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Wall of Honor Level: Air and Space Friend
Honored by:
Mrs. Sam S. Ragland Jr.
Enlisted in Air Corps Sept, 1942.
Discharged May, 1945 after serving 65 missions as a Bombardier on a B-26.
Citations include Distinguished Flying Cross in area of Cherbourg, France on June 26, 1944.
On Dec 24, 1944 at height of German counterattack in the Ardennes Sector, Ragland’s B-26 group bombed a vital bridge over the Moselle River at Eller, Germany and only 9 of the 36 planes in our formation survived the mission. On Jan 13, 1945 just north of Bastogne, France during the German counterattack in the Ardennes – forced to bail out on 63rd mission – plane had only 1 failing engine left – landed on French farmhouse near American lines – was assisted by French farmer.
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