Col. Keith K. Compton of St.

Col. Keith K. Compton of St. Joseph, Mo., leader of the first group of American Liberator bombers to hit the all-important oil refineries at Ploesti is shown here as he pitched into a mouthful of Southern fried chicken on return to the bombers Libyan desert base. As a reward for their bombing of Ploesti all he fliers were treated to one whole Southern fried chicken apiece.