Pacific Wrecks - 9th Fighter Squadron pilots atop the wing of P-38 Lightning parked at Dobodura

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9th Fighter Squadron pilots atop the wing of P-38 Lightning parked at Dobodura
(Standing left to right) 1st Lt. Stan Johnson hands on shoulder and Major Gerald R. Johnson with hands on his hips.
(Kneeling left to right) 1st Lt. Theron “Pappy” Price, Captain Harry E. Lidstrom and John “Jump” O’Neill.
In the foreground on the left side of the cockpit gondola is a rectangle with:
"PILOT- CAPT LIDSTROM
CREW CHIEF - ??? ? Z???
ASST CC - Cpl E. S?????"
Japanese Rising Sun Flag [Lidstrom aerial victory claim March 28, 1943]
Credit: USAAF, 5th AF, 49th FG, 9th FS via Jack Cook Date: 1943
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