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Last updated on 30 October 2013
Images from Carlyle Darling's war

(Photos courtesy of Dennis Darling)

  
Dame Satan

"This is my plane 'Dame Satan' coming back from a raid on Wilhelmshaven, Germany. It's all shot up, bomb bay doors open, holes in the nose and one motor knocked out. There are a lot of holes you can't see. That's the North Sea below."

Jim LaGrossa

 

Dame Satan nose art

Painted by Corporal Anthony L. Starcer
91st Bomb Group, RAF Bassingbourne, Cambridgeshire, UK
Nose Art on Dame Satan

 

Crew of "I Dood It"
Carlyle Darling's regular crew

Back row, left to right:
S/Sgt. Wm. D. Hagin (Waist gunner), S/Sgt. Gardner M. Moore (Waist gunner), T/Sgt. George Vender (R/T operator), S/Sgt. James A. Bocock (Tail gunner), S/Sgt. O'Toole (Ball gunner),T/Sgt. Glen Chase (Engineer)

Front row, left to right:
2nd Lt. Carlyle H. Darling (Navigator), 2nd Lt. George M. Bryan (Co-pilot), 2nd Lt. Everett L. Kenner (Pilot), 2nd Lt. David C. Lee (Bombardier)

RegularCrew

 

The Leplat's garden in Bruxelles
Hector Leplat, Leland Judy, Carlyle Darling & Simone Leplat in the Leplat's garden in rue Rubens, Schaerbeek, Bruxelles.
Carlyle Darling & Leland Judy working in the Leplat's garden in Bruxelles.
Carlyle Darling & Leland Judy
Prosper Spilliaert & Blanche Page
Prosper Spilliaert, Blanche Page (Nicole) & dog.

 

Id Card
Prison Id Card
US War Department ID card
German POW ID card

 

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