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While returning from a “shuttle” mission to the Soviet Union on July 5, 1944, the 100th Bomb Group attacked targets in France. Crosby used this map during the mission.
Navigation cadets of the 477th Bombardment Group.
Gee receivers like this one were used extensively in the Allied bombing campaigns over Europe during World War II.
She served as an instructor at the U.S. Naval Reserve Air Auxiliary Station at Camp Kearney, California.
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This cropped wartime advertisement utilized the spotlight given to the newly established aircrew position of non-pilot navigator.
Naval aviators had unique navigational challenges in the expansive environment of the Pacific theater.
This Navy radar scope would have been used on long-range patrol aircraft for navigation and target location late in World War II and during the early Cold War.
Wiley Post extensively modified the Winnie Mae for his 1931 around-the-world flight with Harold Gatty.
