Captain standing next to the torn left wing of his 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
Description:
1270. '28 June 1944. Barry. View showing Capt. C. C. Bohannan, of the 71st Division Artillery, standing next to the torn left wing of his L-4 [Piper Cub] after a crash landing in the woods one-half mile from the 71st Division Artillery landing strip, Fort Benning, Georgia. The plane crashed due to motor failure from an altitude of 100 feet. The branches of the tree halted the fall of the plane two feet from the ground. 168-L-44-1358.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Barry. Fort Benning, Georgia. 28 June 1944
Image Information
Donor:
Accession Number:
Date:
Hometown:
Branch:
Theater of Service:
Unit:
POW / KIA:
Topical Subjects:
Collection Level:
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
Geography:
Fort Benning
Latitude:
32.350
Longitude:
-84.967
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Military officers--American--Georgia
Aircraft--American--Georgia
Aircraft accidents--Georgia