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PHOTO CREDITS

MAMMY YOAKUM

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CO 42-40221 13 307 424 ~ ~ 00-2 ARTHUR PIERSON

Port (Left) Side - Starboard has MAMMY YOKUM - Character from "Li'l Abner Comics" (Creator - Al Capp)
Lost 7 Dec 43, New Hebrides - MACR 1291 - Pilot Norman R. Spearman
Note: MACR has Erroneous S/N 41-40221

Contributor - Heath White
Taken at San Antonio, Texas 20 Mar 43, three weeks before deployment to the Pacific.

Standing (L-R)
2nd Lt. Lee Parker – Bombardier
1st Lt. Richard Walgren – Pilot
T/Sgt. John Hughes – Eng/Top Turret Gunner
2nd Lt. Schafer – Navigator
2nd Lt. Arthur "Bud" Pierson – Co-Pilot
Kneeling (L-R)
S/Sgt. Michael Malloy – Asst Eng/Gunner
S/Sgt. Santo Calvano – Armored Gunner
S/Sgt. Paul Moots – Asst. Radio/Gunner
T/Sgt. Jesse Carpenter – Radio Operator
T/Sgt. George Wade – Tail Gunner

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