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Description Lot 11631-1: Operation Husky, July 1943. Flying through an intense barrage of anti-aircraft fire U.S. Army Air Force Flying Fortress B-17 fought off an attacking formation of enemy planes and accomplished their mission which was to bomb shipping and harbor installations at Palermo, Sicily. A bomb can be seen on its way while bursts from preceding bombs have wrecked destruction below. U.S. Army Air Force Photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, also as LC-USW33-020990-C . (2016/05/27).
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Author National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/27014655180 (archive). It was reviewed on 10 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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