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Under the nose

1945

Three officers standing under the painted nose of Spirit of Martinez, two of them shaking hands — Under the nose, 1945. Frank Calicura in flying kit at left; Capt. David Olsson — another Martinez man — in the overcoat; Col. Jack E. Shuck, group commander, taking the handshake. The book records the moment as official recognition, not a friendship.Family collection · Zoom to read the handwriting

Three officers standing under the painted nose of Spirit of Martinez, two of them shaking hands — Under the nose, 1945. Frank Calicura in flying kit at left; Capt. David Olsson — another Martinez man — in the overcoat; Col. Jack E. Shuck, group commander, taking the handshake. The book records the moment as official recognition, not a friendship.Family collection · Zoom to read the handwriting

What is visible

Three officers standing under the painted nose of Spirit of Martinez, two of them shaking hands

In the book

On the roster

Nine strangers

Also

More of Capt. David E. Olsson in the footlocker
- Individual Flight Record
More of Col. Jack E. Shuck in the footlocker
- Lieut. Calicura At British Base
More of Frank J. Calicura in the footlocker

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Family Collection. Under the nose, 1945. The Spirit of Martinez.

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

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