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Circa 1946

HistoryA BIT OF HISTORY: VPP-2 History ThumbnailCameraVPP-2 History "...This photo shows the work room in Guatemala City for the ariel survey mosaics. The ariel camera was run in connection with the Norden Bombsight (which also flew the plane during a photo run). The resulting photos were pieced together and a map was created. VPP-2 was responsible for the first ariel maps for Central and South America. Later deployments were made to the North Atlantic and ariel maps were created of Newfoundland and Labrador..." Contributed by Gerald Lemke lemkefwtx@charter.net [06NOV2004]

HistoryA BIT OF HISTORY: VPP-2 History ThumbnailCameraVPP-2 History "...This is a photograph of the entire VPP-2 Squadron right before deployment to Cetral and South America on Nov30 1946. Taken at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey..." Contributed by Gerald Lemke lemkefwtx@charter.net [01NOV2004]


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