Lieutenant Jarvis T. Yagla
(4th from R) and his crew after losing their brakes on Mokmer Strip, Biak Island
in August 1944. The ship was back in the air in two weeks. Lieutenant Richard Finn,
on the left facing the camera
with his hands in his pockets. He survived Lieutenant Hoss' crash on October 26, 1944 but
was later killed on
December
23, 1944 during an air raid in Morotai
(Courtesy Bill Holbrook)
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