| Caption | B-25 Mitchell bombers of 321st Bomber Group, US 447th Bomber Squadron flying past Mount Vesuvius, Italy during its eruption of 18-23 Mar 1944 ww2dbase | ||||||||
| Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Air Force | ||||||||
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| Photo Size | 1,800 x 1,406 pixels | ||||||||
| Photos on Same Day | 18 Mar 1944 | ||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Vesuvius, Naples, Italy | ||||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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2. 
David Stubblebine says:
4 Apr 2014 08:39:23 PM
This image is in the public domain. You own it as much as anyone else.
David Stubblebine says:4 Apr 2014 08:39:23 PM
This image is in the public domain. You own it as much as anyone else.
3. Craig Smith says:
30 May 2016 05:02:29 PM
This may be one of the pictures my father, Ollie C. Smith sent to the USAAC archive. The plane he should have been on crashed the previous night 17 March 1944, after flying through the ash of Vesuvius. I've been trying to find information on the crash but with all the B-25's the 340th lost at Pompeii I haven't been able to find anything.
30 May 2016 05:02:29 PM
This may be one of the pictures my father, Ollie C. Smith sent to the USAAC archive. The plane he should have been on crashed the previous night 17 March 1944, after flying through the ash of Vesuvius. I've been trying to find information on the crash but with all the B-25's the 340th lost at Pompeii I haven't been able to find anything.
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May I please use your picture of Mt. Vesuvius for my school project?