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  • Collection: Pre-Mission Activities & Briefing

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Notes: Bomb Group and date not noted. Nose covered in tarpaulin to keep Plexiglas clear of frost that could obscure pilot ’s vision. Notice still dark outside.

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Aircrew surrounding at the start of a mission

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Notes: 1/20/44. Note size of map. Harness around legs.

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66 Bomb Squadron, Flight Crew Hodges and Leon Johnson on Hardstand Before or After a Mission.jpg

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68th Squadron, Airmen on Top of B-24 Top Turret, Fuselage. %22O%22 in Background_1.jpeg

8 Unknown Airmen Kneeling, Chaplain Praying Before Mission, Egine and Wing in Background_1.jpeg

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Notes: April 1944. Boots strapped to chute. Oxygen tube/mask hanging off face. Looking at Maps and photos. Can see rubber mask on left man. On hardstand – can see equipment/other AC in background.

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Aircrew talking to ground crew, thought to be 67th men because of location of woods near hardstand (called the moat)_1.jpeg

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Sam Crawford, Ed Lawrence and Albert Dimebacher

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Airmen waiting for the trucks to take them to their aircraft, early 1943_1.jpeg

Back of 2.5 Ton Truck; Carl Hall, Ed Cisinski, Calvin Brown, Shipdham_1.jpeg
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