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US Navy pilot Lt. (jg) John Burns, Radioman Aubrey J. Gill, and their rescued passengers awaiting rescue aboard OS2U Kingfisher aircraft, off Truk, Caroline Islands, 1 May 1944, photo 2 of 2

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Caption     US Navy pilot Lt. (jg) John Burns, Radioman Aubrey J. Gill, and their rescued passengers awaiting rescue aboard OS2U Kingfisher aircraft, off Truk, Caroline Islands, 1 May 1944, photo 2 of 2 ww2dbase
Date 1 May 1944
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Identification Code   80-G-227991
 
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OS2U Kingfisher   Main article  Photos  
Photos in Series See all 2 photos in this series
Photos on Same Day 1 May 1944
Colorized By WW2DB     Colorized with Adobe Photoshop
 
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Licensing  Public Domain. According to the US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, as of 21 Jul 2010:
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Additionally, according to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 5,738 x 4,185 pixels



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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. Swashbuckler says:
1 May 2016 08:47:10 PM

Lt. Burns was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions that day.

See http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=19881
2. gill's great grand child says:
4 Jul 2022 06:52:48 PM

Aubrey is AMAZING sadly I could not meet him.That rescue was Very brave.

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