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Two airmen of the 362nd Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-26919) nicknamed "Shirley Jane III". Image stamped on reverse: 'Illustrated Copyright Photograph.' [stamp].
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Hugh “Yogi” Irwin, Hugh’s 500-pound bomb failed to release during his mission, forcing him to land with it still attached. It somehow disengaged upon landing and detonated once the plane finally came to rest, shredding .everything behind the cockpit.
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Capt John C Fitch, 15BS, 12AF walking away from the belly landing he made in an Me110E Oct-43 Italy. Fitch had been flying the captured fighter to train US air gunners, when he was hit and had to belly in. Fitch later flew P-51D's for 4th Fighter Group.
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Junkers Jumo 211 radial engines salvaged from a the wreckage of a Junkers Ju 88 shot down over France, are removed from the crash scene by low-loader for further examination.
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Before becoming one of the most successful Ju 88 pilots and unit leaders in the Mediterranean with I. and II./LG 1, Joachim Helbig flew extensively in tne Western campaign in 1940 and mounted 80 sorties against England. He was awarded the Knight’s Cross on 24 November 1940,
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Air gunners at their positions on board a Beaufort Mark I, L4461 'OA-J', of No. 22 Squadron RAF at North Coates, Lincolnshire. One gunner occupies the Bristol Mark IV turret, mounting a single .303 Vickers K-type gas-operated machine gun.
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