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Photograph of Flight Officer in a plane on D-Day, June 6, 1944

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Date

1944-06-06

Description

The caption reads: "The camera is the eye of the mission." And to see that the eye is in good working order Captain Ursal P. Marshall, 522 South Furth St., Fulton, N. Y., rides along on D-Day. Captain Harvell is Photographic Officer of one of the veteran Liberator Groups which is now commanded by Colonel John H. Gibson of Hinsdale, Illinois. This photograph was taken shortly before reaching the target, in initial wave of heavy bombers on D-Day, June 6, 1944."

Digital ID

whh000416

Physical Identifier

0321_0439
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Citation

whh000416. Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs, 1916-1997. PH-00321. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1mw28n1g

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Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Date Digitized

2012-09-28

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4664 x 5434 pixels
7.773 x 9.057 inches
76,033,408 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff