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Caption | Two B-17 Flying Fortresses' vapor trails light up the night sky over Eastern Europe, circa 1945 ww2dbase | |||||
Date | 1945 | |||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Forces via Wikimedia Commons | |||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||
Photo Size | 750 x 581 pixels |
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2. Anonymous says:
29 Apr 2019 12:55:23 PM
I would like to use this photo for an exhibit about the Norden Bombsight at the Norwalk Historical Society Museum. Do you have the image in higher resolution? AND how should it be credited?
29 Apr 2019 12:55:23 PM
I would like to use this photo for an exhibit about the Norden Bombsight at the Norwalk Historical Society Museum. Do you have the image in higher resolution? AND how should it be credited?
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