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CHECKING UP - T/Sgt. James McGee and Sgts. Purlee, Primosch, Parsons and Kruse, of the ground crew, give the bomb carrying plane the once-over before the raid. |
FIRE POWER - McGee again, and S/Sgt. Charles D. Ginn ready the tail gun, just in case the Japs decide they don't like what they're getting. |
LOADING UP - Sgt. Jack Britton, Lt. John Wahl, M/Sgt. Walter Minnihan, Cpl. Edward Peters and T/Sgt. Robert Knowling attend to the business end of the bombing raid. |
QUEENS RISE PROUDLY - With the grace of a giant bird the big ship takes off for a little call on our buck-toothed friends, with a calling card to leave that the aforesaid friends will be sure to remember. The ground crew says "good luck" and the flight crew takes over. |
CHINA SKIES - Once the way of the gull and the swallow, China skies today are the highway now of the 14th Air Force, a high way which leads now only to Jap-occupied cities of China, but which someday will lead straight to Tokyo. |
BOMBS AWAY - Down they go, one from Ashland, Ill., and more from every American kid who needs a decent world to grow up in. That's what the 14th is fighting for. |
ON THE NOSE - The pilot held his course and the bombardier kept his mind on his business. Results - the bombs hit the target smack on the nose and black clouds billow up from blasted Jap installations. |
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED - A good day's work done, the giant planes head for the safety, if not the comfort, of their China home. Cloud formations and a setting sun add peaceful beauty to war's grim work. |
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