Commander of the 13th Air Force Lt General Nathan Twinning (pith helmet) posing with some of the pilots from the Yamamoto mission, 19 Apr 1943. Lt Rex Barber is at far right next to mission commander Maj John Mitchell.The men of the 347th Fighter Group who flew the mission to intercept Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. The photo is single frame of a movie taken on Kukum Field, Guadalcanal on 19 Apr 1943, the day after the attack.The three survivors of the Yamamoto mission attack section, Captain Thomas Lanphier (section leader), Lieutenant Besby Holmes, and Lt Rex Barber at Kukum Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 19 Apr 1943.
Commander of the 13th Air Force Lt General Nathan Twinning (pith helmet) posing with some of the pilots from the Yamamoto mission, 19 Apr 1943. Lt Rex Barber is at far right next to mission commander Maj John Mitchell.The men of the 347th Fighter Group who flew the mission to intercept Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. The photo is single frame of a movie taken on Kukum Field, Guadalcanal on 19 Apr 1943, the day after the attack.The three survivors of the Yamamoto mission attack section, Captain Thomas Lanphier (section leader), Lieutenant Besby Holmes, and Lt Rex Barber at Kukum Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 19 Apr 1943.


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