MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-04-26. A BOEING B-29 SUPERFORTRESS ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island, Morotai Island
Accession Number OG2398
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-04-26. A BOEING B-29 SUPERFORTRESS BOMBER/F-13 STRATEGIC RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT OF THE US STRATEGIC BOMBER FORCE ON THE AIRFIELD, FIN SERIAL NO. 224877 (FULL SERIAL NO. 42-24877), PILOTED BY THOMAS C. KENDALL, AIRCRAFT COMMANDER, SHOWING THE MISSION TALLY. NOTE THE PIN UP GIRL NOSE ART, THE NAME "BEA" AND NICKNAME "DOUBLE EXPOSURE".