Of Salutes, Pretty Girls and Six Penny Eggs
Four new 2nd Lieutenants at Hardwick tried to salute Colonel Fiegel; he walked over, asked where they were from, and closed the rank gap with a grin.
Navigator on Robert E. Oberschmid's 329th crew. After six missions he was with Oberschmid, copilot Art Antonio, and bombardier Al Faulhaber when Colonel Leland Fleigel shook their hands at the Combat Officers WAAF mess hall instead of returning their salute.
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
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Four new 2nd Lieutenants at Hardwick tried to salute Colonel Fiegel; he walked over, asked where they were from, and closed the rank gap with a grin.
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