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USA / Philippines: A smiling 'Pappy Gunn' (Colonel Paul Irvine) with his family recuperating from wounds from a white phosporous bomb dropped on the airfield at Tacloban, during the liberation of the Philippines, late 1945

Colonel Paul Irvin 'Pappy' Gunn (October 18, 1899 October 11, 1957) was a United States naval aviator known mainly for his actions in the Second World War as an officer in the United States Army Air Forces.<br/><br/>. He was known as an expert in dare-devil low-level flying, and recognized for numerous feats of heroism and mechanical ingenuity, especially modifications to the Douglas A-20 Havoc light bomber and B-25 Mitchell medium bomber that turned them into attack aircraft.
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USA / Philippines: A smiling 'Pappy Gunn' (Colonel Paul Irvine) with his family recuperating from wounds from a white phosporous bomb dropped on the airfield at Tacloban, during the liberation of the Philippines, late 1945
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Colonel Paul Irvin 'Pappy' Gunn (October 18, 1899 October 11, 1957) was a United States naval aviator known mainly for his actions in the Second World War as an officer in the United States Army Air Forces.

. He was known as an expert in dare-devil low-level flying, and recognized for numerous feats of heroism and mechanical ingenuity, especially modifications to the Douglas A-20 Havoc light bomber and B-25 Mitchell medium bomber that turned them into attack aircraft.
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4628 x 3729 px | 49.4 MB
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39.2 x 31.6 cm | 15.4 x 12.4 in (300 dpi)
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