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P51 Mustangs in Italy

North American P-51 Mustangs of the all-Negro 332d Fighter Group, 15th AAF, Italy, all use wing tanks for the extra distance required for escorting heavy bombers on raids. (Tank can be dropped by pilot in mid-air if he is attacked by enemy fighters.) L to R: T/Sgt Charley K. Haynes, 4234 W. Maffitt Ave., St. Louis, Mo; S/Sgt James A. Sheppard, 1414 Fifth Ave., New York City; and M/Sgt Frank Bradley, 801 West 26th St., Indianapolis, Ind., all of whom are ground crew non-commissioned officers. units Crew Fuel Tanks Maintenance Personnel