London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1945, London, Middlesex                                Unit news 1945 unit news flier crash in i saved by jeep 390th bomb from the Western front after a week in which they were reported missing in Earl fortress Pilot from four other members of his Crew related How a jeep Riding infantryman snatched them from almost certain capture by the the jeep won a race with a nazi Mili tary car in an area Northeast of Stras where the bomber had crash landed in the Middle of romans land after attacking flak knocked out three the Pilot Gavel the bail out four of the crewmen leaped out when the last engine started sputtering at Over the rest of i had no alternative but to ride the Greenstreet the Landing was plenty but no one was after climbing out of the wrecked the men saw in the distance Jwo motor vehicles racing toward the the jeep skidded up to and the Driver get the hell aboard in a the airmen lost no with Rifle fire whistling around the men looked Back and saw several germans in a car pull up to the the five fliers were brought to an Aid station where they waited a couple of Days for the rest of their Crew to be rounded other members of the Crew were William Copilot from Russell by George Bombardier from and David navigator from Kenneth Engi Neer trom and Cletus Wadlow Waist gunner from san Thomas Tail gunner from Kings Victor radio operator from and Ball Turret gunner from Long Island sights to see from air foxhole ask technicians convert Salvage into War vitals air service command with bits of salvaged parts of any thing from a bicycle to a bomber and Liberal Access to a scrap air service technicians can produce a variety of Tim saving inventions and one of recent inventions is a Hydraulic press for overhauling aircraft the starters had to be sent Backoo the for ask whose depots were not equipped to overhaul the awarded the in John of Richmond the legion of two Maurice of and Warren of two time saving and j material reclaiming invent Kelly Toofe a couple of i a bicycle chair and two bomb rack tracks to make a Gadget that reclaims ammunition that can be used for test while Johnsons inventive Talent devised a foolproof method for testing aircraft Carburettor modification of electrically heated suits to give Airn Jen More Freedom of move ment is the Ivory of Lim Illard has of los and Rodney of White with George of Haskell also devised a More effective sea Marker packet which has been adopted As Standard equipment for air Craft life mail Call army airways communications system Wing her a student nurse in the wac pfc Vietta a clerk received a letter written on two feet wide Roll paper and measuring feet in it was illustrated with cartoons and required Over a week to Robert Smith of machine gun platoon Leader Back from the sits in a Mustang of the 357th fighter group to see How they line pm up in the sights from Alva also of shows Smith the sop of Aerial All in a Days work Pilot 2 others nose returns 445th bomb the Pilot two other Crew members injured and its flight instruments a Liberator returned safely from a Mission Over and teamwork doing the several minutes before bombs away the formation was attacked by enemy 1 Vincent Copilot from fought to keep other the bomber from swerving into bombers after the killed by a Shell which penetrated his flak slumped Over the a second wave of German fighters lobbed shells into the Libs shrapnel wounding John of who was Manning the nose Leo Bombar Dier from also was the bombs were Salv oed by the Navi Frank of who remained at his Post in the when the enemy fighters departed Eddie right Waist gunner from and Carl radio operator from Ash came to the Aid of the dazed whose helmet and oxygen mask had been torn pulls dead Pilot Clear Herbert Engineer from Atlantic went to the cockpit and pulled the dead Pilot Clear of the Christiansen made his Way Back from the nose Turret to the where his wounded leg was treated by Kenneth left Waist at the Mazza left the forma Tion and headed for England his maps blown away by the terrific wind which swept through the gaping Hole in the Federici directed the Copilot Back to base by recalling landmarks along the the radio and interphone went making communication with the ground and other planes the Tail Charles of new had been Cut off from communication with other Crew neither altimeter nor airspeed Indi Cator were Mazza circled the Field behind another b24 to get his proper Landing Krieg standing behind him to handle the the Landing was but 2 sailors added to an program staff in two Norman of new and Charles of have been added to the american forces net work program formerly head of continuity for new won the arts and patrons award in 1939 for his program music for Mcmahon a Knox newscaster in Sailor decorated a Navy Navy and Marine corps medal has been awarded Everett Stevens for dad sweats out flier hard Way 457th bomb out returning planes had a special mean ing for Samuel of Garden serving on Eisenhower arriving Here to visit his whom he haunt seen for two the colonel was among the first to learn that the fortress piloted by Craig Greason had not returned from the recent 8th air Force assault on the next was notified that his son was having landed safely in Friendly territory on the several hours later the entire Crew returned to base in an army transport pick Aback kills give Mustang pilots problem i addition 55th Mustang re turned Here from an escort Mission recently and wondered if they should claim one or two enemy planes diving through Clouds to Hunt ground the pilots spotted a flying target they thought at first was a German secret they fired and the target it was sometime later when pilots came in for another kill that they identified the secret weapon As a pick Aback combination of an fw190 Riding atop an explosive filled jul88 twin engine bomber headed toward Allied the flight was powered by both planes and motion pictures revealed that the fw190 apparently Cut away from the bomber by an automatic the Days score was live of the Elwyn of san Luis who led the and Richard of Nan Tucket Bernard of and Patrick of scored the nazis top japs 182nd general fighting nazis is tougher than battling the according to Jack of who is convalescing Here from received in Haskell holds the Bronze Star for meritorious service in the Aleutian British bought fort