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About ready to "crank up".
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Wicked Wabbit getting a bath.
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Loading a 500 lb. GP bomb.
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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.
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Ready to start engines.
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Eight ship mission ready for the flare. P-47's 65th FS, Alto Airbase.
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Leader & Wingman rolling. Taking off in pairs, P-47's of 65th FS, #43 is "Jerry Jinx."