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Don my Dad was in the 486th and was a tail gunner, i have the silk or cloth maps here. he was there in 42 and 43, 44. Not sure if it came from an escapr kit.
Ron
Father Ralph holman
---- Don Kaiser <dkaiser1@san.rr.com> wrote:
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> Hi George,
>
> Sorry I forgot to include the date:
>
> Thursday, 4 May 1944
>
> 447th BS War Diary
>
> "Arrived at Porto Vecchio uneventful voyage. Equipment loaded on
> trucks and with personnel arrived at Solenzara Airfield. A certain amount of equipment was lost during the move which caused a great deal of inconvenience, especially to Capt. Manley who is missing all of his escape purses."
>
> So, the 447th Squadron was apparently using escape pouches prior to their arrival on Corsica in April/May 1944.
>
> Don
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