Lt. Albert Lanker of the 31st Photo Reconnaissance Squadron flies fast and very low over the beach in "Outlaw", his F-5 Lightning. Lanker's job was to photograph the beach obstructions on the Normandy coast for the planners of the massive D-Day invasion; it was only his third mission.
ID#:
9A05352A
Source:
National Air and Space Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution