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B-24 Warplane Navigator
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Navigator Lieutenant Paul Seramur of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, poses in front of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator warplane after the Alexishafen strike. The name and mascot of the plane, "Naughty Blue Eyes," is painted on the side of the warplane. Seramur is holding his pup, "Cobber" in one arm and his gear in the other. Alexishafen was a Japanese occupied airbase located on the northeast coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea), near Madang.
November 13, 1943
Doyle, Robert J., 1914-1995
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"Naughty Blue Eyes"
November 13, 1943
The crew of the "Naughty Blue Eyes" poses in front of their warplane, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, after the Alexishafen mission. The nose art of a little girl cherub appears on the plane behind ...
Navigator in a B-24 Warplane
November 13, 1943
Lieutenant Paul Seramur of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the navigator table in a Consolidated B-24 Liberator warplane during the Alexishafen strike. He is holding his pup, "Cobber." Alexishafen was a J...
War Correspondent in B-24 Warplane
November 13, 1943
Robert Doyle in a Consolidated B-24 Liberator warplane during the Alexishafen strike. Alexishafen was a Japanese occupied airbase located on the northeast coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New...
Two Consolidated B-24 Liberator Warplanes
October 13, 1943
Aerial view of two Consolidated B-24 Liberator warplanes taken from another airplane during the Alexishafen strike. On the left is Colonel Arthur Rogers' lead plane, and on the right is the warplan...
Warplane Nose Art
February 4, 1944
A warplane with nose art depicting a flying woman in the "pin-up style," at an airbase near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). She is wearing a strapless, one-piece swimsuit, ...
"Gone"
February 4, 1944
A warplane with nose art depicting a reclining woman in the "pin-up style" with the text, "Gone," at an airbase near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea).
