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"Had 200 holes in the plane. I was hit in the arm and leg by a 20 mm. . . Was in the hosp. 49 days.

Typewritten description of Mission 18 over Bari. Describes leg injury and deaths of other men on the plane: "If it hadn't been for the intense cold I would have bled to death but the blood either froze or clotted after I made a tourniquet with my…

Five photographs: Charles Hobbs pointing out shrapnel damage in wing, crew member point out out shrapnel damage, Eddie Huddleston in hospital, and crew member labeled "14 yr. old gunner." Newspaper clipping describing Huddleston's injury 1943/07/28.