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TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
EARLY BIRD, The |
B |
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24 |
J |
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175 | - |
CO |
44-40748 | 7 | 494 | 865 |
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USAF |
Contributor - James A. Leddy
6 Oct 44 - Reverse of photo has caption: "Cpl. Fred
Tanbling of 24 Fir Hill St., Akron, Ohio, photographs the crew of the 865th Bomb
Squadron, 494th Bomb Group beside their plane, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator
The EARLY BIRD. Soon this plane and others of the squadron will take off from
the Barking Sands Airstrip on Kauai, Hawaii, for an advanced base on Anguar
Island in the Caroline Islands."
| Standing (L-R) Lt. John Vitkevic - Pilot 2nd Lt. Robert M. Rippetoe - Co-Pilot Lt. James H. Cockerman - Bombardier T/Sgt. Harry P. Hartment Jr. - Engineer |
Kneeling (L-R) Sgt. Walter L. Lippert - Gunner Sgt. Herman Gerres - Nose Gunner Sgt. Ralph Moore - Gunner Sgt. William N. Bussard - Gunner Sgt. T. E. Mosley - Gunner |
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