Photograph of two Tuskegee Airmen servicing an airplane

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A black and white photograph of two Tuskegee Airmen servicing an airplane. On the left, one man is standing on a ladder and is pictured reaching into the front of the plane's body. The blade of the propeller can be seen on the man's other side. At bottom right, another man is standing next to the ladder working on the lower side of the plane. He wears his cap backwards. The plane is parked on a pierced steel airstrip and other planes are visible in the background. The far background shows a wide open landscape dotted with buildings. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.

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