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    100th SFS hosts son of WWII waist gunner on 100th BG B-17 to visit father’s heritage jet, ‘Miss Irish’ [Image 6 of 7]

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    100th SFS hosts son of WWII waist gunner on 100th BG B-17 to visit father’s heritage jet, ‘Miss Irish’

    DISS, NORFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM

    09.21.2023

    Photo by Bert Blanchette 

    100th Air Refueling Wing   

    U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sgts. Myron “Ty” Ettus, right, and Frank Buschmeier, both waist gunners on “Miss Irish,” B-17 Flying Fortress, and part of then-Capt. John P. Gibbons crew, pose for a photo with their aircraft in 1944. Ettus was assigned to the 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, out of Thorpe Abbotts, England, and completed 32 combat missions during World War II. (Photo courtesy of 100th Bomb Group Foundation, Bud Buschmeier)

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    Date Taken: 09.21.2023
    Date Posted: 09.26.2023 08:02
    Photo ID: 8042164
    VIRIN: 230921-F-XX001-1002
    Resolution: 1447x1668
    Size: 464.03 KB
    Location: DISS, NORFOLK, GB

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