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Enlargement of P-38H Lightning 42-66847 left side of the nose with scoreboard
Below the cockpit is a black rectangle with "Pilot Capt R. I. Bong, Crew C: T/Sgt C. C. Breden, Ass't C.C. Cpl W. Finkel". Below was a scoreboard with Japanese rising sun flags (5x5x5x4) indicating Bong's 19 aerial victory claims as of November 1943. The plane has a pair of drop tanks attached.
Credit: USAAF via Dear Mom: So We Have a War page 281  Date: November 1943
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