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Lt Col Mandt Returns from 25000 Mile Europe Tour
Lt Col William F Mandt executive officer of the 316th troop carrier group arrives at Pope Field after a six month 25000 mile flight tour of testing and demonstration across Europe. He witnessed Prague airport crowd viewing the C 82 aircraft arrival and demonstrated the plane while dropping paratroopers in Europe. During WWII he served with the troop carrier command in airborne invasions across Africa Sicily Italy Normandy Holland and Germany.
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The
Charleston Gazette
Mandt
Pope Field
N. C
William F. Mandt
316Th
W. F. Mandt
Charleston
W. Va
Fairchild
Popefield
Europe
West Virginia
Pragu
Irport
Czechoslovakia
Qth Air Force
England
France
Germany
Italy
Col. Mandt
Troop Carrier Command
Africa
Sicily
Normandy
Holland
Ger