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YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. More fuel-storage space for a mighty aerial warship. A master sergeant of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia installs gasoline tanks in the lower section of a wing of a YB-17 bomber
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Credit lineYB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. More fuel-storage space for a mighty aerial warship. A master sergeant of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia installs gasoline tanks. 1942-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information, Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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