Totten crew standing under the starboard wing of HOOKEM COW
following a training mission in April 1945.  (Mike Bailey)

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HOOKEM COW (extreme right, top of photo) Flying In Formation with JOLLY ROGER in Foreground.  JOLLY ROGER crashed on October 14, 1944.  (Mike Bailey)

HOOKEM COW on the hardstand.  (Mike Bailey)

Originally known as BETTY, Captain and Aircraft Commander John L. Ollom (pictured above) and Master Sergeant and Crew Chief James R. McGinn, renamed their B-24 HOOKEM COW to recognize their hometown of St. Paul, Minnesota and the Hookem Cow Club, which promoted the stockyards and meat packing plants in St. Paul.  (Darin Scorza)

HOOKEM COW (center) flies with SHACK TIME (top) on her
starboard wing and YOU BET (foreground) in late 1944 or early 1945. (Mike Bailey)

The Hookem Cow, #42-95120, then known as Betty, was involved in a taxiing accident at Horsham St. Faiths on May 27, 1944 - when the plane was unable to stop - resulting in damage to a fence and gate.  Betty sustained damage to her propellers, nose gear, and bomb bay doors. (Mike Bailey)

Tom Eaton, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the 2nd Air Division Memorial Trust (left) and Jimmy Stewart (right) admire a painting of the Hookem Cow by Mike Bailey.  The painting and building were later destroyed by fire. (Mike Bailey)

Close-up image of the Hookem Cow painting in the above picture. (Mike Bailey)

The Hookem Cow, #42-95120, was originally named Betty.  (Mike Bailey)

Squadron draftsman Harold Johnston puts the finishing touches on
Hookem Cow in the spring of 1944

Don Neville (l) and Eddie May (r) on leave in New York City on December 2, 1944. (Don Neville)