Fort De Royan - April 14th 1945 and the first use of Napalm by the 8th Air Force, with the 44BG playing their part. Does anyone have a better or clearer copy of this image? I ask because after a discussion on ArmyAirForces.com there was a consensus that the ship ringed (by me) in this picture is probably Bar-O, 'Joplin Jalopy' flown on this mission by 1st Lieut. Milton Parrish. Before he died Milton Parrish wrote to me and said the 'Jalopy' received a flak hit in the bomb b… See more

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Fort De Royan - April 14th 1945 and the first use of Napalm by the 8th Air Force, with the 44BG playing their part. Does anyone have a better or clearer copy of this image? I ask because after a discussion on ArmyAirForces.com there was a consensus that the ship ringed (by me) in this picture is probably Bar-O, 'Joplin Jalopy' flown on this mission by 1st Lieut. Milton Parrish. Before he died Milton Parrish wrote to me and said the 'Jalopy' received a flak hit in the bomb b… See more

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“Fort De Royan - April 14th 1945 and the first use of Napalm by the 8th Air Force, with the 44BG playing their part. Does anyone have a better or clearer copy of this image? I ask because after a discussion on ArmyAirForces.com there was a consensus that the ship ringed (by me) in this picture is probably Bar-O, 'Joplin Jalopy' flown on this mission by 1st Lieut. Milton Parrish. Before he died Milton Parrish wrote to me and said the 'Jalopy' received a flak hit in the bomb b… See more,” 44th Bomb Group Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, https://44thbombgroup.omeka.net/items/show/2884.

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