About ready to "crank up".
Wicked Wabbit getting a bath.
Loading a 500 lb. GP bomb.
Weapons carrier load of pilots being delivered to planes.
(L-R) unknown, Francis S. "Spanky" Manda, Gilbert O. Wymond, (back to camera with foot up on jeep) Kenneth J. Gustafson, unknown, Stanley Morrow, unknown, Alvar B. "Ox" Wallin, unknown, William R. Speirs*, unknown, unknown.
Ready to start engines.
Eight ship mission ready for the flare. P-47's 65th FS, Alto Airbase.
Leader & Wingman rolling. Taking off in pairs, P-47's of 65th FS, #43 is "Jerry Jinx."