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B-26
"L'il Rebel"Serial #40-1368
19th Bombardment Squadron
22nd Bombardment Group
Fifth Air Force
The tail of 'L'il Rebel' gets carted away to the Dobodura boneyard
the day after it crashed on 10th October 1943.
The accident happened when 2/Lt Ralph P. Higgins suffered an engine
fire on takeoff. Higgins decelerated the ship before it cracked up,
and all the crew fortunately escaped without injury.
