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"Fliers of a P-51 Mustang Group of the 15th AIr Force in Italy 'shoot the breeze' in the shadow of one of the Mustangs they fly. Left to right: Lt. Dempsey W. Morgan, Jr., Lt. Carroll S. Woods; Lt. Robert H. Nelson, Jr., Capt. Andrew D. Turner; and Lt. Clarence P. Lester." |
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"American pilots of a P-51 Mustang fighter group, whose planes are named after the wild horses that once roamed the U.S., listen intently as they are briefed for a mission at a base in Italy. Like cavalrymen of old, they ride down the enemy in their flying steeds and have destroyed German installations and personnel throughout Europe. They are members of th 15th U.S. Army Air Force, whose fighters and bombers are part of the Mediterranean Allied Air Force." |
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"Capt. Andrew D. Turner, who in a few minutes will be escorting heavy bombers en route to enemy targets, signals to the chief of his ground crew before taking off from a base in Italy. He is a member of the 15th U.S. Army Air Force, which has been smashing enemy objectives in Germany and the Balkans with both fighter and bomber craft. The pilot's plane, a Mustang, is named for a type fo wild horse that once roamed in America." |
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"An armorer of the 15th U.S. Air Force checks ammunition belts of the .50 caliber machine guns in the wings of a P-51 Mustang fighter plane before it leaves an Italian base for a mission against German military targets." |
