My 'Oklahoma' Gal" with a lady in bikini(?); the bottom photo with the cockpit with a guy inside wearing a hat and another guy putting on a metal strip on it, the metal strips having bomb figures and others. The front of cockpit has "U.S. Army.R.B-17E A.A.F.Serial.No.41-2649;" and more.)"
This B-17E was delivered to Lowry Field in March 1942 and dispatched to Hickham Field, Hawaii for assignment with 19th Bomb Group in April. It was re-assigned to 43BG in the following month and served with that outfit for a year before being sent back to the USA as a battle-weary veteran with, according to press reports, 203 missions completed. Probably used for publicity and War Bonds Drives the left side of the nose was embellished with marks indicating six aircraft kills, eight ships sunk and the seven long strings of bombs marks to note its combat service.
Creator: Unknown. 1944.
Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection and was provided by the Oklahoma Historical Society to The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Photographer: Dorothea Lange
The original 1942 caption for this photograph reads: Centerville, Califronia. This farm youngster and members of her family await evacuation bus. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in war Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Created on May 9, 1942.
Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, between 1942–1945.
National Archives Identifier 537572
Local Identifier 210-G-C225
NAIL Control Number NWDNS-210-G-C225
