Keesler Field (Keesler Air Force Base)
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Description
This black and white photograph features a group of airplanes on the field. The smaller plane in the foreground features "782" stenciled on the front end of the plane, a star in a circle on the back end, and the numbers "348279" are on the fin/vertical stabilizer. The larger plane behind the plane in the forefront has "IM00 on the side of the front end near the cockpit. Other planes can be seen in the distance and the wing of a plane can be seen above the two planes in the center.
Transcription
In front of operations
Publication Date
1944
Time Period
1940-1949
Subjects
United States. Air Force--Planes
Geographic Location
Biloxi, MS
Object Type
image
Format (original)
photograph: b&w
Format (digital)
Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Keesler Field Subcollection
Repository
Manuscripts
Rights
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.
Recommended Citation
Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University