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This was the last I saw of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>Donald I. Soale<br>1st Lt., Air Corps<br>534th Bomb Sqdn (H)<br>First Pilot.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delivered Denver 16\/1\/44; Cheyenne 22\/1\/44; Gr Island 17\/2\/44; Grenier 20\/3\/44; Assigned: 534BS\/381BG [GD-D] Ridgewell 6\/4\/44; MIA {20+m} Mulhouse 3\/8\/44 Pilot: John Wilcock, Co-Pilot: Stan Hutchinson, Navigator: Chas Marsh, Bombardier: Norbert Lucas, Engineer \/ Top Turret Gunner: Alf Prinz, Radio Operator: Bob Friel, Ball Turret Gunner: Chas Evans, Waist Gunner: John Ramsay, Tail Gunner: Dick Fall (9KIA); flak, one engine out, crashed Nth Sea off Holland; (pilot&#8217;s body washed up Orfordness, UK, a few days later). MACR 7883. 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