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| Keywords: 20TH AIR FORCE, OKINAWA-A-2C Don W. Murray of Mazon, Ill., flashes a victory smile from the gun blister of his U.S.... - NARA - 542361.tif Scope and content 20TH AIR FORCE OKINAWA--A/2C Don W Murray of Mazon Ill flashes a victory smile from the gun blister of his U S Air Force B-29 Superfort after shooting down a Communist jet fighter Airman Murray shot down the enemy jet during a pre-dawn strike against a Red staff school on the west coast of North Korea October 8 Sighting the enemy fighter approaching from the rear Murray fired as it attempted to sneak into the bomber stream After five bursts the jet broke away and exploded Murray is a left gunner with the 307th Bomb Wing based on Okinawa General notes 542361 Local identifier 342-FH-4A 31910 Department of Defense Department of the Air Force 09/26/1947 - Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 ca 11/1952 Record group Record Group 342 Records of U S Air Force Commands Activities and Organizations 1900 - 2003 Record group ARC 654 Black and White and Color Photographs of U S Air Force and Predecessor Agencies Activities Facilities and Personnel - World War II and Korean War compiled ca 1940 - ca 1980 documenting the period 1863 - 1953 Series ARC 542351 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers Agency-Assigned Identifier NASM 4A 31910<br /> NAIL Control Number NWDNS-342-FH-4A 31910 yes Other versions NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Air gunners B-29s in the Korean War | ||||