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Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck of the 365th Fighter Group wearing a flying helmet with devil horns in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Screamin' Weemie". Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp].	314
P-40 fighters at a repair depot in China, date unknown. Notice the Flying Tigers emblem and the Republic of China roundel.	306
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].	297
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.	277
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.	275
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.	203
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,	184
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.	182
This aircraft is B-24 44-40328 'This Above All'. • It was a 493rd Bomb Group, 863rd Bomb Squadron original aircraft transferred before 6 Jun 1944 (date of 493rd BG's first combat mission) to the 34th Bomb Group, 391st Bomb Squadron. • It was flown on missions of the 34th Bomb Group from 6 June 1944	143
Lockheed P-38L Lightnings of the 98th Fighter Squadron of the 82nd Fighter Group in flight over Italy. 1944	136

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