Caption says: Ground crews from Air Corps Supply, 29th Air Service Group are assembling a new tail on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress somewhere in the Pacific in late 1943. Left to right: S/Sgt. Ferrel Clark; Cpl. Willis F. Broad; S/Sgt. Joseph G. Waldrip; S/Sgt. Francis M. Jowett and T/Sgt. Jack Sowers. US Archives pic.
I'd do a bit of research on this but I suspect that there are those like Mr. Birdsall who already has a bunch of information on this episode. I standby...
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