Aerial photographs

Aerial view of Hong Kong. This was taken during Edwin Locke, Jr.'s third mission to China.

Aerial view of Hong Kong. This was taken during Edwin Locke, Jr.'s third mission to China.

President Harry S. Truman's plane, the Independence, flies over Sioux City, Iowa. President Truman is on board the plane, touring areas damaged by the flooding of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.

This news photo, transmitted by the Associated Press, shows the Missouri River flood waters in the Omaha, Nebraska-Council Bluffs, Iowa area. In the foreground is the Union Pacific Railroad bridge.

This news photo, transmitted by the Associated Press, shows the Missouri River flood waters in the Omaha, Nebraska-Council Bluffs, Iowa area. In the foreground is the Union Pacific Railroad bridge.

President Harry S. Truman (right) gestures out the window of his plane, surrounded by three unidentified men, during an aerial tour of areas effected by flooding of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.

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 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.