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Air crew in New Guinea

ADVANCE ECHELON, FIFTH AIR FORCE, SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA - This air crew has flown 22 combat flights against the Japanese. Their squadron, equipped with Douglas A-20A's, has marked up some 180 missions, attacked 75 enemy vessels in Southwest Pacific waters, was first to introduce the parachute bomb in warfare. Pictured, left to right, are: 1st Lt. Fred W. Klatt, pilot, of Durango, Colo.; Sgt. Milton C. Chaffee, crew chief, of St. Joseph, Mo.; Sgt. Willard C. Wolfer, gunner, of Cleveland, Ohio and Sgt. Sylvester B. Silva, gunner, of Provincetown, Mass.