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Ground crew of the 339th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang (6N-X, serial number 44-72152) nicknamed "Tar Heel", March 1945. Image via James Starnes. Written on slide casing: '6N-X, 4712152 Cpt JR Starnes a/c. 9/3/45'
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Ground crew of the 339th Fighter Group with Capt. James R Starnes P-51 Mustang (6N-X, serial number 44-72152) nicknamed "Tar Heel", March 1945. Image via James Starnes. Written on slide casing: '6N-X, 4712152 Cpt JR Starnes a/c. 9/3/45'

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Ground crew of the 339th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang (6N-X, serial number 44-72152) nicknamed "Tar Heel", March 1945. Image via James Starnes. Written on slide casing: '6N-X, 4712152 Cpt JR Starnes a/c. 9/3/45'

Leslie H Harbold

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Ground crewman of the 339th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang (6N-D, serial number 44-73074) nicknamed "Lucky Boy". Image via James Starnes. Written on slide casing: 'Maj Archie Tower's A/C.'

Carl L Hicks

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Ground crew of the 339th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang (6N-X, serial number 44-72152) nicknamed "Tar Heel", March 1945. Image via James Starnes. Written on slide casing: '6N-X, 4712152 Cpt JR Starnes a/c. 9/3/45'

Fred Nessler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Ground Crew
Ground crew of the 339th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang (6N-X, serial number 44-72152) nicknamed "Tar Heel", March 1945. Image via James Starnes. Written on slide casing: '6N-X, 4712152 Cpt JR Starnes a/c. 9/3/45'

Joseph Par

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Ground Crew

James R Starnes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-815411
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

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Ground crew of the 339th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang (6N-X, serial number 44-72152) nicknamed "Tar Heel", March 1945. Image via James Starnes. Written on slide casing: '6N-X, 4712152 Cpt JR Starnes a/c. 9/3/45'

44-72152

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Tar Heel
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron

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Removed duplicate person

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Roger Freeman / http://www.littlefriends.co.uk

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Page 51, The Mighty Eighth in Color, Roger Freeman

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection