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41-11768

B-24 Liberator

  • - The B-24D - Kickapoo, with it's regular crew, and pilot, Lt. John S. Young on the far right, before the mission to bomb Ploesti. Lt. John Young and his regular crew member's lives were spared when Group Leader Col. John R. Kane reassigned them to fly with him in his plane, Hail Columbia, on Operation Tidal Wave over Ploesti. Kickapoo crashed and burned on takeoff for the Ploesti mission, killing the two replacement pilots and all but two of it's replacement crew, Lt Russel Polivka, navigator, and SSgt Eugene Garner, gunner. - Aircraft Destroyed - Lete, Libya - 1 Aug 1943 Kickapoo's reassigned crew for the Ploesti bombing mission : --- 1st Lt. Robert J. Nespor - Pilot - (KIA) - 98th BG - Died two weeks later from his burns 2nd Lt. John C. Riley - Co Pilot (KIA) Detached Service from 93rd BG - Died from his burns 2nd Lt. Russell W. Polivka - Navigator (WIA) D.S. from 93rd BG - Severely Burned - Recovered after long rehabilitation T/Sgt. Vaun D. Wenrich -Engineer/Top Turret (KIA) D.S. from 93rd BG - Died of his injuries T/Sgt. Armand R. Massart - Radio Op (KIA) D.S. from 93rd BG - Died of his injuries S/Sgt. George W. Lawlor - Gunner (KIA) D.S. from 93rd BG - Died of his injuries S/Sgt. Edwin G. Sliwa - Gunner (KIA) D.S. from 93rd BG - Died of his injuries S/Sgt. Eugene R. Garner - Gunner (WIA) D.S. from 93rd BG - Badly burned - Survived and recovered after long rehabilitation. S/Sgt. John P. D'Armour - Gunner (KIA) D.S. from 93rd BG

    - The B-24D - Kickapoo, with it's regular crew, and pilot, Lt. John S. Young on the far right, before the mission to bomb Ploesti. Lt. John Young and his regular crew member's lives were spared when Group Leader Col. John R. Kane reassigned them to fly with him in his plane, Hail Columbia, on Operation Tidal Wave over Ploesti. Kickapoo crashed and burned on takeoff for the Ploesti mission, killing the two replacement pilots and all but two of it's replacement crew, Lt Russel Polivka, navigator, and SSgt Eugene Garner, gunner. - Aircraft Destroyed - Lete, Libya - 1 Aug 1943 Kickapoo's reassigned crew for the Ploesti bombing mission : --- 1st Lt. Robert J. Nespor - Pilot - (KIA) - 98th BG - Died two weeks later from his burns 2nd Lt. John C. Riley - Co Pilot (KIA) Detached Service from 93rd BG - Died from his burns 2nd Lt. Russell W. Polivka - Navigator (WIA) D.S. from 93rd BG - Severely Burned - Recovered after long rehabilitation T/Sgt. Vaun D. Wenrich -Engineer/Top Turret (KIA) D.S. from 93rd BG - Died of his injuries T/Sgt. Armand R. Massart - Radio Op (KIA) D.S. from 93rd BG - Died of his injuries S/Sgt. George W. Lawlor - Gunner (KIA) D.S. from 93rd BG - Died of his injuries S/Sgt. Edwin G. Sliwa - Gunner (KIA) D.S. from 93rd BG - Died of his injuries S/Sgt. Eugene R. Garner - Gunner (WIA) D.S. from 93rd BG - Badly burned - Survived and recovered after long rehabilitation. S/Sgt. John P. D'Armour - Gunner (KIA) D.S. from 93rd BG

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  • B-24D Liberator, 41-11768, Kickapoo, Lt. John Young's regularly flown aircraft. Assigned to the 344th Bomb Squadron, the, 98th Bomb Group, in the 9th Air Force, based in Benghazi, Libya. Kickapoo, crashed shortly after take-off for the August 1, 1943 low level Ploesti, Romania, mission, initially due to loss of No 4 engine. 8 KIA , including pilots : Lt. Robert J. Nespor and Lt. John C. Riley. 2 WIA. : Lt. Russel Polivka and SSgt Eugene Garner

