Creig Crippen’s bomb group (see the Human Experience Exhibit for information on Crippen) pause in front of their plane, the Mairsy Doats, at Orly field near Paris on May 25 1944, just before their last mission.  The bombs on the side of their aircraft indicate that they had flown 24 previous missons together. 

At an airfield in France, John Guidet poses in front of the Goosie Susie, which had completed 33 missions at the time.   It would eventually fly more than 60.