"Shot down over WWII France, this Utah man evaded Nazis" Topic
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| Tango01 | 28 Oct 2020 9:26 p.m. PST |
…. with help from a French farming family that came to love him as a son "In the early morning of July 4, 1944, Lonnie Moseley squeezed into the single seat of his P-47 Thunderbolt fighter plane and raced into the darkness. The 23-year-old from southern Utah's St. George was nervous as he embarked on what was just his third mission of the war. And what began as an Allied bombing run over Europe would alter Moseley's life forever, forge unexpected family bonds and draw interest from historians more than seven decades later. The fight plan that day called for Moseley and several other U.S. pilots based at the Duxford, England, airfield to carry out a fighter strike in German-occupied France. Allied forces launched on D-Day a month earlier held a small foothold in the region…"
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Old Glory  | 29 Oct 2020 6:28 a.m. PST |
Great and inspiring read !! Russ Dunaway |
| Tango01 | 29 Oct 2020 12:13 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend! (smile)
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