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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: USAF 22635 AC

Battle of Midway, June 1942


U.S. Army Air Force B-17E "Flying Fortress" bombers take off from the airfield on Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, on 3-4 June 1942.
Plane in the center is an early-model B-17E, with a Bendix remotely controlled belly turret.
U.S. Air Force Photograph.

Online Image: 50KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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12 March 1999