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11-17-2011, 02:46 PM
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ace of war part 3
[IMG]  [/IMG]John P. Quinlan Rank, Service Tech Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces Veteran of: U.S. Army (USAAF) 1942-1945 World War II 1942-1945 Branch Tribute: John Quinlan was born on June 13, 1919, in New York. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces on April 27, 1942, and after completing basic training, aerial gunnery school, and B-17 Flying Fortress Combat Crew Training, he served as tail gunner on the B-17 "Memphis Belle" with the 324th Bomb Squadron of the 91st Bomb Group in England from September 1942 to May 1943. During this time, Sgt Quinlan was credited with the destruction of 2 enemy aircraft in aerial combat. He and the crew next completed a war bond tour across the United States with the famous B-17 from June to September 1943. After serving in the United States, he began training as a B-29 Superfortress tail gunner, and then deployed to Chakulia AB, India, with the 44th Bomb Squadron of the 40th Bomb Group from April 1944 to February 1945, where he was credited with the destruction of 3 more enemy aircraft in aerial combat, for a total of 5 during World War II. TSgt Quinlan was forced to bail out of his B-29 over China on December 7, 1944, and after returning to his base in India in February 1945, he was sent back to the United States. He received an honorable discharge from the Army Air Forces at the end of the war. John Quinlan died on December 18, 2000, and was buried at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville, New York. His wife, Julia A. Quinlan (1923-2003), is buried with him. source:http://www.veterantributes.org/Tribu...il.asp?ID=1289 
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11-16-2011, 09:24 PM
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Again thank you for this new chapter, a genius, thanks friend Olife
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05-18-2010, 11:46 AM
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06-07-2011, 09:21 PM
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even if as me a lot of guys prefer ww2 planes instead of modern planes ,just look this trailer come from the E3 2011,talk about a famous planes game,very very nice...will come out in november 2011...u will understand what it is ...
enjoy!!! http://www.jeuxvideo.com/videos-edit...s-00033234.htm
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