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P-38, Inspection
"P-38 major (1,000 hrs?) check up" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Inspecting a P-38. Ten or twelve mechanics do a 200-hour inspection on this twin-engine fighter, the only mass-produced twin-engine fighter in World War II. '[T]he P-38 will be forever…
Binmaley Cemetery Funeral 3
"Child's coffin and funeral mourners - Binmaley" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Binmaley Cemetery Funeral. Across the road from the Binmaley camp, Hill discovered a local cemetery. One day the mourners invited him to photograph their funeral procession,…
Binmaley Cemetery Funeral 2
"Binmaley cemetery Band" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Binmaley Cemetery Funeral. Across the road from the Binmaley camp, Hill discovered a local cemetery. One day the mourners invited him to photograph their funeral procession, including men, women,…
Binmaley, Wooden Shoes
"Guest's shoes left outside a home - Binamaley Luzon" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Everyday Bakia. Dropped by visitors outside Rapino's nearby home, Hill saw these common wooden shoes and thought their random abandonment provided an example of social…
B-24, "Queen Mae" 2
![B-24, "Queen Mae" 2](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/eoudigitalarchive/square_thumbnails/9ad839d8242e3cc18b52447efd94d5e6.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIGVQF5DU4TM5SWSA&Expires=1732773000&Signature=0v3fMVoO%2FoV90DoWDar7ODOp4BU%3D "B-24, "Queen Mae" 2")
"90th Bomb Group 'Jolly Rogers' - 'Queen Mae' by Merkling - the finished painting - there is a negative of Merkling painting this image" - (2010.1.1007) From "Darkroom Soldier": "Merkling and 'Queen Mae'. Cpl Al G. Merkling earned many pesos from…
B-24, "Queen Mae" 1
![B-24, "Queen Mae" 1](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/eoudigitalarchive/square_thumbnails/4861a6fb3c13353101f3a7011eabef6d.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIGVQF5DU4TM5SWSA&Expires=1732773000&Signature=l7tZLlMI8vFWk9TOGQXdaP7knpg%3D "B-24, "Queen Mae" 1")
"Artist, Merkling, at work on what was to become 'Queen Mae' one of the outstanding nose art examples in the whole South Pacific" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Merkling and 'Queen Mae'. Cpl Al G. Merkling earned many pesos from flight crews for his…
B-24, Shark Face Bomber
"B-24 #9982 Taxiing - Shark face nose art - Mindoro probably" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Taxiing Bomber. The nose of the Liberator in the 320th Squadron [was] painted with a shark's mouth. This was known as the 'Moby Dick' squadron." ("Darkroom…
Japanese Abandon Clark Field 3
"6 views of Japanese air craft and hanger ruins at Clark Field, North of Manila" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Hangar Wreckage. During the Battle of Manila, Allied planes bombed and strafed all Japanese airfields in the area. Hill saved this photo by…
B-25, "Mitch The Witch" 2
![B-25, "Mitch The Witch" 2](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/eoudigitalarchive/square_thumbnails/b156a9f88f3244c6b1d4a80d5d0687b0.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIGVQF5DU4TM5SWSA&Expires=1732773000&Signature=gN43DQ%2FBaF5Btp8q4m%2BmXotEV04%3D "B-25, "Mitch The Witch" 2")
"Nose art. 17th Recon Sqdn B-25 'Mitch the Witch' - Straight side view - not all missions tallys show" "From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fuselage Art. Painting nicknames, names and personalized icons on the fuselage was an unsanctioned but traditional art…
B-25J, Nose Guns
"Sy Rosenblatt adjusting feed chutes to 8 gun nose" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Nose Guns. S/Sgt Sy Rosenblatt contemplates the .50 caliber machine gun mounted in the bombardier's compartment in this B-25J. With two packet guns mounted on sides of the…