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REMAINS OF WWII AIRMAN ARE IDENTIFIED

The crew of Little Joe, with Sanford G. Roy circled in red.  / Credit: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency 
The crew of “Little Joe”, with Sanford G. Roy circled in red.   Defense (POW/MIA) Accounting Agency.

According to military officials this week, the remains of a World
War II airman were identified 80 years after his plane was shot
down during a bombing mission in Germany.

In the spring of 1944, U.S. Army Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sanford G.
Roy, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was assigned to the 732nd Bombardment Squadron in the European Theater. 

A news release from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency 
said Roy and several other airmen were aboard the B-24H
Liberator "Little Joe" on a bombing mission to Brunswick,
Germany on April 8.

The plane was shot down by German forces and other airmen
flying near the aircraft did not report seeing any crew members
exiting "Little Joe" before it crashed. His name was engraved
on the Walls of the Missing at the Netherlands American
Cemetery.
 

Sanford G. Roy. / Credit: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Sanford G. Roy.

Images Aviation Airplane B-24H Liberator Painting Art 3516x1758

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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CAMILLE BOHANNON

A Sad Day in Baseball History - National Ballpark Museum

Gehrig during his rookie year, 1923 | Baseball, Mlb players, Lou gehrig

1939 Lou Gehrig Type 1 photo in spring training. Used for World Series program and r423 card ...

Lou Gehrig remains forever the ‘Luckiest Man on the face of the Earth’ - Sports Collectors Digest

Lou Gehrig smacks a double against the White Sox at Yankee Stadium in 1938. Gehrig had the greatest 13-year stretch in baseball history from 1926-38.
Lou Gehrig smacks a double against the White Sox in 1938.

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MOVIE MASTERPIECE OPENED ON THIS DAY

Criterion Announces June 2016 Titles Including Kubrick's DR. STRANGELOVE | Film Pulse
Peter Sellers

Stanley Kubrick’s black comic masterpiece, Dr. Strangelove or:
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
opened in
theaters to both critical and popular acclaim. The movie’s
popularity was evidence of changing attitudes toward atomic
weapons and the concept of nuclear deterrence.

Dr. Strangelove Vintage Stanley Kubrick Movie Poster

Stanley KuBLOG: Dr Strangelove (or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb) – A ...
Peter Sellers

Movie Review: Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964) | The ...
Peter Sellers

Ten War Film Performances That Should Have Been Nominated for Academy Awards – Filmbobbery
George C. Scott

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 123movies ...
Sterling Hayden

Before Putin, 1980s movies terrorized us with nuclear war | Digital Trends
Slim Pickens

At The Back: Dr. Strangelove

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BOMBING RAID BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1943

Bomber crew World War II
A B-17 crew from the United States Army Air Force’s Eighth
Air Force, 385th Bomb Group, plot a target on a map prior
to a mission.

The U.S. Eighth Air Force launched its bombing campaign against
Nazi Germany, one of the largest, most important and most
devastating strategic initiatives in the annals of warfare, on this
day in history, Jan. 27, 1943.
 

Boeing B-17 bomber

World War II bombings weakened upper atmosphere at edge of space | Ars Technica

World War II bomber
The crew of the B-17 Flying Fortress Knock-out Dropper
bomber.

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AIR FORCE BOMBER’S FIRST FLIGHT TODAY

Newest Air Force stealth bomber, the $750M B-21 Raider, takes first flight

B-21 Raider test flight in California
Newest Air Force stealth bomber, the $750M B-21 Raider,
takes to the air for the time. 

The U.S. Air Force’s long-awaited B-21 stealth bomber took its
first test flight in California on Friday.

According to the Air Force, the aircraft, developed by Northrop Grumman, is expected to be operational by 2030. It can carry
both "conventional and nuclear munitions" and will "provide
our nation with a strategic asset capable of penetrating enemy
air defenses in highly contested environments and striking
targets anywhere in the world."
(FOX NEWS)

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