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Next Mission—U.S.A.
North African Theatre—The “Desert Warrior”, a well-decorated Mitchell B-25 bomber of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force, is shown just before it was taken by its crew to the United States after completing some of the most historic missions from the war from El Alamein to Sicily. The crew members seated on the Jeep are (left to right): Sgt. John R. Dawdy, of San Antonio, Tex.; Lt. Floyd R. Pond, Anadarko, Okla., navigator; Capt. Ralph M. Lower, Spokane, Wash., pilot; Lt. T.R. Tate; Lt. W.O. Seaman, Fresno, Calif; Sgt. J.B. Saragalo, Queens, N.Y.; and pilot officer A.A. Martin, British, of Columbia, Canada. The bombs painted on the cowling of the “Desert Warrior” represent the missions this ship performed. On the map are recorded the individual towns and battlefields bombed.
Credit: U.S. Signal Corps photo from ACME.