    B-24D Liberator, 41-11768, Kickapoo, Lt. John Young's regularly flown aircraft. Assigned to the 344th Bomb Squadron, the, 98th Bomb Group, in the 9th Air Force, based in Benghazi, Libya. Kickapoo, crashed shortly after take-off for the August 1, 1943 low level Ploesti, Romania, mission, initially due to loss of No 4 engine. 8 KIA , including pilots : Lt. Robert J. Nespor and Lt. John C. Riley. 2 WIA. : Lt. Russel Polivka and SSgt Eugene Garner

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  • B-24D, Kickapoo, crash at Lete Airfield - Aug 1, 1943 - killing pilots, Lt. Robert Nespor and Lt. John C. Riley - #4 engine failure - 8 KIA / 2 WIA

    B-24D, Kickapoo, crash at Lete Airfield - Aug 1, 1943 - killing pilots, Lt. Robert Nespor and Lt. John C. Riley - #4 engine failure - 8 KIA / 2 WIA

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  • B-24D, Kickapoo, originally assigned to Lt. John S. Young, 9th AF, 98th BG, 344th BS. Kickapoo, crashed and was lost on takeoff for the Ploesti mission. Both replacement pilots, Lt. Robert Nespor of the 98th BG and Lt. John C. Riley of the 93rd BG, and all but two of the replacement crewmen for the Ploesti mission were KIA. - the first casualties of Operation Tidal Wave over Ploesti, Romania. Aug 1, 1943

    B-24D, Kickapoo, originally assigned to Lt. John S. Young, 9th AF, 98th BG, 344th BS. Kickapoo, crashed and was lost on takeoff for the Ploesti mission. Both replacement pilots, Lt. Robert Nespor of the 98th BG and Lt. John C. Riley of the 93rd BG, and all but two of the replacement crewmen for the Ploesti mission were KIA. - the first casualties of Operation Tidal Wave over Ploesti, Romania. Aug 1, 1943

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  • 2nd Lt. John Clark Riley from the 8th Air Force, and the 93rd Bomb Group was assigned to fly as a replacement copilot with his command pilot, Lt. Robert Nespor, in John Young's regular airplane, Kickapoo, for the large Ploesti mission. Kickapoo suffered a catastrophic failure of it's number 4 engine on takeoff for the mission and crashed in flames, killing Lt. Nespor, John Riley, and all but two of their replacement crew - killed in action, 8 KIA, 2 WIA - RTS. They were the first of over three hundred casualties on Operation Tidal Wave, before the mission had even started. August 1, 1943.

    2nd Lt. John Clark Riley from the 8th Air Force, and the 93rd Bomb Group was assigned to fly as a replacement copilot with his command pilot, Lt. Robert Nespor, in John Young's regular airplane, Kickapoo, for the large Ploesti mission. Kickapoo suffered a catastrophic failure of it's number 4 engine on takeoff for the mission and crashed in flames, killing Lt. Nespor, John Riley, and all but two of their replacement crew - killed in action, 8 KIA, 2 WIA - RTS. They were the first of over three hundred casualties on Operation Tidal Wave, before the mission had even started. August 1, 1943.

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  • B-24D - Capt. John S. Young's article,

    B-24D - Capt. John S. Young's article, "Over The Target", in the "Air Force" magazine, 1944.

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  • The B-24D, Kickapoo - First casualty of Operation Tidal Wave. Engine failure on takeoff. Crashed at Lete Airfield. Pilots, Lt. Robert Nespor, Lt. John C. Riley, and all but two of the crew were killed (KIA). Two crewmen, Lt. Russel Polivka, the navigator, and the gunner, SSgt Eugene Garner, escaped Kickapoo's wreckage, badly burned. They gradually recovered and eventually returned to service. (WIA) (RTS) . Aircraft lost. Number 4 engine failure. - 8 KIA - 2 WIA. Aug 1, 1943

    The B-24D, Kickapoo - First casualty of Operation Tidal Wave. Engine failure on takeoff. Crashed at Lete Airfield. Pilots, Lt. Robert Nespor, Lt. John C. Riley, and all but two of the crew were killed (KIA). Two crewmen, Lt. Russel Polivka, the navigator, and the gunner, SSgt Eugene Garner, escaped Kickapoo's wreckage, badly burned. They gradually recovered and eventually returned to service. (WIA) (RTS) . Aircraft lost. Number 4 engine failure. - 8 KIA - 2 WIA. Aug 1, 1943

