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A-20 Bomber Test Flight Captures Spring 1944 Air War
A war correspondent joins Maj. Albert N. Roby Jr. and crew on an A-20 conditioning flight and describes the aircraft, crew dynamics, and a two a day raid on Busigny. The piece spotlights Lt. John Ettler, Lt. Norman Merrill, Sgt. Angelo Mattei, and the broader shift toward pre invasion aerial operations over France and the Low Countries in spring 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Ward B. Warren
Indiana
Norman W. Merrill
Maj
Albert N. Roby Jr
States
Maj. Roby
France
Germany
Arthur R. Milow Jr
Omaha
Nebr
South
John
Moose) Ettler
Cleveland
Ohio
Army
Moose
Col. Crabtree
Crabtree
Johnny
Maj. Milow
Angelo A. Mattei
Mattei
Pacific
Australia
Consolidated Vultee
University of Southern California
Bill Pierson
Bill
Blue Ditch
Busigny
Schweinfurt
Berlin
Regensburg
Hamburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Frederick O. Rovente
Binghamton
N. Y
Milow
Ettler
Merrill
Larry Smith
Minneapolis
Red Walters
Idaho
San Diego
Europe