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Five men stand and six men take a knee in front of a bomber airplane.

B-17 Crew

Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. Forrest Lee Volser was the radio operator on this Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress called the Jersey Bounce Jr., when it went down over water after a Dec. 20, 1943, mission. Here, a previous crew poses with the aircraft in England on July 20, 1943.

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