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RAY J. DUNPHY |
Port (Left) Side - "The GI JANE"
- Featured in
"Before I Forget"
Contributor - Dan
Dunphy
Shown with PFC Emma Utter, putting on the finishing touches,
11 Feb 44. My Dad (Ray J. Dunphy, Navigator) passed away 26 Aug 99. "Dunphy's
Nuthouse" was painted under the navigator window. Christened PALLAS ATHENE in
honor of the WACS who had served, and nicknamed "The GI
JANE". She served at Wendling, during all of 1944. They flew 3 missions
on D-Day, grouping with whomever they could find and hitting
secondary targets, because the weather was so bad.
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