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New American Planes 1941
Description
United States of America (USA)?
Various shots of new American spotter plane called 'Dragonfly'. By moving the flaps on the wings, the plane can be made to hover for spotting and also makes for shorter takeoff and landing.
Various shots of another new American bomber plane 'Liberator'....
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sanja
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 70877
- Sort Number:
- UN 267 D
- Time in/Out:
- 01:19:58:00 / 01:21:20:00
- Canister:
- UN 267 D
- Film ID:
- 1657.11
- Issue Date:
- 1941
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The aircraft seen here is a Ryan YO-51 Dragonfly. Only 3 examples of this aircraft were ever built.
This clip currently has no confirmed location, however at 00:33 we see a hangar for "Ryan Aeronautical Co', which enables the location to be identified as San Diego, California.