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Re: USAAF Survivors from Sinking of Italian Submarine Narvalo - 14 Jan. 1943
A cached article in the South Florida newspaper Sun Sentinel of Sep. 19, 2021 relates Rodman Dexter Burley's story. He says the shoot down was on 3 Jan. 1943.
Burley enlisted on March 21, 1941, when he was 21. After some time in the infantry, began flying missions as a bombing officer on a B-17.
"On Jan. 3, 1943, his ordeal began. That day his crew was shot down while flying over the Sahara Desert. He survived the crash with a small shrapnel wound to his thumb, and he and his crew were captured."
USAAF Chronology has no heavy bomber missions for 12th AF that day.
Missing crew and/or B-17 must be recorded somewhere indeed...
Regards,
Leendert
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