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PHOTO CREDITS

GOL' WALLOPER

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24

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30

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CF

42-50418

15

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00-2

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Port (Left) Side

Info Contributor - James A. Leddy
Caption Reads: "GOL' WALLOPER, 15th AAF Consolidated Liberator named for the bait used by Provo, Utah's famed sportsman, Earl Smoot, now confined to bed by paralysis, at a 15th AAF base in Italy. The Liberator received its name when crew members heard S/Sgt Richard Clark of Provo tell of Smoot's success with this bait and the paralyzed man's request that a bomber be named for him."

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