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A Boeing B-17E (nicknamed Eager Beavers), from the 11th Bomb Group, taxies at Henderson Field, on the way to another mission. (National Archives)
A Boeing B-17E (nicknamed Eager Beavers), from the 11th Bomb Group, taxies at Henderson Field, on the way to another mission. (National Archives)