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  • Young artist captures Sebring's history on a wall 5 Oct 2008 21:54 GMT
    ... Chrysler Sebring 6 is one of only 25 that were manufactured in Sebring. The B-17 bomber is a tribute to Sebring resident Ray Crewson, who flew the plane during World War II, was ...

  • Walter M. Harpain, 82, turned farm into Fresno dairy 5 Oct 2008 13:54 GMT
    ... Hitler was a bad person," Jeff Harpain said. Mr. Harpain remembered seeing and hearing B-17 bombers taking off from old Hammer Field on Dec. 7, 1941, to guard the mainland after Japan's ...

  • We've gained more enemies than we can afford 5 Oct 2008 03:01 GMT
    ... Air Corps made during Roosevelt's War in Europe. We were leading more than 100 B-17 heavy bombers which rained devastation on the Skoda Works of Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. A few days later we were ...

  • Lesson from WWII: Read the fine print 5 Oct 2008 01:36 GMT
    ... to Texas, then as a newly minted B-17 pilot to Gander, Newfoundland, with the next ... to become part of Operation Pointblank - bombing of industrial targets in preparation for a ground assault ...

  • Peter R. Hansen, 86 4 Oct 2008 13:31 GMT
    ... training at Santa Ana, Calif., and his bomber training at Merced, Calif. Peter flew 58 missions ... during WWII as the captain of a B-17, stationed in Foggia, Italy. When the war ...

  • Take on Life: A family business comes full circle 4 Oct 2008 02:11 GMT
    ... became synonymous with tires in Danbury, he sat in the gunner's seat of a B-17 bomber. World War II looked small from 18,000 feet. But Val always knew how many millions of ...

  • A family business comes full circle 3 Oct 2008 14:26 GMT
    ... became synonymous with tires in Danbury, he sat in the gunner's seat of a B-17 bomber. World War II looked small from 18,000 feet. But Val always knew how many millions of ...


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