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B-29 Superfortress of the 462nd Bomb Group, the “Hellbirds,” after an emergency landing on Akyab Island airstrip, Burma, 1945 (now Sittwe, Myanmar).De Havilland Mosquito Photo Reconnaissance variant at Akyab Island airstrip, Burma, 1945 (now Sittwe, Myanmar).
B-29 Superfortress of the 462nd Bomb Group, the “Hellbirds,” after an emergency landing on Akyab Island airstrip, Burma, 1945 (now Sittwe, Myanmar).De Havilland Mosquito Photo Reconnaissance variant at Akyab Island airstrip, Burma, 1945 (now Sittwe, Myanmar).
F-5E Lighting “Kay” of the 40th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron at Akyab Island airstrip, Burma, 1945 (now Sittwe, Myanmar). Note P-51B Mustangs.
F-5E Lighting “Kay” of the 40th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron at Akyab Island airstrip, Burma, 1945 (now Sittwe, Myanmar). Note P-51B Mustangs.


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Light cruiser Köln underway, circa early 1930s; this photo was presented as a gift to Mrs. Ruth M. Bence at the time of the ship's visit to Guam, Mariana Islands in late Jun 1933


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