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FLYING BOXCAR <AKA>

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Starboard (Right) Side - "FRAGILE DO NOT HUMP"

Info Contributor - Pete Johnston
Co-Pilot James "SABU" Plackis got his nickname when he arrived at Angaur Island in the Pacific. He got such a sunburn that his crewmates said he looked like an Indian!

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