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Unknown [Vultee "Valiants"]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.066 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 1942 Pagination: 2 p. ; 8.7 x 19.9 cm. Order a Copy

Newspaper clipping from unknown newspaper. Front is black and white photograph of planes and a man. Caption says: "late in 1943, when Kelly became a training center for instructors, these Vultee 'Valiants' joined its fleet." Handwritten notes say "BT's" in top right and bottom center. Reverse is ad for Rohm & Haas Company, which sells transparent plastic for planes.

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