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Port (Left) Side - Early Tail Markings - Character from "Li'l Abner Comics" (Creator - Al Capp)
Survived Operation TIDAL WAVE, 1 Aug 43, Ploesti Romania
Crashed on Landing 3 Feb 44, ENG - Pilot Robert W. Roberts

Contributor - Georges "Gino" Künzle

Info Contributor - Joe Avendano Duran
My Uncle, Joseph Avendano (Pilot), was one of the original members of the 93rd that would survive the 1 Aug 43 mission. DOGPATCH RAIDERS was in the second wave of planes that came over the target behind their Commander Addison Baker that day. This would become the most decorated mission of WWII.

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