histoire d'une forteresse volante abbattue à Saint-Colomban, près de Nantes, le 4 juillet 1943
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history
BESSON MEMORIAL
1943 - 2004
July 3,4,5, 2004
newspapers
B17 HISTORY
# 42-5053
briefing
crash on July 4, 1943
in St-Colomban
Focke Wulf
into grand-lieu lake
B17 CREWMEMBERS
10 young
american boys
B17 technical
WITNESS
french
Ralph D. McKee
(his escape)
Pilot escape
crewmembers
families
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
thanks to
RESEARCH
american families
report
crewmembers families

Biography of William Francis Mooney
Tail Gunner

written by his son in 2004
My father, William Francis Mooney, was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on September 27, 1918. His father-also named William F. Mooney--was a beef trader who bought and sold cattle at the Chicago Stockyards...

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Biography of William Hulett
Left Waist Gunner

written by his wife in 2004
July 4, 1943, my husband-W.O. Hulett, volunteered to fly a mission, I understand it was his 25th mission and he wanted to complete it so he could come back to the United States and train to be a fighter pilot...

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