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Distinguished(Continued From Page One)to repair the damaged radio equipment and continued to fire his weapons until the bail-out signal was given, thereby inspiring other crew members to continue fighting in a hopeless situation.After bailing out over Germany, Shinnick was hospitalized five months and was a prisoner of war in a German POW camp, surviving a forced march of prisoners across Germany, until he was liberated inMay of 1945.It was at the Prisoner of War rehabilitation camp, CampLucky Strike in France, that Major Shinnick’s pilot, Maj. Edward M. Lindbloom, recommended Mm for the DFC, The recommendation was eviden-tally lost in the mass confusion of the time.Major Shinnick did not know that he had been recommended for the decoration until May of1965, when, by chance, he encountered Major Lindbloom at Maxwell AFB, Ala. Major Lindbloom was very surprised that Shinnick was not wearing the DFC so paper work started all over again.Before coming to Bakalar as an advisor to the 434th Troop Carrier Wing in April of 1962. Major Shinnick was stationed at Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii, with the 6593d Test Squadron, as a recovery officer in the nose cone operations.Major Shinnick. a graduate of Frederick High School in 1940 is the son of Mrs. Lawrence W. Shinnick. East, Church Street. The major, his wife and four children reside in Columbus, Ind. His eldest son, Terry, is a Reservist with the 931st Aerial Port Flight at Bakalar.
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Frederick, Maryland, US
Tue, Jan 18, 1966
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