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Jack Webb, 89, of Des Moines, a co-pilot in the 492nd bomb group, 8th Air Force, holds a portrait of his first B-24 crew in World War II. He served in Operation Carpetbagger, flying modified B-24 aircraft for night-time missions low over the north sea to drop off French resistance soldiers in Europe. (Christopher Gannon/The Register) -- des.f01xxvets - shot by Christopher Gannon/The Register on 1/3/13 in , IA