#442

American WWII flyer "Louie Gassett" with B-25s #1007, #445 "Reckless Virgin," and #442 by itself. The flyer's name being indicated as "Louie," and this almost certainly 2Lt Douglas H. Gassett, pilot; assigned 491st BS on 1 Apr 44. In the middle image, of B-25H Mitchell bomber "Shark Mouth" of Ringer Squadron, the 'radio call' number is marked here as #442...

B-25 "Japutie Slugger," #442. Butsika 25, Yangkai, 1945. Note burning of paint on fuselage around muzzles of the two blister-mounted .50 machine guns.