European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes wow pilots remember heart Corner Denver a they called it Pur Ile heart that dreaded spot in a 17 formation most vulnerable to prowling German fighters looking for a on june Bud Summers was assigned to purple heart Corner the lower lefthand Slot in a four bomber for that Day he became a prisoner of five fighters came at us As we neared the the submarine pens at they hit us 1 engine was knocked 4 was on we had Hurt boys on Board so we Rode it one German kept firing at us till we lowered our gear to indicate it was we were so Busy trying to figure put How to survive i dont even remember being that came after wed slowed up a Field in huddled with a group of old buddies in a Corner of a hotel a optometrist and retired air Force talked about the sunny sum Mer afternoon he almost the occasion was the 40th which ended of former pos who were held during world War ii at stalag Luft Iii in now part of most were army air Force airmen captured by germans during huge Allied bombing about of the american fliers detained by the germans during the War were kept at stalag Luft the Camp made famous by the Tunnel mass breakout of British pos later dramatized in the Book and film the great Summers and Rod now a Denver were friends in the 94th bomb group based at the Luftwaffe officer who got Summers hit Rawlinson b17 blew up and he was blown out of the a photo Hermann Lemnitz former guard at stalag Luft Iii confers with former prisoner Jerry Sage at pow reunion Copilot i kicked some hot Sheet Metal away be fore pulling the i passed then came to several thousand feet when i hit the Field the germans were waiting for said he was badly but he was All nine other crewmen were waiting for Summers and Rawlinson at stalag Luft Iii was Maurice Rosey another member of the 94th bomb group who been shot Down a month be fore Over the English we were almost buzzing some when the Focke Wulf 190s dived on five crewmen were dead before we went into the we Only had one Ding one boy drowned before he could get in Rosin cars plane went Down within sight of the French coast but the tide was going the dazed and injured survivors drifted without water or Medicine for 23 no British Rescue planes came but a Ger Man observation Pilot he dropped us another Dinghy and then a French fishing boat picked us said when we got to the Dock a Luftwaffe officer was waiting for he took me Back to his quarters for two Days and wined me and dined he was the same Pilot who shot me the same one who come looking for the same one who dropped the Ding hed fought on every front the germans he was a fighter Pilot he knew his Days were he was a gentleman and i was a and it was still a gentleman i never saw him 1 went off to prison Camp and he went Back into the in sure he died for this would be a last to there will never be such a squad Ron of eagles maybe we were sort of like the writers and the movie makers have tried to make reflected mellowed by the companionship of being with men he said he holds its but we were a special i dont think youll see the like commander reprimanded for affair with lieutenant treasure a a court martial Board has decided upon a reprimand As the punishment for a Navy commander convicted of living with a female sub ordinate officer and lying to his Superior about their rela James Wyatt a 19yearveteran found guilty Friday of what a prosecutor called conduct unbecoming an officer and a had faced a maximum penalty of one four months imprisonment and dismissal from the the reprimand Calls for Wyatt to forfeit a month for 10 but the which deliberated about two hours in deciding the recommended that the monetary penalty be the punishment places Wyatt at the Bottom of any list for promotions or new the five member Board it also said Wyatt is restricted to the treasure Island Navy base for 60 had been convicted of one count of intentionally deceiving a Superior officer and one count of residing in military housing with a female officer under his com Mand who was not his he was found innocent of two other charges of lying to his Superior the convictions stemmed from his involvement with Etteinne an intelligence officer in his the verdict and sentence Are automatically re i am i am relieved that i am still in the said defense attorney Robert Bryan said he Felt Wyatts Only crime was to be in he said his client received a fair the Board members showed sympathy and were very Happy about the said Bryan had asked the panel for in making your please have mercy on there has got to be a limit to his Bryan adding that the commander never gave his Lover preferential let him finish his Hes already suffered the government James had recommended dismissal from the Navy but no prison if Wyatt serves one More year he will be eligible for a military the Honor of the accused has been his character As a gentleman has been and All this by his own said Wyatt is no longer worthy to serve the government of the United states and should be dismissed from the in a Surprise announcement late the court mar tial Board said it believed Boatwright had lied under oath and should face perjury the panel did not specify which testimony it thought was Boatwright was granted immunity from prosecution in Exchange for her but Bryan said the agreement did not include immunity from perjury military judge Philip clearly surprised by the panels said he would advise them on the matter later in the penalty but the matter was not raised in saturday before retiring to the jury heard an impassioned plea from who pointed to Wyatts estranged wife and two teenage sons sitting in the up in the hell does the prosecutor think dismissal from the Navy is going to do to that family he but Hohenstein charged Wyatt had brought Dishonour and disgrace to the Navy and violated the integrity of the Chain of who denied he Ever lied about the affair and claimed he assumed everybody knew about said he was in divorce proceedings at the time and was engaged to Wyatt said he and his had been estranged since 1981 but had stopped Short of getting a final divorce decree while she recovered from a traffic he said he was paying a month support to her and his sons from his Navy up 38 aboard escape As fire engulfs dg3 on runway a a world War ii Vintage dc3 carrying 35 parachutists fanning to set a record burst into flames saturday As it moved Down the everyone on Board got off safely before the aircraft the whole which is mostly made out of just melted before our said David who had been in Side and had planned to take pictures of the night Parachute flames were leaping 15 feet on top of the which itself is about 15 feet off the the fire at Ferris Valley Airport about 70 Miles East of downtown los Angeles occurred about there were no injun said Riverside county fire depart ment dispatcher Dale thirty eight people were aboard the plane 35 a Pilot and said Rich one of the Par Brooks is the City editor of the san Bernardino we were at the end of the fir ing up the and then there was a loud bang from the left Brooks Keith the cover of the engine blew off and the engine folded under the there was approximately one minute of panic As the plane ground to a halt and the occupants rushed for the Only Keith then Al Krueger of the Ferris Valley Parachute Center took charge and told the parachutists to line up single file and walk Keith that created no he everybody calmed Down and walked out de spite flames that surrounded the the left engine and the door is on the left Keith the flames were in front of the door on the ground because of the fuel dropping of the 35 parachutists 15 were to jump Early at about Keith the other 20 were to jump at about feet along with 20 from a second plane that was to take off about 15 minutes Keith the 40 parachutists in the air would have been a record for a night time free fall Keith we have been trying for the last once a every time we have a full he we have had three at tempts and have been once we had 39 out of once 38 out of despite the the group plans to try again next Keith we have to get Back on the he Power project delayed Taiwan a construction of Taiwan fourth nuclear Power Plant has been indefinitely postponed after the government received Strong protests from fish Ermen and legislators in the past