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Photo Galleries - U.S. National Archives

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Image 25 - 1st Lt. Willie Y. Anderson (right) shows 2nd Lt. Philip D. Cohen pieces of flak he picked in his plane

Image 26 - The Allied Supreme Commander Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower flew in this P-51B Mustang on 4 July 1944

Image 27 - Capt. Don M. Beerbower, the leading 9th Air Force ace at the time with 17 air victroies in the cockpit of his Mustang 'Bonnie B II'

Image 28 - Two flights of 356th Sqdn. Mustangs fly over

Image 29 - Col. George R. Bickell, 28 year-old Commanding Officer of the 354th Fighter-Bomber Group

Image 30 - The 354th Ftr. Grp. transitioned into P-47s in Nov 1944. Thunderbolts from the 353rd awaiting for the take-off signal

Image 31 - Ground crew repair a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial engine at a front line airfield

Image 32 - The P-47 pilot, his forward vision obsured, receives directions from a ground crewman riding the wing

Image 33 - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts from the 353rd FS in revetments bordering the runway

Image 34 - Thunderbolt pilots, their mission completed head for the interrogation tent

Image 35 - A squadron commander checks last minute details with his flight-leaders before an attack on German targets

Image 36 - 355th Sqdn. pilot and armorer, examine the 500 pound bomb slung under the wing of a Thunderbolt

Image 37 - Maj. Glenn T. Eagleston (center), leading 9th Air Force Ace, explains his maneuver to fellow pilots

Image 38 - These pilots examine a gun at a captured German airfield in France they knocked out during a mission

Image 39 - Maj. Gilbert F. Talbot briefs 355th Sqdn. pilots before they take off on a mission

Image 40 - Lt. Col. Glenn T. Eagleston, top 9th Air Force ace with 18 1/2 air victories and 5 on the ground

Image 41 - 1st Lt. Bruce W. Carr, 353rd Sqdn., poses with his P-51D Mustang 'Angels Playmate'

Image 42 - A 355th Sqdn. P-51D Mustang landing at the Ober Olm airfield in Germany, 7 Apr 1945

Image 43 - 1st Lt. Ivan S. Hasek (left) listens to 2nd Lt. Willie K. Johnson, relates how he finished off the on that nearly got away

Image 44 - 353rd Sqdn. pilot briefing before a mission. Ober Olm, Germany, 17 Apr 1945

Image 45 - A burned out remains of a FW-190 in the foreground with a P-51D Mustang with wing tanks being rearmed

Image 46 - 355th Sqdn. pilots being briefed before taking off on a mission

Image 47 - 355th Sqdn. mechanics repairing a P-51D Mustang

Image 48 - Flight Officer Ralph Delgado, Jr. explains to 2nd Lt. Charles D. Kilpatrick how he destroyed a Me-262 twin-engined German fighter

Image 49 - Lt. Kenneth E. Neidigh, 355th Sqdn. displays his captured Nazi flag

Image 50 - T.Sgt. Ernest L. Gratton checks over a P-51D Mustang 'Katie'

Image 51 - Lt. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton pins the Distinguished Flying Cross on 1st lt. William Y. Anderson

Image 52 - 355th Sqdn pilots chat before the mission

Sources:

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

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