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The crew of 44-6838

1945

Nine airmen posed in two rows under the nose of a B-17 painted Spirit of Martinez, Kodachrome, 1945 — The crew of 44-6838, Spirit of Martinez, on the hardstand at Horham, 1945. Kodachrome. The name is already on the nose — this is the ship after the Army caught up to what the men had decided to call her.Family collection · Zoom to read the handwriting

Nine airmen posed in two rows under the nose of a B-17 painted Spirit of Martinez, Kodachrome, 1945 — The crew of 44-6838, Spirit of Martinez, on the hardstand at Horham, 1945. Kodachrome. The name is already on the nose — this is the ship after the Army caught up to what the men had decided to call her.Family collection · Zoom to read the handwriting

What is visible

Nine airmen posed in two rows under the nose of a B-17 painted Spirit of Martinez, Kodachrome, 1945

In the book

Chapter 11Borrowed Aircraft

On the roster

Nine strangers

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Family Collection. The crew of 44-6838, 1945. The Spirit of Martinez.

https://www.spiritofmartinez.com/archive/crew

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