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Photograph of a Tuskegee airman standing in front of an airplane

1944-1945

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified Tuskegee airman leaning against the tail of an airplane. The airman is wearing a military uniform with boots. The plane has a star painted along the side, as well as a number "31," and is parked on a pierced steel airstrip. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.

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Catalog reference: 2015.63.2

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