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"Bedroom Commando"
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Three Wisconsin soldiers pose in front of the nose art on their warplane, "Bedroom Commando," depicting a sleepwalker in a nightshirt and slippers, carrying a candle. Left to right are Crew Chief Sergeant Clyde Cheney (shirtless) of Milwaukee, Instrument Specialist Sergeant Leander A. Grosse (shirtless) of Cross Plains and Navigator and Bombardier Captain Sylvester Hoffman of Madison. Hoffman is wearing a leather bomber jacket, flying helmet and goggles. On the jacket is a patch with a skull and wings. The airfield is near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea).
November 30, 1943
Doyle, Robert J., 1914-1995
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