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' "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/)
Account by James Dibble after his plane was badly damaged and lost an engine on a mission in Italy, August 9, 1943. Introduction by Jim Dibble, nephew.
A short bio on James written by his nephew Jim. It references an article from Collier's, June 26, 1943, recounting a combat incident attributed to James Dibble. Rights were not received to include the text or an image of the article, but the original can be seen at the Hastings Public Library.
The Reminder newspaper article on a ceremony at Hastings High School to honor James Dibble. Included was his widow Maxine, also a Hastings High School graduate.
