Keesler Field (Keesler Air Force Base)

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This black and white photograph features a sign for the Air Force airplane, The Blue Streak with a map of the Middle East Theatre beside it. The title at the top of the map reads "Lines indicate missions performed by this aircraft." There are wheels seen in the lower portion of the photo.

Transcription

Has of 24s The most decorated of all

Publication Date

1944

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

United States. Air Force--Airplanes; Maps

Object Type

image

Format (original)

photograph: b&w

Format (digital)

PDF

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Keesler Field Subcollection

Repository

Manuscripts

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Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Close-up of the Side of the United States Air Force Airplane, The Blue Streak, with a Map of the Middle East Theatre

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