Damaged airplane at an airfield, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. Close view of the damaged wing of a C-47 airplane at an airfield. Personal caption on reverse: "Nov 1943 / Both wings snapped during lightening [sic] storm about halfway between Palermo & Tunis. Limped back to Palermo- time 2:30 P.M. Plane hit an up & then down draft thus [diagram] / 16 passengers / 4 / 20." Palermo, Sicily, Italy. November 1943 [Accompanied by sketch illustrating flight of plane and how it went from 2000ft altitude to 100ft altitude above water]
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$120.00
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From the service of Brigadier General Terence John Tully, a West Point graduate, Signal Officer during the African landings, Chief Signal Officer, Allied Force Headquarters Africa/Italy for all Mediterranean operations. Tully served with the Signal Corps in Italy and North Africa documenting the 5th Army specifically. Later he was Commander of Camp Crowder, Missouri.
Geography:
Palermo
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38.117
Longitude:
13.367
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Airplanes--American--Italy
Storms--Italy