Us Official Photographs
P51 Mustang pilots in Italy
A group of North American P-51 pilots of the 31st Fighter Group talk over the tactics of the German jet-propelled Messerschmitt 262 at an air base somewhere in Italy. They are, left to right: 2nd Lt. Roy L. Scales, Woolwine, Virginia; Capt. William J. Dillard, Salinas, Texas; 1st Lt. Forrest M. Keene, Jr., Breckenridge, Missouri; 2nd Lt. William M. Wilder, Dallas, Texas; Capt. Eugene P. McGlaufin, South Portland, Maine; Col. William A. Daniel, Birmingham, Alabama (a Group Commander); 1st Lt. Ray D. Leonard, Ames, Iowa and Capt. Kenneth T. Smith, Saratoga, California.