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Robert L. Baseler Fighter Ace Collection
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[Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star aircraft in flight above Panama Canal]
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2009-08-26_image_017
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The Robert L. Baseler Fighter Ace Collection (2009-08-26), Oversize Box
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United States. Air Force
Description
Photograph of U.S. Air Force Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star aircraft in flight above the Panama Canal, June 17, 1948. The inscription notes that fighter ace Robert L. Baseler is leading the flight.
Inscription on verso: "France Field, CZ. Col. Robert L. Baseler leading flight."
Stamped on verso: "Air Force Photo. France Field. Canal Zone. Jun. 17, 1948."
Creation Date
1948-06-17
Subject
United States. Air Force
Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star Family
Airplanes, Military
Baseler, Robert L., 1911-1983
Place
Canal Zone
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photographic prints
Bibliographic Citation
The Robert L. Baseler Fighter Ace Collection/The Museum of Flight
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United States. Air Force,
[Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star aircraft in flight above Panama Canal]
, [2009-08-26_image_017]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 08/02/2026, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/12705