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[Black fighter pilot series--pilot with parachute room in background, Ramitelli, Italy] – Historic Reproduction

[Black fighter pilot series--pilot with parachute room in background, Ramitelli, Italy], [1945 March] — historic photograph
[Black fighter pilot series--pilot with parachute room in background, Ramitelli, Italy], [1945 March]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A pilot poses with the parachute room visible behind him at Ramitelli, Italy, in March 1945, when the 332nd Fighter Group, the all-Black unit later known as the Tuskegee Airmen, was based there. Parachutes were packed and stored in such rooms between flights, so the setting ties the airman to the riggers who kept his gear ready. Toni Frissell, known for her fashion and society photography, made this portrait series during the war, recording the pilots during a period when their service was rarely shown in the press.

Created / published[1945 March]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesToni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsUnited States.--Army Air Forces.--Fighter Group, 332nd--People--1940-1950. African Americans--Military service--1940-1950. World War, 1939-1945--African Americans--Italy. Air pilots--American--Italy--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,048 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218266

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