[Photo] LCol Jimmy Stewart, 2nd Bomb Wing Executive Officer, speaks with Maj John Dowswell in front of Dowswell’s B-24J Liberator “Betty” at RAF Hethel, Norfolk, England, Sept 1944. Dowswell had just piloted his crippled aircraft back to England from Germany.

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LCol Jimmy Stewart, 2nd Bomb Wing Executive Officer, speaks with Maj John Dowswell in front of Dowswell’s B-24J Liberator “Betty” at RAF Hethel, Norfolk, England, Sept 1944. Dowswell had just piloted his crippled aircraft back to England from Germany. ww2dbase

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David Stubblebine says:
15 Jan 2013 08:38:15 PM

Damaged by flak on a mission to Misburg, Germany Sept 11 1944, Dowswell ordered his crew to bail out as he flew back to England. He made it but 6 crewmen became POW’s and 3 evaded back to Allied lines.

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