Pilot waving from cockpit of German bomber, ETO, January 1942
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Photograph. Pilot waving from cockpit of German bomber. Translation of official German caption on photo reverse: "Start of a combat mission! A last wave to the comrades staying behind. In the West. Jan 42." Western Europe. January 1942
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1942-01-
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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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Military air pilots--German--Europe