[Black fighter pilot series: "Escape kits" (cyanide) being distributed to fighter pilots at air base in southern Italy, 1945]
Summary
Photo shows (seated): Theodore G. Lumpkin, Jr. Standing (left to right): Joseph L. "Joe" Chineworth, Memphis, TN, Class 44-E; Robert C. Robinson, Asheville, NC, Class 44-G; Driskell B. Ponder, Chicago, IL, Class 43-I; Robert W. Williams, Ottumwa, IA, Class 44-E. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Photographer's notes and Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group pilots.)
Forms part of: Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2000-2001.
Corresponding film negative: LC-F9-02-4503-325, no. 7
Large WWII photograph collection made with aid of image recognition.
Tags
Date
01/01/1945
Contributors
Frissell, Toni, 1907-1988, photographer
Source
Library of Congress
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