DESERT "SHIP" WHICH CAN BE BOMBED, BUT NEVER SUNK. —In the midst of the desert lil(e expanse of Muroc dry lake in California, the United States army has painted the outline of a battleship. The box at the left corresponds to the powder magazine, rvhile the "bull's-eye" centre corresponds to the funnel of a battleship. The tiny craters rvere made by 3001b demolition bombs dropped by United Stales army flyers in target practice. —U.S. Army Air Corps photoprapli.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 102, 1 May 1936, Page 10
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78DESERT "SHIP" WHICH CAN BE BOMBED, BUT NEVER SUNK.—In the midst of the desert lil(e expanse of Muroc dry lake in California, the United States army has painted the outline of a battleship. The box at the left corresponds to the powder magazine, rvhile the "bull's-eye" centre corresponds to the funnel of a battleship. The tiny craters rvere made by 3001b demolition bombs dropped by United Stales army flyers in target practice. —U.S. Army Air Corps photoprapli. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 102, 1 May 1936, Page 10
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