Col. Benjamin O. Davis, full-length portrait, and Edward C. Gleed, wearing flight gear, standing next to airplane, and looking upward, at air base at Ramitelli, Italy

Title

Col. Benjamin O. Davis, full-length portrait, and Edward C. Gleed, wearing flight gear, standing next to airplane, and looking upward, at air base at Ramitelli, Italy

Description

Photograph shows (left) Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Commanding Officer, 332nd Fighter Group, Class 42-C; and (right) Edward C. Gleed, Lawrence, KS, Class 42-K, Group Operations Officer. P-5/D aircraft in background is "Creamer's Dream."

Creator

Toni Frissell, 1907-1988, photographer

Source

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress)

Publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Date

March 1945

Rights

Code LC-F9-02- refers to an image for which the Library of Congress holds the original negative; for such images Toni Frissell dedicated to the public the rights she held to original negatives and transparencies in her collection. See loc.gov/rr/print/res/070_fris.html

Type

photographic print

Identifier

LC-USZ6-2259 (b&w film copy neg.) ; LC-F9-02-4503-330-4 (b&w film neg.); see loc.gov/pictures/item/2001695554/

Collection

Citation

Toni Frissell, 1907-1988, photographer, “Col. Benjamin O. Davis, full-length portrait, and Edward C. Gleed, wearing flight gear, standing next to airplane, and looking upward, at air base at Ramitelli, Italy,” #PlainTalkHistory Archive, accessed September 27, 2023, https://archive.plaintalkhistory.com/items/show/17.

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