Us Official Photographs

USAFE C-47s in Cairo

CAIRO, Egypt -- Constant briefing is necessary to carry out spray missions daily in the areas hardest hit by the cholera epidemic. Here the crew of one of the specially-equipped USAFE C-47s get together with local Egyptian pilots at their Egyptian base on Farouk Field for briefing before taking off on a spraying mission. Left to right the American crew members are (without hats): S/Sgt. William O'Lear, of Yonkers, N. Y.; 1st Lt. Clarence E. Gilmore, Beckley, W. Va.; S/Sgt. W. T. Schendjenberger, Minneapolis, Minn., and Tech. Sgt. J. C. Galbraith, of Detroit, Mich.