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39th TCS C-47 CleoC during a troop drop operation.

(photo submitted by WWII veteran Othel Wilkins)

3 Jungle Skipper C-47's blown up by Japanese infiltrators at Clark Field 1945

(photo courtesy of Mr. LeGrand Poore U.S. Navy WWII )

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317th Group and Squadron Commanders

(1) 317th TCG                 Col. John Lackey

(2) 41st TCS                  Capt. E. J. Watson

(3) 40th TCS                    Capt. Earl Vintas

(4) 46th TCS         Capt. Kenneth A. Young

(5) 39th TCS              Capt. James G. Tully

 

317th TCG Headquarters

 

                                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                                      Operations Center

                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                        Col. John H. Lackey 317th Commander                                                                                                                                         

Fueling up for the next mission

Jungle Skippers fill the sky