File:845th Bombardment Squadron - B-24 Liberators.jpg
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English: "The Sharon D"
Ford B-24H-15-FO Liberator s/n 42-94759 845th Bomb Squadron, 489th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. Named after the pilot, LtCol. Leon Vance's, daughter. Col. Vance won the Medal of Honor for the June 5,1944 mission to Wimereaux,France. He stayed with his dieing bomber to make sure all the crew bailed out safely, even after he knew he wouldn't get out himself. The medal was presented to his daughter on October 11,1946 when she was just 6 years old. |
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