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A Christmas card album highlighting the Photogrammetry Division of theCoast and Geodetic Survey in 1955

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Description

A Christmas card album highlighting the Photogrammetry Division of theCoast and Geodetic Survey in 1955. Air photo mission. Eddie Hawbecker,Bud Holmes, and Bennett Sparks. B-17 PBIG 77254, better known as OldRotten Wings, by some accounts the last operational B-17. Coast Guard pilotsflew this aircraft while C&GS; personnel navigated and took 9-lens aerial photos.

Photographer

Archival Photograph by Steve Nicklas

Display Date

1955 Christmas

Location

Washington, D.C.