U.S. jet plane attacks red tank
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U.S. jet plane attacks red tank

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Associated Press

Maker
American

U.S. jet plane attacks red tank

July 12, 1950
Gelatin silver print
Image: 16.5 x 20.6 cm (6 1/2 x 8 1/8 in.)
Overall: 18.1 x 22.9 cm (7 1/8 x 9 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
Inscriptions recto (typed on attached paper): 10522 D / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / U.S. JET PLANE ATTACKS RED TANK / A U.S. F-80 JET FIGHTER SPRAYS GROUND AROUND / NORTH KOREAN TANK (ON ROAD, VISIBLE IN FRONT OF / SMOKE PUFFS) WITH MACHINE GUN FIRE IN AREA SOUTH / OF SUWON IN THIS PICTURE TAKEN BY PHOTOGRAPHER / DAVID DOUGLAS DUNCAN OF LIFE MAGAZINE. THE PLANE / CARRIES TWO 5-INCH ROCKETS, ONE UNDER EACH WING. / THE TANK WAS BLOWN UP BY THE ROCKETS WHICH WERE / RELEASED ON A SECOND PASS OVER THE RED VEHICLE. / DUNCAN FLEW ON THE JET MISSION IN THE FRONT SEAT OF A T-33, A PLANE DESIGNED FOR TRAINING JET / PILOTS. THE F-80S CARRY ONLY A PILOT. / US 7/12/50 445PEDT LIFE 40 / ABC LIST NYWS BING / (TMC WW ALL MAGS OUT) (FOR USE IN CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES ONLY)

verso (stamped): NOTICE [underlined] / This picture is the property of the Associated / Press and may be used only for the purposes of / reproduction when authorized by the owner. It may / not be syndicated, rented or loaned, or used for / advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade. / The following credit must be printed under each reproduction of this picture: / ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPHOTO
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