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• The kind of man Hitler wishes we didn't have. A bomber pilot, captain in a bombardment squadron, just before he climbs aboard his huge YN-17 bombing plane (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Hitler would like this man to go home and forget about the war. A good American non-com at the side machine gun of a huge YB-17 bomber is a man who knows his business and works hard at it (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Here's our mission. A combat crew receives final instructions just before taking off in a mighty YB-17 bomber from a bombardment squadron base at the field, Langley Field, Va. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• One of America's new warships of the air, a mighty YB-17 bomber, is pulled up at a bombardment squadron hangar, Langley Field, Va. It is all set to taxi out to a runway and take off (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• A giant of the skyways poises for flight, Langley Field, Va. The four powerful engines of a YB-17 bomber are warmed up before a takeoff (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Servicing [an] A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Servicing [an] A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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