Show Kaysville Staff Sergeant Wins I Flying Cross J Staff Sergeant Stephen M. M it Nance Nanci I 27 2 7 recently received medals S and a as nd departed for or duty again after r Sr spending spending- s his furlough with his lii hi S mother mot Mrs Merritt Nance A hall ball turret gunner on oil a D 17 I fl-I Sergeant Nance has had two nar nar- narrow row escapes after air raids over Germany and antI Franco Francc lIe He wears a burn I scar on one of his hii ankles which Slopped Mopped a piece of hot hint flak as lie he and his lik crew bombed Leipzig ig Germany on February 20 II He lie e was wa as the only one injured that flight but hut buttin tin on the worst raid yet yet the one o cr Schweinfurt Germany on October 24 4 three of or his buddies were seriously wounded and he lie escaped esca cd without injury j although the ship was badly shot up That was really a hot battle he lie said On his fourth trip over Germany and their four bomber developed serious trouble and md the pilot flew the plane back backo to o gliding chiding onto the field fieM after crossing the channel with will one engine and arid as they Rot got over the time field it too died they were out I of gas ga gash 1 Sergeant Nance declared the sensation is h much the tine same as I running out of gas in an automobile I one involuntarily tries to push it onward by hy a series of body hody jerks Another time engine trouble caused the plane to crash- crash land the airfield on but the crew kept their fingers crossed and no noone noone one was injured he lie related Sergeant Nance has official cred ered- credit it for probably destroying one on Ger German German German man plane a Ju 88 u 88 and badly dam darn alCin another lie Ic has very recently i been een awarded the distinguished fly ing cross lot for Q completing 25 23 bomb bomb- bombing bombing ing missions and previously won the air medal and three oak clust dust clusters clusters ers ens which winch he brought home for safe keeping |