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American "steam chickens" arrive in Africa. Unpacked, assembled and given its test flight, a P-40 fighter plane is now to take off for battle. Only four hours before, she was taken from the hold of a cargo ship at an African port
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Credit lineAmerican "steam chickens" arrive in Africa. Unpacked, assembled and given its test flight, a P-40 fighter plane is now to take off for battle. Only four hours before, she was taken from the hold of a . 1943-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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