Vaughn Steele, Mission July 3, 1944

Giugrui Romania – (If I remember correctly we were leading B flight.)

Ran into heavy and accurate flak enroute.  Attacked by enemy fighters (Me -109s) just before initial point.  20 fighters came in out of the sun at 12 o’clock high.  No one saw them until they were going by.  One went by just off our left wing tip.  Saw our slot man go down.  Another pass by about 15 fighters was made and I fired about 100 rounds.  Our squadron lost 3 planes.  Crews were Lt’s Dugi, Hillman, and Holgate.  Lt. Humphrey came back with 3 wounded.  One was himself, the engineer, and navigator.

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At the 2017 reunion, the board approved the donation of our archives to the Briscoe Center for American History, located on the University of Texas - Austin campus.

Also, the board approved a $5,000 donation to add to Ed Clendenin's $20,000 donation in the memory of his father. Together, these funds begin an endowment for the preservation of the 376 archives.

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My Trip to San Pancrazio

October 2019


Reunion

NOTE change in month !!!

DATES: Oct 26-29, 2023

CITY:Tucson, AZ

HOTEL: Double Tree Suites Airport hotel

7051 South Tucson Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85756

520-225-0800


Click here to read about the reunion details.

previous reunions


For Sale

The Other Doolittle Raid


The Broken Wings of Zlatibor


The Liberandos


Three Crawford Brothers


Liberando: Reflections of a Reluctant Warrior


376th Bomb Group Mission History


The Last Liberator


Full Circle


Shadows of Wings


Ten Men, A "Flying Boxcar," and A War


I Survived Ploesti


A Measure of Life


Shot Down In Yugoslavia


Stories of My Life


Attack


Born in Battle


Bombardier's Diary


Lost Airmen


Langdon Liberando