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127-GW-520-80900: Okinawa Campaign, April-June 1945

127-GW-520-80900: Okinawa Campaign, April-June 1945. All clear on Engine Two, and the flight will soon be ready to get under way. The photo plane is a converted heavy bomber from which the bomb racks have been removed and the aerial cameras installed, PB4Y. The silhouette of an aerial camera is painted on the nose of the plane for each mission, Okinawa. Photographed by Chester L. Smith, April 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/6/25).
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Caption: Okinawa Campaign, April-June 1945. All clear on Engine Two, and the flight will soon be ready to get under way. The photo plane is a converted heavy bomber from which the bomb racks have been removed and the aerial cameras installed, PB4Y. The silhouette of an aerial camera is painted on the nose of the plane for each mission, Okinawa. Photographed by Chester L. Smith, April 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/6/25).
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