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80th Fighter Squadron (80th FS) ace pilots with a large ace of spades with a lightning bolt at 5th Air Force (5th AF) Headquarters in New Guinea
(Left to right) Captain Jay T. Robbins (14), Lt. Cyril F. Homer (6), Lt. Edwin DeGraffenried (6) Major Edward Cragg (14), Captain John L. Jones (9), Lt. Cornelius Smith (5) and Lt Allen E. Hill (6). Their combined total aerial victory claims is 60 Japanese planes (as of late December 1943). Each ace has signed the large card with the ace of spades with a lightning bolt as all the men fly the P-38 Lightning. This photograph was taken in late December 1943 prior to December 26, 1943 when Major Edward Cragg went Missing In Action (MIA).
Credit: USAAF Date: December 1943
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