Mexican Pilots Chatting

(Original Caption) Mexicans Join Pacific Air War. Manila: Stationed at Clark Field, Manila and waiting to take part in the air war against Japan, men of the 201st Mexican Fighter Squadron, attached to the 5th Air Force, stand before one of their P-47 Thunderbolts. The first Mexican fliers to take part in the pacific offensive, they are, (left to right), Lieutenant Raul Garcia Mercado, Monterry; Captain Radames Gaxiola, commanding officer of the Mexican unit, of Mexico City; Lieutenant Manio Lopez Portillo, of Mexico City; Captain Pablo Rivas Martinez, of Mexico City; and Lieutenant Roserto Urias Abelleyka of Mexico City. Photo by Andy Lopez, ACME photographer for the War Picture Pool.