Preview
Date
1942-1943
Creation Date
2008-06-13
Description
Black & White photograph montage of various shots of the United States Army Air Force, 93rd Bomb Group, in North Africa, circa 1942-1943. The top three images show service personnel studying maps and materials. The middle image shows members of the 93rd Bomb Group standing in front of military cars, Jeeps, and trucks at their airfield base. There is a Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber in the background. Service personnel are enjoying a little "R&R" on the beach in the bottom three images of the photo.
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;
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, Soldiers--United States--Photographs, Vehicles, Military--Photographs, Jeep automobile--Photographs, Military bases, American--Photographs, Bombers--United States--Photographs, B-24 Bomber--Photographs, Africa, North--History--Photographs
Notes
Pittsburg State University, Special Collections, 6, Watkins, Arnold Clayton, Envelope 7, 10. Contributed by Joan F. Watkins.