[Gun camera image of Messerschmitt 110]
Title
[Gun camera image of Messerschmitt 110]
Description
Photographic still of a Messerschmitt Bf 110 aircraft in flight, taken from an aircraft gun camera, circa 1943-1944. The inscription notes that the image came from fighter ace James C. Stewart's aircraft.
Typed caption glued to photograph: "To: Corona Daily Independent, Corona, Calif. Major James C. Stewart, 24 year old Operation Officer for a Thunderbolt Group in England, only damaged this Messerschmitt 110 on a recent mission over continental Europe but since then he has destroyed a Messerschmitt 210, twin engined fighter, and a Dornier 217, Germany's twin engined bomber."
Part of a disassembled scrapbook containing World War II and post-war materials, circa 1943-1956.
Date
1943-1944 circa
Subject
Rights
Bibliographic Citation
The James C. Stewart Fighter Ace Collection/The Museum of Flight
Identifier
2002-02-13-1098_image_676_01
2002-02-13-1098_image_676_02