MASHPEE, Mass. — Dorothy "Dot" Courtemanche served her country in the Army as a nurse. She retired a lieutenant colonel after a marvelous 23-year career with assignments at.
AVweb
Close-up photo of a World War II ace s victory marking (left) appears identical to a just-discovered souvenir brought home by a ground crewman 76 years ago.
When Dave Seuf of Utica, New York, was going through his late father’s souvenirs from his service in World War II recently, he found a small scrap of aluminum aircraft skin painted with a black cross, such as those applied to the sides of Allied fighter planes to represent Luftwaffe aircraft shot down. Seuf knew his father had served as a ground crewman with the 4th Fighter Group at Debden, England, but as his father never talked about his service, he had no idea what the cross represented. So he posted a photo on the 4th Group’s Facebook page.