World War II Chronicle: September 18, 1942

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Three Army Air Force officers are pictured on the front page (better version below) after have been decorated by Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz for valor during an Eight Air Force raid. 1st Lt. Frank R. Beadle was bombardier in the lead bomber, a B-17E named Butcher Shop¹Butcher Shop finishes the war as the oldest B-17 in the Army Air Force. Beadle’s pilot was Maj. Paul W. Tibbets Jr.²Tibbets is commanding officer of the 340th Bombardment Squadron and commanding the plane is 97th Bomb Group commander Col. Frank A. Armstrong Jr.

2nd Lt. Ewart T. Sconiers is the bombardier who climbed into the cockpit when the co-pilot was killed by an enemy cannon shell and the pilot incapacitated and landed his Fort. Sconiers received the Distinguished Service Cross, as did his pilot, 2nd Lt. Richard S. Starks. Stay tuned for more on Sconiers…

George Fielding Eliot discusses aircraft carriers on page 16… A sailor recovering from a broken neck in San Francisco tells of another sailor that stayed behind on the destroyer USS Hammann to disarm depth charges, saving the lives of many sailors who abandoned the sinking ship (see page 39)… Sports section begins on page 46

Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), 18 September 1942. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1942-09-18/ed-1/

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  Butcher Shop finishes the war as the oldest B-17 in the Army Air Force
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  Tibbets is commanding officer of the 340th Bombardment Squadron