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B-17E "Frank Buck" 41-2659 taking off from improvised runway of Marston Mat (PSP) on the beach at Hood Point
Original caption: "American B-17 bomber 'Frank Buck' taking off from makeshift airstrip after being forced to land and await salvage."
Credit: George Strock / LIFE Date: September 1942
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