Creator: Perry M. Thomas

Subjects: World War II

Description: A view of the front of a drone airplane in a hangar. A man is on top of the airplane doing maintenance. A sign on the airplane reads "MOTHER SHIP." There is also a decoration of a mushroom cloud on the side of the plane. Drones in Operation Crossroads were controlled both from the ground as well as from an airplane called the mother ship.

Date: 1940-1949

Format: Image/jpg

Original Format: Black and white photograph

Resource Identifier: A005124

Collection Number: 00227

Language: English

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Contributing Institution: University Archives & Historical Collections

Relation: Perry M. Thomas collection

Contributor: MSU Archives and Historical Collections