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To: M. Espinola

Excellent job!


2 posted on 12/07/2004 6:24:02 AM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: mainepatsfan
Three of their B-25B bombers are visible. That in the upper left is tail #s 40-2298, mission plane # 6, piloted by Lieutenant Dean E. Hallmark. That in top center is tail # 40-2283. It was mission plane # 5, piloted by Captain David M. Jones.

That would mean that the third plane in the picture (the one right at the very bottom) is #7, 40-2261 - aka "The Ruptured Duck" commanded by Ted Lawson and made famous in his book (and the Spencer Tracy/Van Johnson movie) "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" ...
30 posted on 12/07/2004 8:27:25 AM PST by tanknetter
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