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PHOTO CREDITS

PINK ELEPHANT, The

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CO 42-40364

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343 ~ Y 00-1

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Starboard (Right) Side - Starboard has The PINK ELEPHANT - 2nd SNOW WHITE in the 98th BG
Lost on Operation TIDAL WAVE, 1 Aug 43, Ploesti Romania - MACR 165 - Pilot James A. Gunn, Jr.

Contributor - Robert Livingstone

Info Contributor - Bill Whitney
Started combat ops 13 May 43 and was shot down on the low level Ploesti mission 1 Aug 43 with the crew of Pilot Capt. James A. Gunn, Jr. Shot down near the Yugoslavia/ Bulgaria border by enemy fighters during withdrawal from the target in the same action that downed The WITCH (41-11840) flown by Pilot Julian Darlington. The sole survivor, Tail Gunner Stanley Horine, and Pilot Julian Darlington from The WITCH, were POWs together in Bulgaria.

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