Us Official Photographs

B-25 Mitchell preparatory to being sent back

The "Desert Warrior," a well-adorned B-25 North American "Mitchell" bomber of the U. S. Army 9th Air Force, preparatory to being sent back to the U. S. with its crew after completing some of the historic missions of the war from El Alamein to Sicily. Crew, left to right: Sgt. John R. Dawdy, San Antonia, 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. Sarogalo, Queens, N.Y. and Pilot-Officer A.A. Martin, British 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.