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Opening of new Alaska highway gives America direct land access to air bases in Far North

Opening of new Alaska highway gives America direct land access to air bases in Far North
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Opening of new Alaska highway gives America direct land access to air bases in Far North
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Left: members of the 'Flying Tigers' on active service in Alaska, boisterously welcome one of their group who shot down a Japanese dive-bomber; Middle: bearded Captain Morgan A. Griffin of the 'Tigers' enjoys a joke; Upper right: pilots and navigators leave their huts for a bombing attack on Japanese bases; Lower right: a 'Flying Tiger' takes off from an Alaskan field.

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1942-11-11
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Auckland Weekly News
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https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/288871
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Pilots / Griffin, Morgan A. / Aeroplanes / World War, 1939-1945

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