B-17 bomber
- Title
- B-17 bomber
- Description
- Photograph of the B-17 on which Sergeant Walter Larson of the U.S. Army Air Corps was waist gunner. Text on the front reads "Dings Dilemma B17 Flying Fortress." Larson became a prisoner of war when he and the other crew members of their B-17 were shot down over Calais, France, on 28 February 1944. Sergeant Larson was liberated by elements of the U.S. Fifth Army at Bitterfield, Germany, on 18 April 1945.
- Date
- 1940-1944
- Original Format
- photographs
- Extent
- 23cm x 16cm
- Local Identifier
- 0090-b1-fa
- Subject(s)
- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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Military History
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Transportation
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Military History: Army
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Military History: World War II
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Transportation: Air
- Location of Original
- Walter Francis Larson Papers from the East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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My uncle
He was my Uncle, I would like to find kis son Michael.
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