European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes thursday March 19, 1992 spirit of Wii Pilot hero going Home a in marbles amp Sylle Harley r. Hooper Lefta world War ii Bombardier looks at the Lindsey memorial after its unveiling in 1987. The other Man is not identified. By Vince Crawley staff writer Wiesbaden Germany a a Monument to an american world War ii Pilot is heading to the United states from Germany. The move follows an agreement Between the Pilot s widow and officials in Jefferson Iowa. The Monument to capt. Darrell r. Lindsey is located in Wiesbaden at the air station that bears his name. The 7-foot slab of Brown Marble honors Lindsey for his actions during a 1944 bombing Mission that earned him the medal of Honor but Cost him his life. The move to Jefferson followed a dispute triggered when Lindsey a widow Evalyn Rhinehart sought to have the Monument moved to storm Lake Iowa where she and Lindsey first met. Lindsey was bom in Jefferson. Ronald Hirst a world War ii Veteran and Amateur historian played a key role in the dispute. Hirst became concerned Over the Fate of the Monument when he Learned that officials planned to close the air station next year a part of the draw Down of . Forces in Europe. Hirst had helped organize the drive to raise funds through the Wiesbaden company Grade officers association to build the memorial which was unveiled in 1987. Hirst wrote to officials in Jefferson telling them about the Monument. The officials wrote Back requesting information from the air Force about obtaining the memorial. Rhinehart meanwhile had asked the air Force to help move the memorial to storm Lake Home of Buena Vista College where she and Lindsey first met. Manuela Fortenberry Community relations adviser at Lindsey air station said the air Force usually honors family a wishes in such cases but she wrote letters urging the two parties to reach an agreement. In a Telephone interview Rheinhart said that Quot my original Choice was storm Lake Iowa a but that she later decided Quot not to argue about the location of the memorial. As a condition for agreeing to the move however Rheinhart insisted that Jefferson officials agree to prominently display the Monument. In a recent letter Jefferson mayor Charles Davis told Rhinehart a a we re excited about the Prospect of honouring a Greene county native who displayed such bravery and courage a Rhinehart Quot offered us the stipulation that if we put it on the courthouse Square shed be Happy if it comes to Jefferson a the mayor said in a Telephone interview. About 4,300 people reside in Jefferson. The Lindsey memorial will be placed near a Bell Tower and a statue of Abraham Lincoln on the courthouse Square Davis said. A we intend to present it As nicely As we can a he added. Fortenberry said that she has received a letter from Rhinehart withdrawing her claim to the Monument and that arrangements Are proceeding to ship the memorial to Iowa. Hirst said he was delighted with the decision to move the Monument to Iowa secure in knowing that it wont a Send up in a Rock  of sleepy still brings tears by Vince Crawley staff writer Wiesbaden Germany a almost 50 years later Evalyn Rhinehart still weeps As she describes her first husband Over the Telephone. He was a a very serious diligent person who always tried to do the right thing Rhinehart said of Darrell r. Lindsey. She married Lindsey in 1942, and two years later he went overseas to Fly b-26 bombers against the germans. He stood 6 feet had Blue eyes and Brown hair and weighed about 230 pounds. The movie Snow White and the seven dwarfs was released during Lindsey a High school Days in Iowa and somehow he ended up with the nickname  on aug 9, 1944, Over enemy occupied France Lindsey was leading a 30-plane sortie to bomb a Railroad Bridge North of Paris when his right engine was hit by anti aircraft fire and burst into flames. A fully aware that the gasoline tanks might explode at any moment Captain Lindsey gallantly elected to continue the perilous bombing run a his medal of Honor citation reads. With the b-26�?Ts right Wing enveloped in fire Lindsey finished the bombing run then ordered his eight Man Crew to bail out while he kept the falling air plane under control. Seven of them parachuted to safety and survived. The last Man out Bombardier Harley Hooper offered to lower the nose gear so he and Lindsey could jump out an opening in the front wheel Well. Apparently Lindsey thought this might throw the aircraft into a spin and jeopardize Hooper Schance of jumping to safety. Instead Lindsey replied a no get out of Here a Hooper recalled in a stars and stripes interview five years ago. Immediately after Harley bailed out and before Lindsey was Able to follow the right Wing tank eroded and the b-26 fell into a Steep dive crashing into a pair of farmhouses and exploded. Lindsey a body was never recovered. Two years after the War local frenchmen told a Friend of the family that the germans May have buried the Pilot in an unmarked grave. A fall who Are living today from this plane owe their lives to the fact that Captain Lindsey remained Cool and showed supreme courage in this emergency a the medal of Honor citation says. Tiny cracks ground 50 b-1b bombers Abilene Texas apr More than half the nation s b-1b Lancer bombers have been grounded because of tiny cracks in a Landing gear Assembly air Force officials say. Of 74 by aircraft inspected monday at the four . Bases where a is operate 50 were found to have the cracks and were removed from service pending a Complete analysis the air Force said tuesday. An inspection of All 97 planes was ordered after a Crew at Dyess fab found the cracks in the nose Landing gear Assembly while checking out a gear retraction problem an air Force statement said. The cracks can be seen Only with a magnifying device said col. Johnny Griffin commander of the 96th bombardment Wing at Dyess. In Case of War All the planes could be put into service within minutes but the parts Are being replaced now As a precaution Griffin said. He said it would take one person about two hours to replace each part. Backup parts were not cracked he said. For a amps Ronald Hirst a 1944 photo shows Darrell Lindsey and his Crew in font of their plane. Standing left to right Are Lindsey Arthur Erbe and Harley Hooper. Bottom Row from left Donald Wilson who die Peria fees and Albert Lawson. Not pictured Are Gerald Hyson William Smith and Richard Wylie who were flying with Lindsey and survived the crash. U.s., Britain France seek . Embargo on Libya United nations Fuji the United states Britain and France asked the . Security Council on tuesday to impose an air and arms embargo on the libyan government in retaliation for that country a connection with the Downing of two civilian jetliners resulting in the deaths of 441 people. The three countries submitted a draft Resolution to the 15-nation Council calling for the embargo after the government of libyan president Moa mar Qadhafi failed to surrender two agents involved in the destruction of pan american flight 103. E a libyan official immediately denounced the move by the three countries As close to a War declaration against his country. The pan am flight exploded Over Lockerbie Scotland on dec. 21, 1988, killing 270 people including 11 victims on the ground. The French government accused Libya of masterminding the destruction of Uta flight 772 in september 1989 Over Nigeria. A total of 171 people were killed. The Security Council last Jan. 21 unanimously demanded that Libya surrender for trial the two libyan agents charged with planting explosives aboard of the pan am flight. There is no extradition treaty Between Libya and the Western nations and the . Demand was considered unprecedented