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753

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02-3 NARA

Starboard (Right) Side - Nose Art Inspiration - ALBERTO VARGAS

Info Contributor - Darin Scorza

Standing (L-R)
John Tracy - Pilot
Edgar Huff - Co-Pilot
Ben Costello - Navigator
James "Buzz" Busby - Bombardier
(Not Shown: Arthur Albert - Radio Operator) 
Kneeling (L-R)
William Case - Armorer/Gunner
Arthur Cramlett - Gunner
Truman Hagen - Gunner
Melvin Keim - Gunner
James Loyd - Engineer

Info Contributor - Tom Brittan
Crashed 14 Jan 45 on return from the mission to Hellendorf, Germany; all but one of the crew was killed and two children were also killed who were playing in a shed in the garden. There is a photo of the A/C in Fields of Little America along with a crash photo on page 147 in the reprint.

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