Subject: #1 Piston Fighter was British
From: "Wolfie"
Date: 6/30/03 8:35 PM Pacific Daylight Time
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"ArtKramr" wrote

We did lead the way for the 9th Air Force that morning.

They sent the bombers in before the transports carrying the
82nd and 101st? Weren't those transports in the 9th?



Transports are not combat aircraft. We led the combat units of the 9th on that
morning. If you live near Stansted airport, see the plaque dedicated to the
344th that states that we led the charge for the 9th that morning. Stansted
airport was built for the 344th. Thy cleared and leveled a cowpasture, threw
down a runway put up a load of Neissen huts and we had an instant airfield.


Arthur Kramer
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