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Gift of Douglas B. Marshall, 2010.65.1 © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
The Ninth Air Force Sweeps Down in Consolidated B-24 Liberators Powered by Turbo- Supercharged Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasps
Gift of Douglas B. Marshall, 2010.65.1 © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.

The Ninth Air Force Sweeps Down in Consolidated B-24 Liberators Powered by Turbo- Supercharged Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasps

PrintmakerMade by Clayton Knight American, 1891 - 1969
Date1943
MediumLithography; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 5/8 x 16 3/4in. (29.5 x 42.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 5/8 x 19 1/2in. (37.1 x 49.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Douglas B. Marshall
DescriptionAirplanes with United States insignia drop bombs on oil fields with oil tanks, railroad tracks, industrial buildings with smokestacks. Machine guns are fired from the foremost plane. Additional bombers are in the background. Flames engulf some buildings. It appears to be night.
Object number2010.65.1
InscribedOn recto, lower center, in black printer's ink: "THE NINTH AIR FORECE SWEEPS DOWN/ IN COSOLIDATED B-24 LIBERATORS/ POWERED BY TURBO-SUPERCHARGED PRATT & WHITNEY TWIN WASPS FOR A LOW ALTITUDE RAID/ DEVASTATING THE PLOESTI OIL FIELDS/ 1943." On verso, lower right hand corner, in pencil, accession number.
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