4 / 73
Special Delivery
Unknown location
- Date
- 1942, Januar 13
- Location
- Unknown location
- Country
- England
- Material
- silver gelatin print on glossy paper with crop marks in red crayon and retouching
- Size
- 16 (18) x 21 (22,8) cm
- Artist
- ACME · Unidentified Photographer
Description
Pla 670452 — New York Bureau. Air Mail -- Special Delivery. Somewhere in England--Crew of an American Flying Fortress are giving Adolf this Christmas. This heavy bomb is their personal contribution to Herr Hitler's well being. Lieut. A. J. Davis, of New York is the Father Christmas who approvingly pats the deadly gift. Other members of the crew, "somewhere in England," are Capt. William Anderson, Long Beach, Calif., pilot; Staff Sgt. John Scott, Lancing, Tenn., radio operator; Tech. Sgt. John Collier, Beaverton, Ala., air gunner; and Sgt. Arthur Daugherty, Sharon, Penn., gunner. BU: #1 DUH MGS #20 CS. Credit Line (Acme) 12/13/42 (JR). stamp: “REF. DEPT. 12-18 42 N.E.A.”, “ACME Newspictures, Inc.”