North American Mustang Mk.I in flight over California (USA), circa in 1941 (fsac.1a35398)
A British North American NA-73 Mustang Mk I (s/n AL958) being test-flown at Inglewood, California (USA). This plane was one of the original batch of 300 aircraft ordered by the Royal Air Force in December 1940 before the lend-lease act. Note that the fighter wears U.S. national insignias that were used by U.S. forces up to April 1942. Original caption: "North American's P-51 Mustang Fighter is in service with Britain's Royal Air Force, N orth A merican Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif."
- Date
- 1942-10
- Photographer / author
- Mark Sherwood. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 8,435 × 6,554 pixels
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Reason: a US government work (Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information).
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"North American Mustang Mk.I in flight over California (USA), circa in 1941 (fsac.1a35398)" (1942-10). Mark Sherwood. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_American_Mustang_Mk.I_in_flight_over_California_(USA),_circa_in_1941_(fsac.1a35398).jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 123150.
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