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Airmen Heroes Of Great Air Battle Decorated -- Lt. Gen. Carl Spaatz, (left) Commanding the U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe, chatting with Captain Ray S. Wetmore, of Kerman. Calif; (center) and Lt. Col. Robert P. Montgomery of Bethlehem, Pa., after decorating them with the distinguished Services Cross.Capt. Wetmore led a formation of six Mustangs and repeatedly engaged large formations of the enemy, destroying two enemy fighters himself: while Lt. Col. Montgomery led his section of eight Mustangs during the battle, destroying three enemy planes himself while his command accounted for twenty-eight.Some of the airmen heroes of the recent great battle over Germany when 208 out of an estimated 400 German fighters were destroyed, were decorated by Lt. Gen. Gail Spaatz at an airfield somewhere in England. November 5, 1944.

Airmen Heroes Of Great Air Battle Decorated -- Lt. Gen. Carl Spaatz, (left) Commanding the U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe, chatting with Captain Ray S. Wetmore, of Kerman. Calif; (center) and Lt. Col. Robert P. Montgomery of Bethlehem, Pa., after decorating them with the distinguished Services Cross.Capt. Wetmore led a formation of six Mustangs and repeatedly engaged large formations of the enemy, destroying two enemy fighters himself: while Lt. Col. Montgomery led his section of eight Mustangs during the battle, destroying three enemy planes himself while his command accounted for twenty-eight.Some of the airmen heroes of the recent great battle over Germany when 208 out of an estimated 400 German fighters were destroyed, were decorated by Lt. Gen. Gail Spaatz at an airfield somewhere in England. November 5, 1944.
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Airmen Heroes Of Great Air Battle Decorated -- Lt. Gen. Carl Spaatz, (left) Commanding the U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe, chatting with Captain Ray S. Wetmore, of Kerman. Calif; (center) and Lt. Col. Robert P. Montgomery of Bethlehem, Pa., after decorating them with the distinguished Services Cross.Capt. Wetmore led a formation of six Mustangs and repeatedly engaged large formations of the enemy, destroying two enemy fighters himself: while Lt. Col. Montgomery led his section of eight Mustangs during the battle, destroying three enemy planes himself while his command accounted for twenty-eight.Some of the airmen heroes of the recent great battle over Germany when 208 out of an estimated 400 German fighters were destroyed, were decorated by Lt. Gen. Gail Spaatz at an airfield somewhere in England. November 5, 1944.
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