[Students looking at Douglas C-47 Skytrain]

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Title

[Students looking at Douglas C-47 Skytrain]

Description

Photograph of students of Le Ecole St. Jean de Arc looking at a U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft, Lunghwa Airdrome, China, circa 1940s. The aircraft's designation, "My Little Tike," is painted on the nose.

Typed on verso: "From: Public Relations Office, Fourteenth Air Force. Code: 11020805, Release Upon Receipt, cleared Goldberg USF CT. Fourteenth Air Force Headquarters, Shanghai -- Giant transports (C-47s) of the Fourteenth Air Force's Second Combat Cargo squadron are inspected by students of Le Ecole St. Jean de Arc, at Lunghwa Airdrome. The students and Brothers of the school were recent guests of Major General Charles B. Stone III, commanding general of the 'Fourteenth Air Force, on a tour of Lunghwa Airdrome sponsored for them."

Stamped on verso: "Passed for Publication. U.S. Army Press Censor. Emanuel Goldberg, [blank] Date. 61302. China Theater."

Date

1940s circa

Bibliographic Citation

The William Orthman World War II Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

1991-07-17A_image_134_01
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