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Lend-lease to Britain. A "Whirlwind" radial airplane engine on test after assembly at an English ordnance depot, part of a shipment of lend-lease material shipped by the United States
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Lend-lease to Britain. A "Whirlwind" radial airplane engine on test after assembly at an English ordnance depot, part of a shipment of lend-lease material shipped by the United States

United States. Office Of War Information · 1940-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineLend-lease to Britain. A "Whirlwind" radial airplane engine on test after assembly at an English ordnance depot, part of a shipment of lend-lease material shipped by the United States. 1940-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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