Chief_10Beers
Blackhawk
Airmen who lost their lives...............................
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8mJ6ZaqVYA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8mJ6ZaqVYA
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Diamondtreo
Single-Sixer
Thanks Hunter, That really choked me up. My dad flew with the 15th AAF, 461st BG, 767th Squadron out of Cerignola (Torretta Field), Italy in B-24s. He is still here to share his experiences, but as he says, "that was a long time ago."
Ruger Packer
Buckeye
I have a cousin that survived 35 combat missions out of Rattlesden (England) as a tailgunner in a B-17. Finished his last mission 10 days before Germany surrendered.
Bob Wright
Hawkeye
A family friend, and my brother's best friend, is among those numbers. Capt. Arthur Allen, Memphis, Tennessee. B-17 pilot, his remains still in England.
Bob Wright
Bob Wright
Bob Wright
Hawkeye
I was very young during WW II. But I remember how quiet our neighborhood was, then a gray or olive drab Ford would pull up into the neighborhood. It would slowly drive up the street and stop at some point. Wives and mothers held their breath and silently prayed. The driver would get out, walk around the car and open the door. Two officers would get out and then start walking toward one house. Sometimes a scream or shriek could be heard before they got to the front porch. They would go inside when admitted and stay for awhile, half hour or more. Then they would leave. Neighbors would converge on that home, now shattered. Within a few days, the little banner that hung in the window would be replaced with one bearing a gold star. For awhile, we wouldn't play any games near that house, nor make any noise.
Bob Wright
Bob Wright
rlsmaritime
Bearcat
Diamond trek,
Dad was in the same outfit. Crew 66. Pls PM me with contact info.
Dad was in the same outfit. Crew 66. Pls PM me with contact info.
rlsmaritime
Bearcat
Correction to previous. Diamondtreo
Diamondtreo said:
Small world.
My Dad was also in the 15th AAF, 97 BG, 341st Sq. Amendola, Italy. He was a ball turret gunner in B-17s. Took off 50 times bailed out once and was taken care of by the Rumania partisans and crash landed once.
He received two Air Medals 3-4 days apart while on this mission and the one before.
The group received its second DUC for a devastating raid against one of the Ploesti refineries on 18 Aug 1944.
