![Image of : Air Force, Units, 336th Fighter Squadron; Bases and Installations, Foreign, South Korea; Korean War. [photograph]](https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/images/collection-objects/record-images/NASM-NASM-9A09976-23B.jpg "Air Force, Units, 336th Fighter Squadron; Bases and Installations, Foreign, South Korea; Korean War. [photograph]")
Collection Item Summary:
Pilots of the 336th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Taegu (Daegu) Air Base, March, 1951, sitting and kneeling next to a tent before a mission. A signboard with the squadron's insignia of a stars-and-stripes painted rocket (squadron nickname "the Rocketeers"). Written on album page: "Taegu Korea March '51. Waiting for a Mission". Album page 21.
Collection Item Long Description:
Topic
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Air bases, American
- Air pilots
- Aeronautics
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum Archives
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photographer
Ward Hitt, Jr
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Date
March 1951
Place
Daegu, Korea
Repository Loc.
National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560
Type
Photographs
Local number
NASM-9A09976-23B
