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[Bullet hole in vertical stabilizer of Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress aircraft]

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Identifier2007-08-08_image_134SourceThe Lee R. Embree Collection (2007-08-08), Box 2, Folder 3CreatorUnited States. Army. Air CorpsEmbree, Lee R., 1915-2008DescriptionPhotograph of a bullet hole in the vertical stabilizer of a U.S. Army Air Corps Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress aircraft, Hickam Field, Hawaii, December 7, 1941.

Inscription: "(12-7-41-8:30A) A.C. Photo by Sgt. Lee Embree."

Typed caption glued to verso: "#9-Hickam Field, Hawaii. Dec. 7, 1941. The vertical stabilizer or tail section of B-17E #41-2408 showing one hit by Japanese aircraft appearing in photo!s [photo's] #3 & #4. We were lucky. Photo by S/Sgt. Lee R. Embree, 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, USAAC."Creation Date1941-12-07SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945United States. Army. Air CorpsPearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941Boeing B-17E Flying FortressAirplanes, MilitaryHickam Air Force Base (Hawaii)Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)PlaceHawaiiUnited StatesOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Lee R. Embree Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States

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[Bullet hole in vertical stabilizer of Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress aircraft]