Pakchon railroad bridges attacked 1950
Original description: "AIR FORCE B-29s STRIKE RAILROAD BRIDGES. Ten tons of bombs from Air Force B-29 Superforts of the FEAF Bomber Command sever these two important railroad bridges near Pakchon, 40 miles north of Pyongyang, in North Korea in an attack made on July 27, 1950. As Captain Meterio Montez of Gardner, Colorado, lead bombardier, released his bombs, the Superforts in the formation did likewise. Montez was in the B-29 piloted by Captain Leslie Westberg, Spokane, Washington. Military supply traffic from North Korea formerly routed over these rail lines to the battle zone will be affected by this phase of the U.S. Air Force's interdiction plan."
- Date
- 1950-07-27
- Photographer / author
- USAF (photo 342-AF-77554AC)
- Archive
- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 2,945 × 2,312 pixels
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Reason: a US government work.
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"Pakchon railroad bridges attacked 1950" (1950-07-27). USAF (photo 342-AF-77554AC). U.S. National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pakchon_railroad_bridges_attacked_1950.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 52199.
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