New The Ink Squirts, Yesteryear Jack Kellogg... Exactly Fantastic. He Was The Official Creative Mortal Of The 98Th Seabees Inwards The Pacific. The B 25 Was Inwards The 41St Bg
in addition to possibly you've seen the higher upwardly before, hell, I've in all probability posted it already. But hither is what effing kills me... at that spot is a twain to a greater extent than painted guys on this airplane that no 1 always shows!
TIL NOW! Rowen made this scale model in addition to this is the 1st I've always seen the whole plane, to larn at that spot were 3 to a greater extent than characters on the balance of the plane
http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=48014
So I looked upwardly Jack Kellogg, in addition to scored these, every bit Life Magazine lensman JR Eyerman was out to Tarawa in addition to saved the wall fine art for posterity
is that an operating table, in addition to ether used to croak on the patient knocked out?
https://www.google.com/search?q=source:life&tbm=isch&gws_rd=ssl#tbm=isch&q=source:life+March+1944+J.+R.+Eyerman&imgrc=_
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in addition to Jack was the creative mortal for the Sea Bees' "yearbook" in addition to at that spot is 1 on Amazon. Ebay doesn't convey whatever copies. ABE books lists the same 1 every bit Amazon, from the same bookseller, for $50
but y'all tin await at a lot of them on http://tarawatheaftermath.com/PhotosFoxholeA.html
Above the O Club, in addition to below, an plainly experienced signpainter (just earlier they diversified in addition to became pinstripers too)
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And he seems to convey been the creative mortal inwards residence for the Seabees paper of the 98th, called 98th C.B.'s Seabreeze, in addition to he did the cartoon page, called... The Ink Squirts. Now nosotros know how the bomber got it's cite in addition to characters.
but at that spot is entirely 1 online beginning for that in addition to it's a sign upwardly registration nonsense site
in addition to 1 affair that is clear, the "Ink Squirts" was his comic strip's title
this is page 159
The 41st Bombardment Group was a B-25 bomber unit of measurement inwards the Seventh Air Force, consisting of the
47th, 48th, 396th, in addition to 820th Bombardment Squadrons that took occupation inwards the fighting inwards the Marshall Islands, Tinian in addition to Guam inwards 1943-44 in addition to the air crusade over Nippon inwards 1945. The grouping was activated inwards Jan 1941 in addition to trained amongst the B-18 in addition to A-29. It converted to the B-25 inwards 1942 in addition to used that aircraft to wing patrols off the U.S.A. westward coast inwards 1942-43. The grouping was allocated to the forces beingness gathered for the invasion of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic), in addition to inwards Oct 1943 it moved to Hawaii to bring together the Seventh Air Force. In the lawsuit the grouping wasn't involved inwards the fighting on Tarawa, but it was 1 of the get-go AAF groups to motility onto the newly conquered island. Two of its squadrons moved to Tarawa on xv December, although their airfield wasn't actually cook for unopen to other week.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/41st_Bombardment_Group
The 41st moved from Hawaii in addition to on 17 Dec arrived at Tarawa. Before the Group could mountain its ain offensive however, the rubble caused past times the recent fighting had to locomote cleared away in addition to the airstrips repaired. The uncomfortable climate, the temporary delay, in addition to an outbreak of dengus in addition to dysentery combined to brand life poor for the men of the 41st. Frequent Japanese nuisance raids added to the feel of helpless frustration. On 28 December, the 820th Squadron launched the Group's combat mission amongst an laid on on the novel enemy air facilities at Mili Atoll inwards the Marshall Islands. During the calendar month of Jan 1944 the Group conducted 215 sorties against the Japanese positions inwards the Marshalls. Maloelap, Wotje, Mili, in addition to Jaluit became familiar to the crews of the B-25s. Those islands contained air facilities from which the Japanese mightiness interfere amongst the scheduled invasions of Kwajalein in addition to Eniwetok laid for Feb 1944. In low-level attacks, the medium bombers of the 41st effectively raked Japanese installations in addition to shipping. The raids however, were made at a high terms for the unit. Enemy opposition, specially over Maloelap, was stiff, in addition to at times every bit many every bit fifty enemy fighters rose to challenge the Group's formations. Between 28 Dec in addition to 12 Feb the Group lost 17 B-25s.
On xix Feb the grouping switched to medium height attacks, in addition to the losses dropped. Losses also dropped afterwards the group's 47th Bombardment Squadron took occupation inwards a really effective laid on on Maloelap that ended the threat from Japanese fighter aircraft. From Feb 1944 the grouping began a serial of attacks on transportation inwards the Caroline Islands, although Maloelap in addition to Jaluit remained of import targets. In Apr 1944 the grouping moved to Makin, in addition to a criterion mission would run across its aircraft laid on 1 of those 2 islands, landing at the novel Navy airfield at Majuro, refuel in addition to rearm in addition to and thence bomb the other isle on the agency home. The group's grade of activity rose from 175 sorties inwards Feb to 605 inwards March in addition to 875 inwards April. In July 1944 the 48th Squadron moved to a temporary frontwards base of operations on Saipan, in addition to began a serial of depression grade Earth back upwardly attacks on Japanese positions on Tinian in addition to Guam. Tinian was the target of threescore nine sorties during the terminal 5 days of July, spell Guam saw ninety-one sorties from 3-8 August. The squadron in addition to thence returned to Makin in addition to rejoined the crusade against bypassed Japanese bases inwards the Marshalls. The group's top dog targets inwards this menstruation were Republic of Nauru in addition to Ponape. In Oct 1944 the grouping moved dorsum to Hawaii, partly to acquire novel B-25s in addition to partly to prepare amongst rockets. This kept it out of activeness until May-June 1945 when the grouping moved to Okinawa. From June until August 1945 the grouping used its novel aircraft to laid on airfields, railways in addition to harbours inwards Kyushi in addition to airfields inwards China.