(WORLD WAR TWO) 58th Bomb Wing Missions Against Japan India

Sale 2420 - Lot 334

Price Realized: $ 1,000

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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750

(WORLD WAR TWO.) 58th Bomb Wing Missions Against Japan, India-China-Tinian. 110 bound photographs, each 10 x 10 inches. 4to, binder with a laminated photographic cover (title cropped), moderate wear, small burn to cover; minimal dampstaining to contents. Vp, 16 June 1944 to 14 August 1945

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Before, during, and after aerial photographs of numerous bombing targets, beginning with a map of Japan and a page of clippings on the 58th Bomb Wing, followed by aerial views of the devastation unleashed upon Yawata, Anshan, Okayama, Omura, Malagon, Singapore, Takao, and many other targets. The final four images are two views of Hiroshima before the atomic bomb; a well-known aerial view of the Nagasaki mushroom cloud; and an aerial view of numerous emergency supply parachutes falling near a ground sign reading "Please Drop Here."