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A Dumbo B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-39262) of the 20th Air Force in flight. Printed caption on reverse: '68097 AC- A rescue plane (a modified Boeing B-17 equipped with "Flying Dutchman" lifeboat and operating from an airfield on Iwo Jima) skirts the shore of Chichi Jima, Bonin Islands at low altitude. Previous advice radioed from a North American P-51 squadron leader has fixed the approximate position of the distressed pilot, a very small target in the open sea. US Air Force Photo.'
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A Dumbo B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-39262) of the 20th Air Force in flight. Printed caption on reverse: '68097 AC- A rescue plane (a modified Boeing B-17 equipped with "Flying Dutchman" lifeboat and operating from an airfield on Iwo Jima) skirts the shore of Chichi Jima, Bonin Islands at low altitude. Previous advice radioed from a North American P-51 squadron leader has fixed the approximate position of the distressed pilot, a very small target in the open sea. US Air Force Photo.'

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