Mission 55

My father enlisted with the United States Army Air Forces in 1942, at the age of 21. He was assigned as an Aerial Gunner to the 5th Air Force, 43rd Bombardment Group, known as Kens Men, in the 403rd Bomb Squadron nicknamed the Mareeba Butchers.He participated as a Tail Gunner in a B-24, in more than 50 missions in the skies over the Southwest Pacific during WWII.The morning of March 7th, 1945,...