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| AVG squadron flight leader Robert 'R. T.' Smith standing next to his P-40 Warhawk fighter, Kunming, China, 23 May 1942; note Nationalist Chinese emblem on cap and 'Flying Tigers' emblem on aircraft | USS Quincy at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 23 May 1942; note her Measure 12 Modified camouflage scheme and British escort carrier HMS Biter in background |
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