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Ruehl AsbridgeIs War PrisonerWord ‘was received here Thursday bv Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Asbridge, 519 ’ Fifth St., that their son. S/Sgt. • 1*Ruchl L. Asbridge, who has been r reported as missing in action since |c July 30. now Is a prisoner of war of c the German government. cSgt. Asbridge, a tail gunner on r a Liberator bomber, went down on , his 60th mission, according to information received. Severe damage i to the left wing after being hit caused the ship to peel off to the left, losing altitude and vanishing into the clouds. Before it went out of sight four men were seen to bail , out. The group was bombing a tar- j 1 j get in Hungary.I The crew consisted of eight on- lt;il\ listed men and four offices. It was surmised that the officers comprised * i a double crew of pilots and co-pilots j1 *-fcr emergency -purposes because of lf the heavy fighting in that area.Information that^he Is a prisoner , was received from the war depart-’; meht through the international Red I Cross.J
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Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, North Dakota, US
Fri, Sep 15, 1944
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