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The B-24D Liberator, 41-11768, named, Kickapoo, was piloted by Lt. John S. Young from Dallas, Texas as part of the 9th Air Force, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 344th Bombing Squadron, which arrived in North Africa in early 1943. This airplane was 2nd Lt. Young's second regularly assigned aircraft flying out of Berca and Lete Airfields at Benghazi, Libya in the Mediterranean theater of World War II in 1943 after his first B-24 was shot down by German fighters earlier in an air fight off the coast of Malta. Later, in August of 1943, for Operation Tidal Wave, against the German held oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania, Lt. Young and most of his regular crew from the Kickapoo were reassigned, just before the mission, by Col. John R. Kane, who wanted them to fly with him as his crew and copilot in the 98th Bomb Group's lead ship, the B-24D, Hail Columbia, renamed by Kane for his alma mater, Columbia University. Young's regular airplane, Kickapoo, was reassigned to another of the 344th Bombing Squadron's pilots, his friend, 1st Lt. Robert Nespor, also from the 98th Bomb Group, and Lt. John C. Riley, Nespor's replacement co-pilot, assigned from the 93rd Bomb Group, with a replacement crew, also from the 93rd Bomb Group, for the Ploesti mission.

But, on the morning of the mission, fate dealt Lt. Nespor, Lt. Riley, and their crew, a very bad hand when Kickapoo's number 4 engine failed and caught fire just after getting airborne. Lt. Nespor and Copilot, John Riley, crashed and were killed while desperately and heroically trying to save their valuable ship, instead of bailing out or ditching it into the Mediterranean Sea.

After jettisoning all of his bombs over the sea, Lt. Nespor requested being guided back to the field for an emergency landing, but was forced to abort and circle around due to conflicting aircraft still taking off at Lete. With Kickapoo's right wing now on fire, he made a second approach to the field from the West. While doing so, he began losing power from his remaining three engines. On fire, with failing engines, and sinking on short final approach, Kickapoo landed hard, bounced, drifted off the centerline to the left, and a wing tip clipped a concrete pole next to the runway, cartwheeling the plane into the ground where it exploded in flames, killing Lt. Nespor, his co-pilot, Lt. John Riley, and all but two of the rest of the crew, Lt. Russell W. Polivka, the navigator, and SSgt. Eugene R. Garner, gunner. Both men survived the crash despite severe burns and eventually returned to service. (RTS)

Lt. John Young named his plane, Kickapoo, after the magical health drink, "Kickapoo Joy Juice" in Al Capp's cartoon, "Lil Abner". Col. John Kane, Lt. John Young, Lt. Harry Korger, and Lt. Norman Whalen, and all the men in Kane's plane, Hail Columbia, survived the Ploesti mission without major injury in spite of over 150 flak holes in the aircraft. Kickapoo was destroyed, and all but two of it's crew were killed in a flaming crash just after take-off for the Ploesti mission at Lete Airfield, the morning of August 1, 1943.

~ Kickapoo's Regular Crew in the 98th Bomb Group :

- Lt. John S. Young - Pilot - Reassigned to Hail Columbia for Ploesti mission
- Lt. Norman M. Whalen - Navigator - Reassigned to Hail Columbia for Ploesti mission
- Lt. Harold F. Korger - Bombardier - Reassigned to Hail Columbia for Ploesti mission
- SSgt. Fredrick A. Leard - Waist Gunner - Assigned to Hail Columbia - Ploesti Mission
- SSgt. William Leo - Tail Gunner - Reassigned to Hail Columbia for Ploesti mission
- Lt. Raymond B. Hubbard - Radio Operator - Reassigned To Hail Columbia for Ploesti
- SSgt. Joseph J. LaBranche - Ball Turret - Reassigned to Hail Columbia for Ploesti
- TSgt. Harvey Treace - Engineer/Top Turret - Reassigned to Hail Columbia for Ploesti
- SSgt. Nevill C. Bensen - Waist Gunner - Reassigned to Hail Columbia for Ploesti

