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Newspaper clipping reporting James and Maxine's stay in Glendale, CA
Newspaper clipping reporting James and Maxine's stay in Glendale, CA. -
94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas and his Distinguished Flying Cross from the August 30, 1943 mission
94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas and his Distinguished Flying Cross from the August 30, 1943 mission -
Mission report dated August 26, 1943 listing Lt. Dibble as destroying an Me. 109
Mission report dated August 26, 1943 listing Lt. Dibble as destroying an Me. 109. -
General Twining presenting an Air Medal to 94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas
General Twining presenting an Air Medal to 94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas -
Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 28, 1943
Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 28, 1943. -
94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas and an abandoned Me 109 at Foggia Air Base
94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas and an abandoned Me 109 at Foggia Air Base -
Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 29, 1943
Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 29, 1943. -
94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas at Mateur, Tunisia
94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas at Mateur, Tunisia -
Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, September 4, 1943
Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, September 4, 1943. -
94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas. at Capri rest camp
94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas. at Capri rest camp -
Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, September 6, 1943
Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, September 6, 1943. -
P-38 being prepped for a mission
P-38 being prepped for a mission -
Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, September 9, 1943
Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, September 9, 1943. -
Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, September 9, 1943
Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, September 9, 1943. -
Document detailing the disinternment of James Dibble's remains and subsequent movemement to a new location in Italy.
Document detailing the disinternment of James Dibble's remains and subsequent movemement to a new location in Italy. -
Certificate declaring the wreckage found near Padula Italy was James Dibble's plane
Certificate declaring the wreckage found near Padula Italy was James Dibble's plane -
Letter from the Department of the Army to James' nephew Jim summarizing what they knew of James' death.
Letter from the Department of the Army to James' nephew Jim summarizing what they knew of James' death. -
James Dibble with his 3rd P-38 Lightning
James Dibble with his 3rd P-38 Lightning. Note the two swastikas on the nose indicating confirmed enemy planes shot down, and his wife's name painted on. -
James Dibble's Short Snorter Dollar Bill
James' "Short Snorter" $1 bill signed by, among others, Eddie Rickenbacker, WWI Ace and Carl Spatz, General and Commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe, 1944.
According to the Air Mobility Command Museum, the Short Snorter was "paper currency signed by people you were flying with or people you met. If someone signed your short snorter and you couldn't produce it upon request, you owed him a dollar or a drink "a short snort." (https://amcmuseum.org/collections/short-snorter/)