Fighter ace Capt. Robert L. Faurot poses in front of his P-38F Lightning aircraft assigned to the 39th Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Group. The P-38 wears the number 16, the pilot’s name (“Capt R L Faurot”) beneath the cockpit, twin shark-mouth markings, and nose art depicting a skull in a top hat with glasses and a cigar above an ace-of-spades playing card. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
