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D-Day Bomber
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Pilot Robert K. Knowles (second from left) of New Richmond, Wisconsin, and the crew of his B-24 bomber with an interrogating officer at Shipdham, England on D-Day. Knowles later captioned the photograph "Just returning from mission, refueling, and going again."
June 6, 1944
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