The Gang is All Here????
The first reunion of the 69th Depot Repair Squadron, 301st Air Depot Group, 14th Air Force Flying Tigers (the 69er’s) took place in July of 1982 in Seattle, Washington. We located 238 out of our original 320 guys, with 85 deceased. The mailing list consisted of 83 people. Today we are still looking for those missing guys. If you know anyone who was part of our squadron please have them contact us.
ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE CREW WHO
FLEW the B-24, CALLED the "ARMORED ANGEL"?
Mary Taylor Previte, who was liberated from the Weihsien Concentration Camp in Shantung Province, China, wants to find members of the crew who flew the B-24 that carried the 7-man DUCK MISSION that parachuted from the bomber to liberate the camp on August 17, 1945.
Mary was 12 years old. She and her 2 brothers and a sister had not seen their missionary parents for 5 1/2 years.
The flight is believed to have departed from Hsi-An (now called Xi-An), Shensi Province, China, in the early hours of August 17, 1945, and flew about 600 miles to Weihsien where members of the DUCK MISSION parachuted at about 400 feet. The team liberated 1,500 Allied prisoners.
If you have information about the crew of the ARMORED ANGEL, please contact:
Mary Taylor Previte
351 Kings Highway East
Haddonfield, NJ 08033
Phone: 856-428-4909
E-mail: mtprevite@aol.com
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