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1LEGGETTENOW IN ITALYlt;ia! Officer Has Been / igned. To Occupational Air Force In Europe15th AAF in Italy. — 1st IA. John D. Leggette, son of Mr. and Mrs. M .M. Leggette, of RFD, No. 3, Washington. N. C. has been assigned to the occupational airforce in Europe .as a member fifTFTth Bombardment' Group' a veteran B-17 Flying Fortress unitof the 15th Air Force. Lt. L£g-gette, a B-17 pilot, has served 9 months overseas. He wears theAir Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Cius-LrtitirtU3Vvters in addition to other deelt;*ra-focadIturns.H is group, the 97th Bombard- ij ment Group left the States on toe | j, 4, 1942, and sailed for Englandwhere it flew the first dayligKEbFlying Fort mission against rope on August 17th of the same year. Moving to North in support of the invasion it followed the 8th Army through to the end *of Tunisian campaign. While in Africa the 97th was the first heavy bomb group to bomb France, Sardinia and Germany. It ariso took part in the first bombing of the Italian shortly afterwards moved its base of Italy the group supported the capital Rome. With the invasion to Foggia. Flying from this bateArmy Leach-head at Salerno and the group participated in 271 strategic missions striking Ger-' man industry, oil and communications. Another highlight of the group's history as when they werethe first to land an airplane, in Russia on the initial Russian, shuttle mission.a1sliaa?CsAv
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Washington Daily News
Washington, North Carolina, US
Sat, Jul 28, 1945
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