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Hard to Realize - Oregon Connections to the End of the War in the Pacific

Lt. Staryl Austin, Jr. flew the P-47D Thunderbolt in combat in the European Theater of Operations with the 410th Fighter Squadron (squadron code R3) of the 373rd Fighter Group in Ninth Air Force. He completed 58 combat missions by the end of the war in Europe and returned to the US with his squadron and group after Victory in Europe Day, expecting to redeploy to fight Japan. Postwar he served in the Oklahoma ANG and after the Korean War returned to Oregon, where he commanded the 142nd Fighter Group and later the Oregon ANG. (The American Air Museum in Britain)

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