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At an air base near Bengasi, Cirenaica, Libya members of the 376th

At an air base near Bengasi, Cirenaica, Libya, members of the 376th Bomb Group try on their newly issued "flak suits" designed to protect the wearer against splinters from anti-aircraft fire. The men are, left to right: S/Sgt. Angelo P. Aspesi, gunner of Boston, Mass. S/Sgt. Leo J. Picard, tail gunner, from Springfield, Mass. T/Sgt. Leonard S. Pate, engineer of Chino, California T/Sgt. Charles D. Robbins, gunner, whose home is in Milton, Washington. The men are pictured just prior to taking off on the bombing raid of the Ploesti, Roumania oil fields and refineries.

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