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A USAAF armourer of the 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, 15th U.S. Air Force checks ammunition belts of the .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns in the wings of a North American P-51B Mustang in Italy, ca. September 1944. The 332nd Fighter Group was composed of Afro-American pilots and ground support personnel trained at Tuskegee, Alabama (USA), and the members of the group became collectively known as the "Tuskegee Airmen".

Original caption: "An armorer of the 15th U.S. Air Force checks ammunition belts of the .50 caliber machine guns in the wings of a P-51 Mustang fighter plane before it leaves an Italian base for a mission against German military targets. The 15th Air Force was organized for long range assault missions and its fighters and bombers range over enemy targets in occupied and satellite nations, as well as Germany itself.", ca. 09/1944."
Date circa September 1944
date QS:P,+1944-09-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Source National Archives Pictures of African Americans During World War II, image 55, 208-MO-18H-32984
Author USAAF
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current19:00, 28 April 2006Thumbnail for version as of 19:00, 28 April 20061,515 × 1,014 (216 KB)Historicair{{fr}}Les mécaniciens du 99th Fighter Squadron "Tuskeegee Airmen" (332nd Fighter Group-15th USAAF) rechargent les mitrailleuses sur un P-51 "Mustang". {{en}}Mechanics of 99th FS "Tuskeegee Airmen" (332nd Fighter Group-15th USAAF) reloading guns on P-51
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