Flying Fortress Crash Landing 1944

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B-17 Flying Fortress (USAF - United States Air Force) crash landing. L/S emergency flare being fired at unknown English airfield as flying Fortress comes into land on one wheel after return from bombing raid. The pilot makes...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
60719
Sort Number:
UN 0334 E
Time in/Out:
01:11:01:00 / 01:14:02:00
Canister:
UN 334 E
Film ID:
1821.04
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