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Crew No. 16 After Their Capture by the Imperial Japanese Army (1942)

Crew No. 16 after their capture on 20 April 1942 by the Imperial Japanese Army at Nanchang, China. Top, left to right: Lt. William Farrow, pilot; Lt. George Barr, navigator; Lt. Robert Hite, copilot. Bottom, left to right: Cpl. Jacob DeShazer, bombardier; Sgt. Harold Spatz, engineer/gunner. Farrow and Spatz were executed by the Japanese. The others were imprisoned and released via liberation in August 1945. Phot by anonymous (c. 20 April 1942). PD-Expired copyright. Wikimedia Commons.

Crew No. 16 after their capture on 20 April 1942 by the Imperial Japanese Army at Nanchang, China. Top, left to right: Lt. William Farrow, pilot; Lt. George Barr, navigator; Lt. Robert Hite, copilot. Bottom, left to right: Cpl. Jacob DeShazer, bombardier; Sgt. Harold Spatz, engineer/gunner. Farrow and Spatz were executed by the Japanese. The others were imprisoned and released via liberation in August 1945. Phot by anonymous (c. 20 April 1942). PD-Expired copyright. Wikimedia Commons.

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