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Title: Y1B-7 Douglas Day bomber
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1932
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: A Douglas Y1B-7 bomber at Mines Field (Los Angeles International Airport) at Westchester. This was the first monoplane given the B (for 'bomber') designation. Since monoplanes were more practical and less expensive than biplanes, US Army Air Corps chose to experiment with monoplanes for special uses. Despite a positive evaluation, the Y1B-7 was never mass produced due to its small bomb load and the existence of other more capable aircraft. Photo dated: October 20, 1932.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00069804
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Transportation-Aviation-Airplanes.
CARL0000073701
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/110099
Subject: Mines Field (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Douglas airplanes
Airplanes--California--Los Angeles
Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Douglas Aircraft Company
Source: Smith, Robyn.

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