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12^th AIR FORCE WWII

340^th BOMB GROUP Medium B-25 Bomber

487^th SQUADRON INDEX

Dedicated to Capt. Charles M. Cook’s Service to the Army Air Corps

Mediterranean Theater CORSICA; ITALY

487^th Squadron

Pilot 1^st Lt. David Konigsberg

Remembers Charlie Cook and provides 487^th Squadron History and additional Mission Sheets

487^th Squadron

S/SGT Donald M. Kenney

A Tailgunner’s Story

487^th Squadron

T/SGT Harvey Hyland

A Radio Operator/Waist Gunner’s Story

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12^th AIR FORCE WWII

97th^th BOMB GROUP Heavy B-17 Bomber

414^th SQUADRON INDEX

Dedicated to Col. William L. Ross III Service to the Army Air Corps

Mediterranean Theater N. AFRICA; ALGERIA; TUNUSIA; ITALY; 26 years career Air Force service

414^th Squadron

Pilot Col. Hank Tillman

Turret Gunner Sgt. Frank Dancey

12 Air Force 1^st Fighter Group 71^st Fighter Squadron

97^th Bomb Group B-17 Bomber escort, Dive Bombing, Strafing

P-38 Pilot Major Fredric Arnold

Dedicated to the Class of 42J

1^st Fighter Group

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5^th AIR FORCE WWII

345^th BOMB GROUP Medium B-25

500^th SQUADRON

Dedicated to Orrin V. Cook’s Service to the Army Air Corps

Pacific Theater; New Guinea; Port Moresby; Wewak

Orrin V. Cook’s Biography

USS Enterprise CV-6
The Most Decorated Ship of the Second World War

United States Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas WWII

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Commander in Chief

USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) AIR GROUP BOMBING 6 INSIGNIA

Dedicated to Capt. Tony F. Schneider’s Service to the US Navy

1942 Doolittle Tokyo Raid support; Kwajalein and Maloelap; Battle of Midway; Gudalcanal; 1943 to1945 USS Yorktown Squadron Commander under Adm. John McCain; Iwojima; Okinawa- sinking of Japan’s

greatest warship Yamato;

Bombed mainland Japan off USS Lexington and Yorktown; Career Navy;

Douglas Dauntless SBD Dive Bomber Pilot

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