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PHOTO CREDITS

CHINA GAL

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24

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1

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CO

44-41436

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VERNON DRAKE

Port (Left) Side

Contributor - Jim Augustus

Info Contributor - John "Jack" Chesley (Co-Pilot)
I was the Co-Pilot on this plane, during missions in China. I painted the head on the pinup, as well as the shark's teeth on the front. Crew:

J. Chesley - Co-Pilot
Jerry Kaplan - Bombardier
Tom Bird - Pilot
Erv. Ellison - Navigator


Ed Gawel - Gunner
Czeslaw Bucholc - Flight Engineer/Waist Gunner
Frank Bettencourt - Radio Operator/Top Turret Gunner
Ed brown - Waist Gunner
Bill Brownstein- Armour/Ball Turret Gunner
Willard Berger - Tail Gunner

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