Two 2,000 pound bombs and one 250 pound bomb prior to being loaded at an airbase in Europe in 1944

Gift in memory of Polly Mertzweiller
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Two 2,000 pound bombs and one 250 pound bomb prior to being loaded at an airbase in Europe in 1944. "2-2,000 lb bombs.Look in the left hand corner by the bombs and you'll see a 250 lb bomb. Really looks small."

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Items from the service of Lt. Bernard J. Mertzweiller, US Army Air Corps, 9th Air Force, 387th Bombardment Group, 559th Bombardment Squadron, European Theatre of Operations. Mertzweiller flew 34 combat missions in the European Theater of Operations.
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Europe
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Bombs--American--Europe