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Details are from "Beware the Thunderbolt" by David McLaren. Major James Carter led the mission with the 61st Fighter Squadron with take-off at 0857.They were directed to rendezvous with 3rd Bomb Division B-17's headed for Misburg. Just after making R/V, the 62nd Fighter Squadron was vectored to bogies reported near Quackenbruck. Lt. William Stovall was killed in the fights and to quote, "Lt. Andrew Chasko was also seen to go down and explode, but it was not known whether flak or a German aircraft knocked him down."

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