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P-47 Pilots In Germany
After returning from the first fighter-bomber mission flown from an airstrip in Germany, a IX T.A.C. squadron leader relates results to his group commander and commanding general. The P-47 pilots destroyed 20 locomotives, 80 rail cars and 23 motor transport, killed 50 German soldiers and fired a roundhouse. Left to right: Capt. George E. Robinson, Meriden, Conn., the squadron leader; Maj. Gen. E. R. Quesada, Commanding the IX T.A.C. of the 9th A.F.; and Col. Ray. J. Stecker, Hazleton, Pa., former All-American football player at West Point, group commander.