P-38 Lightening flying over Florence, Italy, 1945

Gift of Trevor Metterhauser
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Photograph, aerial. Lockheed P-38 Lightening flying over a Florence as seen by another plane; 299 is on the tail of the P-38. Personal caption on front: "Florence Italy / June '45."

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1945-06-
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Collection of photographs of Europe taken by an unknown pilot. The bulk of the photographs are aerial depictions of war-damaged European cities along a coast.
Geography: 
Firenze
Latitude: 
43.767
Longitude: 
11.250
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Lightning (Fighter plane)--Italy
Fighter planes--American--Italy
Airplanes, Military--American--Italy