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Originally Posted by udf_00
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21 June 1944: F.O. 407.
Ramrod Shuttle to Ruhland, Germany, and Leszno, Poland - 0755 to 1450 hours.
"Salem Representative", was being flown by Preston B. Hardy (334th FS), on 21 June, 1944. Hofer having been sent packing to another squadron of the 4th FG.
Hofer was initially listed MIA until word filtered in later that he had landed at Kiev.
See:
Escort to Berlin:The 4th Fighter Group in World War II.
Fry,Garry L & Jeffery L Ethell.
New York:Arco Publishing,1980.
p.62.
Accurate? (source, now dated).
Col.