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King Faisal II riding in the cockpit of a C-47

72-679
Accession Number
72-679
13.5 x 10.5
Black & White
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NAID 348449055
Keywords
Airplanes
Heads of state
Visits of state
People Pictured
Faysal II, King of Iraq, 1935-1958
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Description
Sitting in the cockpit of a special Army C-47 plane his Majesty King Faisal II Al-Hashimi of Iraq is taken on a tour to see, from air, some of the irrigated lands of the west. From photograph album, "Visit of his Majesty the King of Iraq and his Royal Highness the Regent of Iraq to the United States of America, August 12 to September 8, 1952."
Date(s)
August 1952