- Contributed by
- ateamwar
- People in story:
- Will Seaton Arnett, 1st Lt. USAAF
- Background to story:
- Army
- Article ID:
- A4648214
- Contributed on:
- 01 August 2005
The following story appears courtesy of and with thanks to Will Seaton Arnett, 1st Lt. USAAF and John S. Green.
The B-17's were really operating today, first, one group of the 97th took off this morning and second, a group from the 301st took off behind them.
This afternoon the same thing happened. All flights were on airports near Gabes. Frag bombs were used.
I was flying as Lt. Biesel's co-pilot.
The flight was rather easy. The 97th was in front of us and caught all the flak.
Continued…
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