Kickapoo's Replacement Crew for Ploesti bombing mission :
1st Lt. Robert J. Nespor - Pilot - 98th BG - Died from burns. KIA
2nd Lt. John C. Riley - Co Pilot - 93rd BG - Died from burns. KIA
2nd Lt. Russell W. Polivka - Navigator - 93rd BG - Recovered from burns - WIA - RTS
T/Sgt. Vaun D. Wenrich - Engineer/Top Turret Gunner from 93rd BG. KIA
T/Sgt. Armand R. Massart - Radio Op - 93rd BG. KIA
S/Sgt. George W. Lawlor - Gunner - 93rd BG. KIA
S/Sgt. Edwin G. Sliwa - Gunner - 93rd BG. KIA
S/Sgt. Eugene R. Garner - Gunner - 93rd BG. WIA - recovered - RTS
S/Sgt. John P. D'Armour - Gunner - 93rd BG. KIA
- Kickapoo crashed after takeoff for Ploesti mission / destroyed. 1 Aug 1943

Service

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    B-24 Liberator
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Units

  • 9th Air Force

    9th Air Force

  • 98th Bomb Group

    98th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 98th trained for bombardment missions with B-24 Liberators during the first half of 1942. ...

  • 344th Bomb Squadron

    344th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron
    The 344th Bombing Squadron was first activated at MacDill Field, Florida as one of the original three squadrons assigned to the 98th Bombardment Group. The 344th soon moved to Barksdale Field, Louisiana, where it began to train as a Consolidated B-24...

People

  • John D'Amour

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
    Crew member of B-24 41-11768 'Kickapoo' of 344th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF. Crashed shortly after take-off for the 1-Aug-43 low-level Ploesti, Romania mission. She lost an engine just after getting airborne and then caught fire while banking back toward the...

  • Eugene Garner

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
    Crew member SSgt. Eugene Robert Garner flew on Operation Tidal wave and was one of two survivors of the crash of the B-24D, KICKAPOO, on takeoff for the Ploesti mission. He was assigned as part of a replacement crew for the B-24D, KICKAPOO, from the...

  • Ronald Helder

    Military | Second Lieutenant | B-24D Co-Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
    2nd Lt. Ronald Lee Helder was a B-24 pilot in the 8th Air Force, the 389th Bomb Group, and the 564th Bombing Squadron in WWII. He flew as Co-pilot with his friend, Command Pilot Lt. Lloyd H. Hughes, in the B-24D Lt. Helder called, Ole Kickapoo,...

  • Lloyd Hughes

    Military | Second Lieutenant | B-24 Command Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
    Lloyd Herbert Hughes Jr., better known to his friends, as "Pete," flew his fifth mission, as pilot of a B-24D Liberator bomber in an attack against the Axis oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania. He was killed August 1, 1943 when his plane was severely...

  • John Kane

    Military | Colonel | B-24 Bomb Group Commanding Officer / B-24 Command Pilot | 98th Bomb Group
    John Riley Kane was a colonel in the United States Army Air Corps and later the United States Air Force. He received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Congressional Medal of Honor, in World War II, for his leadership, courage, and heroism for...

  • Harold Korger

    Military | Colonel | B-24 - B-52 Bombardier | 98th Bomb Group
    Lt. Harold Francis Korger was a bombardier in the 344th Bombardment Squadron, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 9th Air Force, based in Benghazi, Libya. He flew on the B-24D, Hail Columbia, with Group Leader Col. John R. Kane, on the famous mission,...

  • George Lawlor

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
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  • Royden LeBrecht

    Military | Captain | B-24 Command Pilot | 98th Bomb Group
    Lt. Royden Louis LeBrecht was a B-24D command pilot in the 9th Air force, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 344th Bomb Squadron. He flew his B-24D, he named, The Squaw, on Operation Tidal Wave, the large mission to destroy the German held oil refineries at...

  • Armand Massart

    Military | Technical Sergeant | B-24 Radio Operator | 93rd Bomb Group
    Tech Sergeant Armand Massart was a radio operator (RO) assigned (TDY) to the 9th Air Force, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 344th Bomb Squadron for Operation Tidal Wave to Ploesti, Romania. He was one of the replacement crewmembers assigned to the B-24D,...

  • Samuel Neeley

    Military | First Lieutenant | B-24D Command Pilot | 98th Bomb Group
    Pilot Lt. Samual Neeley was a B-24 Bomber pilot in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations in WWII. He served in the 9th Air force, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 344th bomb Squadron in North Africa, flying bombing and strafing missions, mostly against...

