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WWII 8th Air
Force DFC & AIR MEDAL
Grouping - 388 Bomb
Group - Interned in
Sweden!
Rare grouping of
original wartime
government engraved AM &
DFC, both in original
white cardboard boxes,
named to Sgt John W.
PRICE. He was a member
of the 388th Bomb Group,
563rd Bomb Squadron. He
was serving as tail
gunner on B-17 42-31137
"Classy Chassy" when
forced to emergency land
in Sweden on April 9,
1944 as result of Flak
damage. The crew spent
the rest of the war
interned in Sweden.
$850
https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-31137-classy-chassy/
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/5202
https://www.fold3.com/image/55704017
https://dykstrafuneralhome.com/obituaries/william-bill-manifold.64507#life-story-video
"Our second mission was
a doozy –the longest in
the history of the 8th,
bombing a ball bearing
factory in Poznan,
Poland. We encountered
heavy flak over our
target that knocked out
2 of our engines. The
plane on our wing took
direct hit and went
spiraling down. I was on
the wrong side, so
couldn’t see if any
chutes came out. We hit
our target, but used
over ½ our fuel. We
couldn’t make it back to
base and would have had
to ditch in the English
Channel. Instead, I had
the navigator plot
course for Sweden, where
we were interned for 6
months.”
