Aerial night photography, World War II - Harold E. Edgerton, Herbert Grier, H. R. Baisley, Frederick Barstow, Bill MacRoberts, 1943
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Copy of 1943 photograph of (L to R) Herbert Grier, Harold E. Edgerton, Col. H. R. Baisley, Fred Barstow and Bill MacRoberts standing in front of a B24 bomber used for night-time aerial reconnaissance photography. (CC)
HEE-SC-00335
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Baisley is Colonel H R Baisley, pilot USAAF. As a Colonel, he’d have been more than a simple pilot, most probably the Senior AAF officer assigned to the MIT/GE night photography tests, possibly even nomonally in charge of the tests.