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Scott

Early in the morning on a spring day in 1945, 491st Bombardment Squadron personnel (mechanics- Schumaier, Scott; armorer- ?) prepare a B-25D, #42, for a mission. The top of the fuel truck is in the foreground of the revetment at Yangkai AB. When the aircraft were dispatched to 'forward operation' bases they were often fueled with hand pumps from 50-gallon...