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American crew in Mediterranean

Returned from a large-scale bombing raid on an aircraft factory in Austria, this American crew attached to the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces is interrogated about the mission. Three generals are in the picture. Asking a question, his back to the camera, right is Lt. Gen. Carl Spaatz, Commander of the U.S. Strategic Air Force in Europe. Looking on (smoking cigarette) is Maj. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Commander of the U.S. Army 15th Air Force. In the left, rear, is Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, Chief of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces. The three serious-faced airmen facing the camera are, left to right, Lt. Martin J. Burgwinkle, Clinton, Mass., navigator; Sgt. Louis J. Descak, radio operator, McKeesport, Pa., and Lt. Fritz Sanburg, Plano, Ill, pilot who is talking with Gen. Spaatz.