K2 heavy military ambulances shown in the top left image. A number of service personnel are shown working at a Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber crash site in the top right image. There are three service personnel examining flak damage to a bomber. There are three images on the left side of the photograph of service personnel discussing and critiquing a bombing mission that took place on the submarine pens and docks in St. Nazaire [Saint-Nazaire], France, on January 3, 1943. The bottom right image shows bomb damage on the docks in St. Nazaire [Saint-Nazaire], France.

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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Notes

Pittsburg State University, Special Collections, 6, Watkins, Arnold Clayton, Envelope 7, 07. Contributed by Joan F. Watkins.

Keywords

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American--Photographs; United States. Army Air Forces--History--Photographs; Bombers--United States--Photographs; B-24 Bomber--Photographs; Trucks--Great Britain--Photographs; Vehicles, Military--Photographs; Soldiers--United States--Photographs; World War, 1939-1945--France--Saint-Nazaire--Aerial photographs; Saint-Nazaire (France)--History--Aerial photographs; Ambulances--Photographs

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