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[Photograph of "Curly Bird" plane]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.298 Author/Creator: Place Written: Northern Mariana Islands Type: Photograph Date: 1945 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 8.2 cm, Width: 12.4 cm Order a Copy

A photograph of plane "Curly Bird" with a portrait of a bird in uniform smoking a cigar. The number of missions flown by the plane are represented by a cut off section of painted bombs.

A post-it note included with the collection notes these "snaps" are miscellaneous photos of crew/camps/places in the Pacific.

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009

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