8-Ball (aircraft)

8-Ball (aircraft)

A B-24 Liberator aircraft, "8-Ball" was skippered by Lt. Cmdr. Elmer F. Sipp, Jr. It was assigned to Tinian Island, South Pacific, during World War II. It once sat on the tarmac with the "Enola Gay".


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