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References

The Jolly Rogers : The Best Damn Heavy Bomber Unit in the World : Southwest Pacific 1942-1944
(Schiffer Military History Book) by Jules F. Segal (Editor)

This book is a reprint of a book originally published in 1944. It has a lot of photographs, cartoons, and stories, with a great period feel - it almost seems like a high school yearbook for the 90th Bomb Group. It includes the color version of the side art from 'Cookie' along with a brief description of the night mission over Rabaul described in this article. It also mentions another incident in which Cookie flew on instruments for 9 hours at water level through a storm, and also shot down seven Zeros. Charlie doesn’t remember this particular incident - they were often flying on instruments, but it’s also possible that another crew was flying Cookie on this mission.

This book is available from amazon.com.

Legacy of the 90th Bombardment Group : 'the Jolly Rogers' by Wiley O. Woods (1997)

This book is available from the publisher, Turner Publishing Company.
It covers the history of the 90th from the early part of the war (pre-Jolly Rogers) until the end. Mr. Woods was a member of the 90th BG and provided useful background information for this article. Thanks, Wiley!

The Jolly Rogers: History of the 90th Bomb Group During WW II By John S. Alcorn
This book is out of print, but Jason Dilworth (email Bigchiefcrew@cs.com) was kind enough to provide me a scan of 'Cookie' in flight from this book. Thanks Jason!

Bombs Away! (author and date unknown)
This was a book that was specific to the 321st Bomb Squadron, perhaps printed by the Army or privately published. Jason Dilworth received a copy from the pilot of his grandfather’s B-24 and was kind enough to scan and send me the crew picture that appears in this article.

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