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Curtiss C-46 leaves Africa

Entirely airborne throughout circuit, ATC transports both crew and equipment -- 6,000 pounds of it -- in one Curtiss C-46 as it hops about the world with its mechanics college. Here, crew leaves Africa for parts unknown -- to the enemy. From front to rear: S/Sgt. A. N. Byrum, T/Sgt. George D. Cook, S/Sgt. John Luczak, T/Sgt. Donald V. Patterson, S/Sgt. Robert E. Moritz, S/Sgt. John W. Wolfe, and S/Sgt. Chester R. Dopson. In the dim distance, left to right, are Lt. Col. Norman S. Hall, assistant director of Mobile Training Division of Western Technical Training Command, and Capt. Fred H. Simkin, Unit liaison officer.