FRE 8989

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A B-17 Flying Fortress and a B-25 Mitchell land at an airfield in the Pacific Theatre of Operations, that is under constuction. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 21 Mar 1944.'[stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'BUILDING AIRFIELDS FOR UNTIED NATIONS FIGHTING PLANES. 7. The first two planes land on a field not entirely completed yet. Army and Navy construction crews and engineers are moving step by step through the islands of the Southwest Pacific toward the Philippines and the ultimate objective: Japan.'

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection