From the April 9th Fox 12 (Oregon) News.
Bill Steitz led 85 bombing missions and was on 100 in the European Theater of World War II. At age 19, he was the youngest pilot to ever fly a B-24 bomber and says on reflection that he was lucky to have survived.
On April 8, 1945, 65 years ago, he led the biggest bombing mission during World War II at the front of the entire 15th Air Force in the Plosetti Raid.
Yesterday, he was honored at the Aurora, Oregon, airport on the 65th anniversary of his last mission. he was taken up for a plane ride on a civilian plane.
Too bad It Couldn't Have Been on a B-24, --Cooter
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