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(Center) P-38 #112 leading a formation of P-38's over Leyte Gulf
[ Enlargement of P-38 #112 ]
This photo was taken by an F-5 photo lightning of Capt Fred Champlin flying #112. David Mason went to Marathon, FL and interviewed
Eileen Champlin (Fred's wife) and he told her that he was leading
the flight that day and that was his plane that McGuire crashed in. Credit: USAAFDate: December 1944