| Caption | US airmen gathering next to B-24J Liberator bomber 'Lil Audrey Grows Up' of the 11th Bomb Group (H), Agana Airfield, Guam, Mariana Islands, 1945 ww2dbase | |||||
| Photographer | Unknown | |||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives via japanairraids.org | |||||
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| Photo Size | 2,925 x 3,795 pixels | |||||
| Photos at Same Place | Guam | |||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||
| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Additionally, according to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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2. 
David Stubblebine says:
14 Nov 2014 08:51:57 PM
This aircraft (42-73016) was the first bomber in the 7th Air Force to reach 100 missions. This photo was taken showing the crew just before their last mission:
Seated on hood-1Lt Francis Pouls, pilot
Drivers seat-SSgt Richard W Martin, ball turret
Passenger seat-2Lt Stephen J Coffey, bombardier
Beside car with foot on ground-TSgt Lloyd G Rainbolt, engineer/top turret
Behind driver-SSgt Don G Hallman, tail gunner
Behind passenger-SSgt William B Gannon, nose gunner
Back row L-to-R
2Lt Bernard J Brieter, copilot
SSgt Harold J Kirkpatrick, right waist
2Lt Thomas G Page, navigator
TSgt Alexander C Shinsky, left waist
David Stubblebine says:14 Nov 2014 08:51:57 PM
This aircraft (42-73016) was the first bomber in the 7th Air Force to reach 100 missions. This photo was taken showing the crew just before their last mission:
Seated on hood-1Lt Francis Pouls, pilot
Drivers seat-SSgt Richard W Martin, ball turret
Passenger seat-2Lt Stephen J Coffey, bombardier
Beside car with foot on ground-TSgt Lloyd G Rainbolt, engineer/top turret
Behind driver-SSgt Don G Hallman, tail gunner
Behind passenger-SSgt William B Gannon, nose gunner
Back row L-to-R
2Lt Bernard J Brieter, copilot
SSgt Harold J Kirkpatrick, right waist
2Lt Thomas G Page, navigator
TSgt Alexander C Shinsky, left waist
3. Anonymous says:
6 Mar 2021 01:03:57 PM
I have a photo of this bomber before this one was taken, with no one in it. It must be before this one as the bombs dropped only go to a row above the ".
6 Mar 2021 01:03:57 PM
I have a photo of this bomber before this one was taken, with no one in it. It must be before this one as the bombs dropped only go to a row above the ".
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14 Nov 2014 06:43:20 PM
OKAY MACK, WHERE WAS I, HO YEAH AND THERE I WAS YOU TOLD US THAT STORY LAST WEEK. THOSE GIs LOOK LIKE NCOs. HAVE A FEW STAFF SERGEANTS, A STARGENT FIRST CLASS. DID THEY RETURN HOME AND LIVE LONG PEACEFUL LIVES..AND THEY DID RETURN HOME TO A THANKFUL COUNTRY