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Three photographs of airplanes: two of formations in flight and one of airplane on the ground.

Typewritten description of airplane maintenance: "Planes are more precious here than gold and are treated like Queens in Court." Three photographs of airplanes being serviced by crew.

Typewritten description of first mission over Messina Sicily: "We were the last ship in the formation and that made me the last man over the target riding as tail gunner." Four photographs including one of airplanes aloft one of two crew members…

Five photographs including one of planes aloft, three of crew members around plane, and one of Charles Hobbs seated on a bomb.

Times of Malta with headline "Sicilian airfields under constant hammering"

Typewritten description of Mission #14 on June 27, 1943, to Athens' Tatoi Air Drome. "The Wild Wolf had about 40 holes in her skin." General Orders awarding Huddleston a Purple Heart for action on July 14, 1943.

Typewritten description of Missions 2, 3, and 4 over Reggio, Italy, railyard. "All of the supplies for Rommel in North Africa are shipped from ports just a few miles apart in this area." Three photographs of crew members; one photograph of planes…

Two airplane photographs

Typewritten description of activities during bad weather. Huddleston steals a jeep to drive around the desert: "This was the normal procedure to get transportation around here; it was more or less a game and you certainly didn't keep the jeep long…

Typewritten description of Libya: "I cant so help me see why anyone would fight for this part of the world." Four photographs of German cemetery, wrecked plane, and Libyan farmer.