Joliet sergeant makes emergency landing in Belgium
Staff Sgt. Edward J. Tatro, 19, of Joliet, attached to the Eighth Air Force, piloted a B-17 that withstood severe flak over Hamm Germany then Ruhr valley. After damage forcing it to split from formation it landed safely in Belgium where repairs were made. He holds the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters and is part of the 100th Bomb Group in the Third Bombardment Division.
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Edward J. Tatro
E. C. Tatro
Jackson Street
Belgium
Hamm
Germany
Eighth Air Force
England
Sion
Sgt. Tatro
Ruhr
Promoted in England Cpl Havrilla Reaches Higher Rank
Cpl Steve Havrilla son of Mrs Mary Havrilla of 717 Francis Street has been promoted from private first class for efficiency at a strategic air depot bomber repair base under the 8th Air Force in England. He is an aircraft mechanic with a mobile repair unit serving across England repairing crashed B 11 Flying Fortresses. He attended Joliet Township High School and worked for W F Hall Printing before enlisting on April 5 1912 at Camp Grant Illinois. He has been in the Far East theater since May.
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Steve Havrilla
Mary Havrilla
Francis Street
Strategic Air Depot
8Th Air Force Service Command
England
Harrilla
Joliet Township
Army
Camp Grant
Ill
W. F. Hall Printing Company
Chicago
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Damier RAI Crees Prodwer Goal for Enmine School
The text appears garbled with numerous misspellings and nonsensical terms. It references a goal related to an enmine school and mentions several unclear entities such as Teeris Lamers and SMOKY SYSN. The readable portion implies a production or policy note without coherent facts to extract.
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Enmine
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