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Missions

  • Operation Tidal Wave

    1 August 1943
    Operation TIDAL WAVE. B-24D Liberators attack the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. The bombers flew low to avoid radar detection and dropped time delayed bombs. Out of the 177 B-24s that took part in the raid 167 managed to attack their targets. 57...

Places

  • Mellaha

    Military site : airfield

  • Berca

    Military site : airfield

  • Lete

    Military site : airfield

Events

Event Location Date
Crashed Benghazi, Libya 1 August 1943

Crashed shortly after take-off for the August 1, 1943 low-level Ploesti, Romania mission. She lost No 4 engine just after getting airborne, after jettisoning all bombs at sea, 'KICKAPOO' was guided back for an emergency landing. Due to a conflicting aircraft on the runway, 1st Lt Nespor was forced to approach the field from the West. In doing so a wing tip smashed into a concrete pole and burst into flames, killing Nespor and all but two of the crew.
Nicknames
Kickapoo
Production block number
B-24D-CO
Manufacturer
Consolidated-Vultee
Markings and paint scheme/livery

The B-24D named, Kickapoo, was painted in the standard desert sand color in the United States, which oxidized into a light pink color in the North African desert. The national insignia for U.S. aircraft adopted in early 1943 was a white star on a blue roundel with a yellow border around the entire insignia. It's name, Kickapoo, was painted in large black capital letters on both sides of it's forward nose section.

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The Great Ground-Air Battle Of 1 August 1943 - James Dugan & Carroll Stewart
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Personal Archives - John S Young Jr
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Ploesti - An Anatomy Of A disaster - Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg ---- Black Sunday - Michael Hill ---- John S. Young, Jr. - personal archives
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Ploesti - Anatomy Of A Disaster - Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg ---- Black Sunday - Michael Hill ---- Into The Fire - Duane Schultz ---- FindAGrave Memorials ---- John S. Young, Jr. personal archives
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Ploesti - Anatomy Of A Disaster - Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg ---- Black Sunday - Michael Hill ---- Into The Fire - Duane Schultz ---- FindAGrave Memorials ---- John S. Young, Jr. personal archives
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Anatomy Of A Disaster - Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg ---- Black Sunday - Michael Hill ---- Together We Served.com ---- Into The Fire - Duane Schultz
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Black Sunday - Michael Hill
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Black Sunday - Michael Hill
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Black Sunday - Michael Hill
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Black Sunday - Michael Hill
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Kickapoo and it's original crew. Capt. John S. Young from Dallas, Texas is on the far right.
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Burning Hitler's Black Gold by Robert Sternfels
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Burning Hitler's Black Gold by Robert Sternfels
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Operation Tidal Wave
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Air Force - Together We served
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" Into the Fire " by Duane Schultz Part III Chap 6 p. 104, 105
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" Into The Fire " by Duane Schultz Part III Chap 6 p. 104
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The Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Co. in Fort Worth, Texas built the B-24D, named "Kickapoo".
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41-11768 B-24D Kickapoo
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41-11768 This photo is the original crew of the Kickapoo. The Kickapoo was named by Capt. John S. Young from Dallas, Texas after "Kickapoo Joy Juice" from Al Capp's cartoon, Dogpatch. Capt. Young is on the far right hand side of this photo. He was the tallest man in the 98th Bomb Group at 6'3". Also pictured are Lt. Norman "The Baron" Whalen, his navigator, and Lt. Harold Korger, his bombardier. All three were hand picked by Col. John R. Kane to fly with him in the Hail Columbia for the mission over Ploesti, Rumania. All three men survived the mission and the war, as did Col. Kane.
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41-11768 This photo is the original crew of the Kickapoo. The Kickapoo was named by Capt. John S. Young from Dallas, Texas after "Kickapoo Joy Juice" from Al Capp's cartoon, Dogpatch. Capt. Young is on the far right hand side of this photo. He was the tallest man in the 98th Bomb Group at 6'3". Also pictured are Lt. Norman "The Baron" Whalen, his navigator, and Lt. Harold Korger, his bombardier. All three were hand picked by Col. John R. Kane to fly with him in the Hail Columbia for the mission over Ploesti, Rumania. All three men survived the mission and the war, as did Col. Kane.
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18 April 2015 14:11:47 Al_Skiff Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, description, events, unit associations, mission associations and media associations
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