Original 1947 AP Wire Photo showing aviator Bill Odom receiving a good luck kiss from his three-year-old son, Ronnie, before departing Chicago's Orchard Airport on a solo round-the-world flight in the Reynolds Bombshell. His wife Dorothy and daughter Rochelle are also pictured. The original AP wire caption is printed directly on the photo. Measures approximately 6½ x 9 inches. Shows age-related surface wear, light corner and edge wear, and minor handling marks consistent with age. From the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
