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| '''swinny''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/swinny.jpg' /></div><br/>11/6/2013 10:34:03 AM 
| I already found 2 articles that shows that the 612th AC 42-31486 crashed on Jan 29, 1944 was nick named Wild Oat.<br/> Can anyone tell me more about it ? <br/><br/>_________________________________<br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/swinny/margraten012.jpg' />      My adoption graves [http://www.remember-our-heroes.nl/us_401stBG.htm|http://www.remember-our-heroes.nl/us_401stBG.htm]<br/> 
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| '''donaldbyers''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/donaldbyers.jpg' /></div><br/>11/6/2013 10:53:12 AM 
| Without my books here I can't look anything up.  There seems to be an issue on this one as it shows 3 missions but there is a great disparity with mission #145 and there last mission!!!!  Share the articles..... <br/><br/>Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.<br/> 
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| '''swinny''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/swinny.jpg' /></div><br/>11/6/2013 10:59:47 AM 
| Well Don, great to hear from you !!!<br/> <br/> One article you wrote your self in the old forum :<br/> <br/> <i>With two engines on fire and their B-17 riddled by flak from German artillery, bombardier Lt. Bill Frye Jr. made his way toward an exit hatch and pulled the lever.<br/> At that moment the plane,<b>nicknamed Wild Oats</b> , exploded and catapulted the Orange Park man out into the frigid air 24,000 feet above the ground. The date was Jan. 29, 1944.<br/> Knocked out by the blast......</i><br/> <br/> And this newspaper article of John Tannahill, the pilot of "Wild Oat "<br/> [http://www.remember-our-heroes.nl/photos/picture.php?/4316/search/969|http://www.remember-our-heroes.nl/photo ... search/969] <br/><br/>_________________________________<br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/swinny/margraten012.jpg' />      My adoption graves [http://www.remember-our-heroes.nl/us_401stBG.htm|http://www.remember-our-heroes.nl/us_401stBG.htm]<br/> 
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| '''donaldbyers''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/donaldbyers.jpg' /></div><br/>11/6/2013 2:28:22 PM 
| Well memory is not that great huh! <br/><br/>Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.<br/> 
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