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Tail gunner SSgt. John P Quinlan needed his lucky horseshoe on the “Bell’s” January 1943 mission to the submarine pens at Lorient, France. (National Archives)
Tail gunner SSgt. John P Quinlan needed his lucky horseshoe on the “Bell’s” January 1943 mission to the submarine pens at Lorient, France. (National Archives)