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| Ernst Udet (on aircraft wing) in Greenland, still picture from the film 'S. O. S. Iceberg', 1932 | Filmmaker Arnold Fanck, enthnologist Knud Rasmussen, and aviator Ernst Udet in Greenland while filming 'S. O. S. Iceberg', 1932 |
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| View of Ivigtut, Greenland, 1940 | Converted TWA Stratoliner 'Apache' (USAAF #42-88626) after becoming the first aircraft to land at Bluie West Eight (Kangerlussuaq), Greenland, 20 Apr 1942 |
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| Aerial view of Bluie West One airfield, Greenland, Jun 1942 | United States Coast Guard PBY-5A Catalina with Patrol-Bombing Squadron 6 on the ramp at Bluie West One air strip, Narsarssuak, Greenland (now Narsarsuaq), 1943. |
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| SB-17 aircraft at Narsarsuaq Air Base, Greenland, circa 1952 | Canadian F-86 fighters at Narsarssuak Air Base, Greenland, 1956 |
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| US Air Force C-123 aircraft at Narsarssuak Air Base, Greenland, 1956 |
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