Major Richard I. Bong and Major Thomas B. McGuire leaning against the propeller of P-38J Lightning Number 42 parked at Morotai Bong is wearing a Soringfield Randall Model 1 fighting knife on his belt and is smoking a cigarette. McGuire is smoking a cigar. The propeller spinner is yellow with a black stripe at the center. This photograph was likely taken after the October 10, 1944 long range mission over Balikpapan on southeast Borneo. Credit: USAAF, 5th AF, 49th FG Date: October 1944
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