American nose art on a damaged plane, ETO

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Photograph. American nose art of a turtle cartoon and caption "Göbels" mimicking the Nazi Joseph Goebbels. Translated German caption on photo reverse: "He chose a caricature as squadron insignia. The joke was on him, as it was hit by the bullet that brought him down." Europe. No date

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1939
1944
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Collection consists of 270 photographs from Germany, taken as propaganda photos to demonstrate the might of the German military.
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Airplanes--American--Europe