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Number9Dream

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5. My father was in the 379th

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Wed Jan 2, 2013, 02:20 PM

Jan 2013

Thanks for this great story. My father was a co-pilot in the 379th. Decorated - Distinguished Flying Cross. I wish I could have shown him this story. He would have enjoyed it. He passed away in 2009. Link to more on this story:

http://www.379thbga.org/war_stories.htm

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Two Pilots (a WWII story) [View all] Are_grits_groceries Jan 2013 OP

NPR did a story about this last month Neurotica Jan 2013 #1

Excellent and very moving story! Thanks for posting! nt. OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #2

Wow! A wonderful, heartwarming story! DianaForRussFeingold Jan 2013 #3

My Dad had a similar story but the pilot was a US fighter pilot who led Dad's B-24 bomber.... OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #4

My father was in the 379th Number9Dream Jan 2013 #5

My uncle was the only survivor of a B17 and never knew that some Germans saved him from the SS. neverforget Jan 2013 #6

^ Wilms Jan 2013 #7

Don't blame the service men and women for the war. They are not the ones who failed at diplomacy... Scuba Jan 2013 #8