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Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Townsend Griffiss, forgotten hero of World War II
It's 70 years this week since the first US air force officer was killed in
Europe, following America's entry into World War II. By heading the list of
30,000 USAAF men to lose their lives in the European theatre, Lt Col Townsend
Griffiss became a footnote in the history of the war. But who was he and how did
he die? BBC Link
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Thanks for posting this. He sounds like a real life version of a W.E.B. Griffon WWII novel character. Friendly fire.
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