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Re: Pilot Myrton P. Barry

Posted by Alan Morton on 1/22/2008, 3:49 pm, in reply to "Pilot Myrton P. Barry"
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Here's the big one Jeffery for your Dad Ralph J. Thole! Flying aboard A/C 161, all the way across Europe to bomb the Elbe River bridge(s) between Russia and Dresden, Germany on April 17, 1945 to stop the Germans troops from escaping back into Germany from the Russians with his favorite Pilot Lt. Myrton P. Barry and crew. Mission 233 Target: Dresden, Germany 749th Squadron 457th Bomb Group Myrton P. Barry --- Pilot Arthur R. Tiemann - Co-Pilot Charles B. Evans -- Navigator Robert L. Coffey -- Engineer/TT Robert L. Powell -- Tail Gunner Harold E. Asher --- Chin Turret James L. Meadows -- Radio Operator Ralph J. Thole ---- Ball Turret Gunner Edward C. Wheaton - Waist Gunner

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