Reportedly Downed B52 Crewmen
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Photograph
Reportedly Downed B52 Crewmen
December 19, 1972
Gelatin silver print
Image: 23.1 x 16.8 cm (9 1/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
Paper: 24.2 x 18 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0344.0022
Inscriptions recto (in image): (WAR-12) WARSAW, POLAND, Dec. 20--REPORTEDLY DOWNED B52 CREWMEN--This radio / photo was transmitted by Hanoi and received in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday / with the following caption: "six B52 crewmen captured in North Vietnam and / shown to pressmen in Hanoi on Dec. 19, 1972. Photo: (Above) Major Fernando / Alexander, B52 navigator. (Below) Captain USAF Charles Arthur Brown Jr., / B52 navigator." Meanwhile, a radio Hanoi broadcast said six crewmen from a / B52 that was shot down Monday were presented to a news conference in Hanoi. / Phonetic spellings of the crew's names included Maj. Fernando Alexander, 43, / of Texas, and Capt. Charles A Brown, 26, of Illinois. (AP Wirephoto Via / Cable From Warsaw) (See AP AAA Wire Story) (db41111pw) 1972
verso (ink): Vietnam War
verso (ink): Vietnam War
