Captain in the cockpit of his crashed airplane at Fort Benning, Georgia on 28 June 1944
U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift in Memory of Maurice T. White, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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1272. 'View showing Capt. C. C. Bohannan, of the 71st Division Artillery sitting in the cockpit of his L-4 [Piper Cub] after crash landing in the woods one-half mile from the 71st Division Artillery air strip, Fort Benning, Georgia. After gaining an altitude of 100 ft., the motor of the plane failed, and not having enough altitude to make a return to the air strip, the plane was forced down into the trees, stopping two feet from the ground. 168-L-44-1360.' Army Signal Corps photograph The name of the photographer and the date are missing, but since it is from a series assumption can be that the name of the photographer is: Photographer: Barry. Fort Benning, Georgia. 28 June 1944.
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From the collection of Maurice T. White, Captain in the 168th Signal Photographic Company, US Army Signal Corps. The collection consists of 2,000+ images of training exercises, predominantly documenting the 81st Infantry Division in the United States in 1944
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Fort Benning
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32.350
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-84.967
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