pays off for sponsors 379ni bomb bombing of a suburban London Borough which German bombs left almost a rubble during the has been a fortress the Borough people bought and named the Lon Don night after the German bombers unloaded their explosives on the town in citizens subscribed a sum in British War sayings equivalent to the total Purchase Price of three Saaf officials invited them to claim and sponsor an american a committee of citizens selected the name and came Here with their mayor to Christen their the Champagne on its nose was hardly dry before ithe big bomber roared Down the runway and joined its formation to Pound nazi Industrial targets with a heavy bomb Load As Bermondsey partial Fred ground Crew chief from along with two has serviced the Avenger for All of its 108 missions on which the fort has blasted German Many times German fighters zoomed in for the pilots to discern the name emblazoned on the forts flak bit heavily at the once the Avenger limped Back to base with More than 150 holes in the fuselage another time it staggered across Germany with two engines and the Hydraulic system shot but like the Avenger could take the ground Crew worked tirelessly and the plane always with the same unconquerable spirit that brought Bermondsey through the the Aven Ger still goes Back to blast the  pilots heroism cited by repatriated p w 384th bomb in Germany six prisoners of War waited 18 months to Tell their Ever since when their bomber exploded four Miles Over they had wanted the men at their base to know what their George of on his first combat the Opportunity to speak out came when Ralph of Fitch who had been was repatriated in a pm in a letter from Cushing general Hospital at to Theodore of fortress group Lavoie wrote i was a Ball Turret gunner on an original Crew of the 384th and was shot Down on the groups second four of my Crew were killed and six taken the i really want to Tell you is about my who was killed saving six the Copilot was hit by flak and riches right Arm was almost shot which made it impossible for him to work the automatic our ship was on he used his Good Arm to Fly the and ordered the rest of us the ship blew up before he had a Chance to get out riches died saving our British poll rates two an disc spinners tops two american forces network disc Johnny of paines and George of have been selected As the top Platte show pcs in the in a poll conducted by a British music Maga kerrs duffle bag pulled More than letters in 14 Monaghan plays recordings and chatters on a pro Gram called on the buy Bonds 123rd general sales average of better than a Day was maintained during recent War Bond drive members of the hos Pital staff and patients purchased Worth of Bonds in a two week by Sid Schapiro air Force briefs the 357th Mustang group has completed a year of operations in the destroying German in the air and 50 on the Irwin group commander from led his p51 pilots against the Luftwaffe on 14 when the 357th shot Down 56 Jerries to set a new 8th of fighter group record for enemy planes blasted out of the sky in a single bettering the previous Mark by Frank who was hospitalized by malaria and returned to the after going through the Guadal canal Campaign As an infantryman is now a 92ud bomb group fortress Walter 379th bomb group operations asks if the completion of 127 missions by the fort Birmingham which went Down Over Berlin is an Eto heavy bomber Brooklyn Bora Leonard Rowland came to England at the age of two and has been in the 38 retaining his american the 40 year old 65th fighter Wing i enlisted in the u s a of in London in Rowland expects to return to the states with his wife and two and his buddy Anton of she boy sold him on settling in Sheboygan Rowland after the Robert of who was a Mechanic with the flying tigers in is now serving with78th Mustang 447th bomb group personnel donated to the army air forces Aid society for the Benefit of dependents of airmen killed or disabled in action in this Stanley 491st bomb group Squadron flew his 26th Mission on his 26th while William p47 Pilot from became the 56th Ace in the 56th Thunder Bolt 100th bomb group fort fever Beaver has completed 100 combat John of is Crew Kyle 479th Mustang group has been promoted from lieutenant colonel to Ward notes recovering at 52nd Hospital from a wound received in pfc Paul Montague of was visited recently by his col Paul who is serving with air transport at 102nd Ernest of is convalescing from Bullet wounds under the care of his family Henry also of who is surgeon in charge of the Alva of recuperating at 187th captured armed nazis after he was wounded and unarmed inside i was crawling through the Field when three Jerries jumped one of them waving a White he they still had their but i lost my Rifle when the shrapnel struck i Lay there wondering just what to i indicated the direction of our Aid station and the Jerries led the Way with their hands one of the prisoners carried George composed entirely of mess 110th Hospital hillbilly band out a weekly musical program Over the a convalescing at the 110th is Jill of West brother of jolting Jim former notre Dame who was wounded near Saar lantern serving with an ing wounded gis in a 114th Hospital Ward were beginning to Call their nurse the sleepless wonder because she never seemed to go off but soon discovered they were under the Dayan night care of Ellen and Teresa of Schenectady of another set of twin nurses can be found at 55th Hospital where Rose Mary and Dorothy june of Are pilots build Glide Box tillage in spare time heres Row some c47 and glider pilots of 436th troop Carrier commanded by Adryl of take rough Edge off life in the using Wood froth salvaged they found time in Between airborne evacuation of wounded and Supply hauls to the continent to construct three and five room Shack apartments for tabbing the area in which these shacks Are situated glider Box left to the first three panels show the outside and inside of Blue bar a occupied by six five of whom Are shown holding a gab est the Ford Glide engineering officer from is relaxing in the living then he obliged the photographer by working up a lather for a shave in the the last panel shows Richard i sky train Pilot from and Barney glider Pilot from in the living room of Mervyn a s printed in England by the times publishing printing Hause and published by the United states armed