The Snapshots in Time Collection
Twin-Engine Light Bomber on Airfield at Dusk with Checkerboard Ground Panel, 312th Bomb Group
An A-20 Havoc light bomber of the 312th Bombardment Group rests on a forward Pacific airstrip at dusk. The checkerboard panel in the foreground served as a ground identification marker, part of the visual signaling systems used at hastily built airfields throughout the Southwest Pacific campaign. Project: 218268