Missions

An unidentified soldier stands beside an American plane in the Azores. This photo was taken on Edwin A. Locke, Jr.'s way home from his third mission to China.

Color snapshot from the air of the Azores. Photo taken on Edwin A. Locke, Jr.'s way home from his third mission to China.

Color snapshot from the air of the Azores. Photo taken on Edwin A. Locke, Jr.'s way home from his third mission to China.

Color snapshot of airplanes on the airfield in the Azores. Photo taken on Edwin A. Locke, Jr.'s way home from his third mission to China.

Color aerial view of the Azores. Photo taken on Edwin A. Locke, Jr.'s way home from his third mission to China.

Color snapshot of the Azores as seen from the air. Photo taken on Edwin A. Locke, Jr.'s way home from his third mission to China.

Color snapshot taken from the air leaving the Azores. Photo taken on Edwin A. Locke, Jr.'s way home from his third mission to China.

Color snapshot from the air of the Azores. Photo taken on Edwin A. Locke, Jr.'s way home from his third mission to China.

Edwin A. Locke, Jr., (left) Assistant to Mr. Nelson and Donald M. Nelson, (third from left) chairman, U.S. War Production Board, with others aboard a boat on the Moscow-Volga Canal. Mr. Nelson is visiting the USSR to investigate the flow of U.S. war supplies to Russia.

Donald M. Nelson, (foreground with unidentified lady) chairman, U.S. War Production Board, and others disembark from their boat after a trip on the Moscow-Volga Canal. Mr. Nelson is in Russia to inspect the flow of war supplies from the U.S. to our Russian ally.