B-17 Pathfinder

Stories about fighting in all theaters of WWII. I ask that these be stories directly from veterans and not previously published material.
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B-17 Pathfinder

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The following link is to a story about a local Vet who was a Pathfinder Bombardier with the 8th in WWII.

He lives next to a good friend of mine in Laconia and loves to see my WWII vehicles.

An interesting article.

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs ... /709230309

Be sure to check out the right hand links on the page about the letters home.

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Post by armydriver »

That is one interesting article. Pathfinder duty is tough duty. My son was a pathfinder pilot for the 101st Airborne at one time.
Thanks for posting this article.
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Post by KEVINABR »

fantastic from start to finish what a great guy ....he mentioned Alconbury .. in my youth i would sneak into the base with my friends when they had dance s on we had a great time ... date was around 1981 :) :)
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