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Unknown Photographer
This wounded engineer doubled as a waist gunner during a raid on Gasmata. He returns to his Southwest Pacific base on a stretcher., June 1943
Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
6 3/8 x 8 1/4 in. (16.19 x 20.96 cm)
Creation Place:
Oceania
Technique:
Photography
Credit Line:
Restricted Gift of Michael Mattis, Judy Hochberg, and Daniel Mattis, in honor of Kathleen Stewart Howe
Accession Number:
P2019.21.768
Commentary
Fighter’s Return Somewhere in the Southwest Pacific: This engineer doubled as a waist gunner during a raid on Gasmata. Wounded, he returns to his Southwest Pacific base on a stretcher. He fought aboard one of the five B-24 Liberators that bombed the Japanese-held island of New Britain on May 23rd. After fighting off a squadron of Japanese Zeros, every one of the American bombers came home, June 1943.
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 x 8 7/8
Technique
Ferrotyped prints are processed in such a way that they are shiny. The print has a sensitive surface, usually thinner, because it was put through a press while still wet.
Materials
Ferrotyped prints have a sensitive surface, usually shiny and thinner, because they are put through a press while still wet. Ferrotyping makes the surface of the photograph smoother. Light does not scatter as much on a smoother surface, so this increases contrast. That makes ferrotyped images better for press photography.
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
B-24s,
Bombers,
Casualties,
Engineers,
Gasmata,
Gunners,
Injury,
Japan,
New Britain,
Pacific Theater,
Southwest Pacific,
Stretchers,
United States,
World War II
- B-24s
- Bombers
- Casualties
- Engineers
- Gasmata
- Gunners
- Injury
- Japan
- New Britain
- Pacific Theater
- Southwest Pacific
- Stretchers
- United States
- World War II
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Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 6 3/8 x 8 1/4 in. (16.19 x 20.96 cm)
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