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338th Squadron taking off
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'2nd Stretch'
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'Dottie Q', mount of
Lt. William J Ingram 338th FS
Jim Sterling collection
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'Betty Mac' CL-V
(Capt. Bert McDowell Jr.)
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'The Grim Reaper' CL-L (Lt.
Robert E Black)
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George Funk was hit by flak over Berlin - all the way home out of oil!
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338th FS P38 (CL-T)
USAF Museum photo
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Maj. Thomas A. White's 'Janet'
(CL-V)
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Crew chief says "this don't belong
on there"
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Pete snags a cable while strafing
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338th Squadron briefing 1944
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338th Pilots
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Capt. Michael 'Mike'
Alba
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Capt. Michael 'Mike'
Alba
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Phillip Brooks
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Busching and crew
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Capt. Clair E Buskirk
and crew
(Lost 6 Jan 45 - POW)
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Capt. Russell C Haworth, 338th FS
Photo courtesy of Jack
Cook
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Dick Herbst
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C.O. Jones and crew
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Lt.Col. Wendell J Kelly and crew with 'Mary
Bell III' (CL-?)
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Lt.Col. Wendell J Kelly and crew with 'Mary
Bell III' (CL-?)
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Lt.Col. Wendell J Kelly and crew with 'Mary
Bell III' (CL-?)
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Lt. Walter J Konantz, shot down by a B-17
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Lt. Leedom K. John , 338th FS
Photo courtesy of Jack
Cook
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Lawrence Leonard points out the extra
ventilation provided by an enemy aircraft
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Bert McDowell
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McGill - Killed in a second taxi
accident where someone cut off his tail section. The second time
killed him and Sam Gevorkian jumped up on the circling wreckage and cut
the switches.
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Paul Reeves first mission 17 Sept '44
Operation Market Garden (Flying Cramer's P-51)
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Paul Reeves
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Capt. Wesley
M 'Wes'
Tibbetts and crew
(Lost 24 Feb 44 - KIA)
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Lt. Lloyd P
Turner and crew with 'Hell's Angel'
(CL-?)
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Maj. Thomas A. White
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Unknown (338th plane in background)
Another shot of P. Brooks????
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