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Feature Excerpt
Fighter Pilot Salute
Abstract
Interview Session 01 (Audio)
From Training Pilot to Schweinfurt
Interview Session 02 (Audio)
Surviving Twenty-Five missions
Transcript
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Picture Captions
Detailed descriptions of the pictures listed below
Photos
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Photo taken while Private Smith was assigned to the field artillery, circa 1942.
Where:
Unknown
When:
circa 1942
Ownership:
Public domain
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2nd Lieutenant James Smith in flight school, Luke Air Field, Arizona in spring of 1943.
Where:
Luke Air Field, Arizona
When:
spring of 1943
Ownership:
Public domain
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1st Lieutenant Smith, in a photo taken after the war. He proudly wears his medals, including the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross
Where:
Unknown
When:
Unknown
Ownership:
Public domain
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Ruthie's flight crew. Front left is Joseph Uporsky, Walter Webster, Edward ‘Whitey' Warren, Shorty Davis, Leroy Nicholson and J. L. Potter. Back row: LT Smith (Pilot), the bombardier (unknown), Joe LeBore (Navigator), and Leon Lanphear (Co-pilot).
Where:
Unknown
When:
Unknown
Ownership:
Public domain
Caption
LT Smith with the ground crew for Ruthie, taken at Kimbolton Airfield, England.
Where:
Kimbolton Airfield, England.
When:
Unknown
Ownership:
Public domain
Caption
A B-17 on a mission over Schweinfurt, Germany. Schweinfurt was Smith's first mission. Photo is from the National Archives World War II collection.
Where:
Schweinfurt, Germany
When:
Unknown
Ownership:
Public domain
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An areal shot of Kimbolton Airfield, England, where LT Smith, a member of the 379th Bomb Group, was based.
Where:
Kimbolton Airfield, England
When:
Unknown
Ownership:
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF