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ENGLAND-When crewmen on this 8th Air force Boeing B-17 Flying

ENGLAND - When crewmen on this 8th Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, returning from an attack on the chemical plant at Ludwigshaven, told intelligence officers that flak had made a hole in the plane's wing big enough for four men to stand in, they were not exaggerating. Here the four officers who brought the plane that was mangled by the German's anti-aircraft defenses, stand inside the torn wing. Left to right: 1st Lt. Roy J. Murphy, 104 S. 53rd St., Omaha, Neb., Pilot; 2d Lt. Norman M. Tesch, Lake Mills, Wisc., Co-pilot; 1st Lt. John S. McComb, Jr., 427 Bell Ave., Sheboygan, Wisc., Navigator; 1st Lt. Donald L. McKenna, Oneida, N.Y., Bombardier.