Town honors WWII pilot who averted deadly crash
(EXCERPT) , By Ron Jensen, Stars and Stripes European edition,
Wednesday, October 1, 2003
NEW ALRESFORD, England — This town nearly in the shadow of
Winchester’s grand cathedral in south England marked the 60th
anniversary Friday of the day no one died.
It celebrated the day its buildings did not burn.
New Alresford unveiled a permanent marker to the memory of the
American pilot who on Sept. 26, 1943, put his life at risk to guide
his crippled, bomb-laden...
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