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Technical Sergeant '''Forrest L. Vosler''', a [[B-17 Flying Fortress]] radio operator, was the second enlisted man to ever win a [[Medal of Honor]]. |
Technical Sergeant '''Forrest L. Vosler''', a [[B-17 Flying Fortress]] radio operator, was the second enlisted man to ever win a [[Medal of Honor]]. |
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Vosler's fourth mission started in the morning of 20 December 1943. His plane was a B-17F named the "Jersey Bounce Jr.," S/N 42-29664, part of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, based at Molesworth RAF, England. At about noon the B-17 reached [[Bremen]], Germany, and encountered severe anti-aircraft fire from the ground and attack from German fighter planes. A direct hit in the radio room wounded Vosler and another direct hit wounded the rear gunner. Dispite his injuries, Vosler took over the rear guns to protect the plane, and then recieved further injuries from another direct hit on the plane. He went back to the radio room and got the radio working. The B-17 ditched into the sea and Vosler got the injured rear gunner out on the wing until the other crew had the dingy ready. |
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Revision as of 15:03, 24 January 2007
Technical Sergeant Forrest L. Vosler, a B-17 Flying Fortress radio operator, was the second enlisted man to ever win a Medal of Honor.
Vosler's fourth mission started in the morning of 20 December 1943. His plane was a B-17F named the "Jersey Bounce Jr.," S/N 42-29664, part of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, based at Molesworth RAF, England. At about noon the B-17 reached Bremen, Germany, and encountered severe anti-aircraft fire from the ground and attack from German fighter planes. A direct hit in the radio room wounded Vosler and another direct hit wounded the rear gunner. Dispite his injuries, Vosler took over the rear guns to protect the plane, and then recieved further injuries from another direct hit on the plane. He went back to the radio room and got the radio working. The B-17 ditched into the sea and Vosler got the injured rear gunner out on the wing until the other crew had the dingy ready.
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