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AF

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PHOTO CREDITS

FLYING CABOOSE, The

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24

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FO

44-51XXX

00-1

DALE A. BATES

Contributor - Robert Tupa VIA Jason Dilworth
Dale A. Bates mainly flew as a 90th BG / 321st BS gunner for the Jurs crew but he also helped with gunner training and flew with other crews.  He took photos of several different BG planes, so this adds to the mystery of this shot.

Info Contributor - Georges "Gino" Künzle
I’m pretty much certain that this a/c had the knife-edge windscreen and clamshell-type escape hatches in roof of cockpit canopy; therefore, all L-FOs and early M-FOs can be excluded; so, it should belong to a batch from the M-20-FO and higher, its s/n having to be from 44-51052 and up.

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