Photograph of fighter ace Robert J. Rankin of the 56th Fighter Group, United States Army Air Forces, circa 1940s. Typed on verso: "2nd Lt. Robert J. Rankin, [address in Washington, D.C.], 61st Fighter Squadron."
Photograph of fighter ace Robert S. Johnson holding the 56th Fighter Group's crow mascot while seated in the cockpit of a Republic P-47D Thunderbolt aircraft, circa September 1943.
Inscription included with photo: "Bob Johnson, September 1943 with…