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Off for Biscay

A plane taking off
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Description: Painting, Watercolor on Paper; by Dwight C. Shepler; 1944; Framed Dimensions 25H X 30W
Accession #: 88-199-DS
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A powerful Liberator has its bomb bay loaded with depth charges and bombs for use against the U-boats and its machine gun magazines filled with hundreds of rounds for use against the German JU88s. A mission lasts eleven or twelve hours and covers up to 1,600 nautical miles.

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