Contributed by Presque Isle Air Museum
Description
Freight is being loaded for aboard a Douglas C-5A four-engined transport of the North Atlantic Division of the Air Transport Command, dubbed at Presque Isle as the "Snowball Express." The freight was shipped overseas as part of the war effort during World War II.
About This Item
- Title: Douglas C-5A, Presque Isle, ca. 1943
- Creation Date: circa 1943
- Subject Date: circa 1943
- Location: Presque Isle, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 25 cm
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- United States. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command
- Jet transports
- World War, 1939-1945
- United States. Army Air Forces--Equipment and supplies
- C-5A (Jet transports)--Photographs
- Airports--Maine--Presque Isle
- United States. Air Force
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For more information about this item, contact:
Presque Isle Air Museum650 Airport Drive Suite 4, Presque Isle, ME 04769
(207) 764-2543
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