[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2583]
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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Capt. Dennis O. Peterson, a World War II B-24 pilot from Granite Falls, Minn., Sunday flew a Boeing B-47 stratojet bomber to a new record of 601.187 miles an hour in the annual General Electric trophy event at the National Aircraft show here. The flight originated in Bermuda. Peterson, who is with the 22nd Wing at March airforce base, Riverside, Calif., piloted the big jet craft to Will Rogers here from Kindley aireforce …
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Date:
1956
Creator:
King, Cliff
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