[303rd-Talk] Pilot Ratings
bill runnels
billrunnels at yahoo.com
Sat Aug 18 12:18:32 MDT 2007
Rex,
Both crews in the mid-air were lost. This happened on April 6, l945 near Leipzig. Four members of my crew are interned at Ardennes American Cemetery near Leige, Belgium. The others are in a mass grave at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky............Bill
rex pearce <r.pearce763 at ntlworld.com> wrote:
Bill,
Did your crew survive the mid-air collision you mention?
Rex.
----- Original Message -----
From: "bill runnels"
To: "303rd Bomb Group Talk Forum" <303rd-talk at 303rdBG.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [303rd-Talk] Pilot Ratings
> Keith,
> The co-pilot in the tail gunners position in the lead aircraft actually
> filmed(16mm) the formation, flak, fighter attacks etc during the mission.
> The co-pilot on my original crew was filming the day our crew had their
> mid-air collision near Leipzig and he got it on film. I was not on the
> mission......................Bill
>
> Keith Hastie wrote:
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