File:USS Norton Sound (AV-11) launches a JB-2 Loon missile on 12 October 1949 (80-G-438269).jpg

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English: The U.S. Navy seaplane tender USS Norton Sound (AV-11) launches a Republic-Ford JB-2 Loon missile on 12 October 1949. A SAM-N-2 Lark missile is in the background.
Date 12 October 1949
date QS:P571,+1949-10-12T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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80-G-438269
Source U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo 80-G-438269

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