
Caption | US Army Air Force B-17E bombers taking off from the airfield on Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, 3-4 Jun 1942 ww2dbase | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Air Force | ||||||||
Identification Code | USAF 22635 AC | ||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 3 Jun 1942 | ||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Midway, US Pacific Islands | ||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
Added Date | 26 Nov 2006 | ||||||||
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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". |
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