THE WARTIME STORY OF FRANCIS JOSEPH MORRISSEY PILOT SCHOOL THE 450th BOMBARDMENT GROUP FLYING THE B 24 LIBERATOR AND PRISONER OF WAR AT DULAG LUFT STALAG LUFT III SAGAN STALAG XIII D NURNBERG AND STALAG VII A MOOSBURG is popular PDF and ePub book, written by Jeffrey Frank Jones in 2020-12-16, it is a fantastic choice for those who relish reading online the Uncategoriezed genre. Let's immerse ourselves in this engaging Uncategoriezed book by exploring the summary and details provided below. Remember, THE WARTIME STORY OF FRANCIS JOSEPH MORRISSEY PILOT SCHOOL THE 450th BOMBARDMENT GROUP FLYING THE B 24 LIBERATOR AND PRISONER OF WAR AT DULAG LUFT STALAG LUFT III SAGAN STALAG XIII D NURNBERG AND STALAG VII A MOOSBURG can be Read Online from any device for your convenience.
THE WARTIME STORY OF FRANCIS JOSEPH MORRISSEY PILOT SCHOOL THE 450th BOMBARDMENT GROUP FLYING THE B 24 LIBERATOR AND PRISONER OF WAR AT DULAG LUFT STALAG LUFT III SAGAN STALAG XIII D NURNBERG AND STALAG VII A MOOSBURG Book PDF Summary
This is the story of my grandfather, B-24 Liberator Co-Pilot, Flight Officer and later Lieutenant, Francis Joseph Morrissey. This book chronicles his life: from growing up in Dayton, Ohio; becoming a factory worker just out of high school; enlisting in the Army Air Forces in 1942; completing Pilot School in Lubbock, Texas in August 1943; training to fly a B-24 Liberator; forming and training a crew in Clovis and Alamogordo, New Mexico with Pilot Francis S. Rzatkowski and Navigator “Handsome” Harry E. Parr; being assigned to Crew #302-9-59 in one of the four squadrons in the 450th Bombardment Group - the 722nd Bombardment Squadron (H); flying half way around the world from Herington, Kanas to Manduria, Italy in November and December 1943 with Rzatkowski and Parr on B-24H Liberator Serial No.41- 28603 - the “603” - - painted the “Chiquita Mia” around 10 November 1943; flying missions from Manduria Airfield on three ships; being shot down over Krizevci, Yugoslavia on 30 May 1944 on his 27th mission while Co-Pilot of B-24H Liberator Serial No. 42-94901; interrogation and processing at Dulag Luft; internment at Stalag Luft III; “The March” to Stalag XIII-D Nurnberg Langwasser starting on 27 January 1945; internment at Stalag VII-A; liberation by Patton’s Third Army on 30 April 1945; time spent in the Cigarette Camp Lucky Strike near Le Havre, France; the voyage home on Liberty Ship USS Monticello (AP-61) from 23 May to 3 June 1945; marriage to my grandmother on 16 June 1945; the remainder of his active duty service at Wright Field until October 1946; and post-war service in the Reserve and National Guard until 1972.
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- Author : Jeffrey Frank Jones
- Release : 16 December 2020
- Publisher : Jeffrey Frank Jones
- ISBN : 978186723xxxx
- Genre : Uncategoriezed
- Total Page : 730 pages
- Language : English
- PDF File Size : 17,8 Mb
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