The Don Englebreston Collection

Close-Up of Battle Damage Puncture in Aircraft Skin, Vietnam War Era

Close-Up of Battle Damage Puncture in Aircraft Skin, Vietnam War Era

A close-up view of a small puncture in an aircraft's metal skin documents the kind of battle damage USAF crews regularly brought home from missions during the Vietnam War. Photographs like this served both as informal damage records and as personal mementos of a mission survived. Project: 219603