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PHOTO CREDITS

JOEY UPTOWN

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LAWRENCE O’BRIEN

Starboard (Right) Side - Renamed from BUTCH - Damon Runyon "Gangster" Character
Survived Operation TIDAL WAVE, 1 Aug 43, Ploesti Romania

Contributor - Ed Clendenin

Info Contributor - Joe Taddonio
Up to January, 1944, ships of the 515th Bomb Squadron, were named after characters from stories by Damon Runyon. I flew 10 of my 22 Med. theatre missions in JOEY UPTOWN.

Info Contributor - Chris Gregg
Assigned #85 by the time of TIDALWAVE, and later renamed JOEY UPTOWN as part of the 515th Damon Runyon naming convention in the fall of 1943.

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