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Gochnauer Credited With One Probable Destruction
One of Amarillo's top soldiers, Barney F Gochnauer, is credited with a probable destruction of a Nazi fighter during the Frankfurt raid. The 23 year old technical sergeant served as a top gunner aboard an Eighth Air Force fortress named Pickle Finger, with Amarillo crew mates Lt Arthur Ray and Sgt Henry Miller. He describes intense anti aircraft and fighter opposition over Warnemuende Regensburg Marienburg Brunswick and Bremen as they defended bomb runs. Gochnauer reports witnessing Regensburg explode and Marienburg’s buildings collapse in smoke astern.
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Amarillo
Barney F. Gochnauer
W. P. Gochmauer
West Twentieth Avenue
Toney Gochmauer
Assige
Barney
Eighth Aaf
Arthur Ray
A. G. Ray
Fillmore Street
Henry Miller
H. M. Miller
Mississippi Street
England
Texas Flier
Ress
Warnemuende
Marienburg
Regensburg
Brunswick
Frankfurt
Wilhelmshaven
Bremen
France
Unin- S
Gochnauer
Germany