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Show urri t4 i f fja1l ja1l ( 1 4 " r 4 4Lt # Lt Don C HallDon Hall Don Hall BackTo Back To rfo Duty AfterReported After Reported MissingDon Missing - ' Don C Hall returned to dui duin d on ) n October 12th after safely escapmg e es- es - : - capmg raping with his life on October Octobe October7th Octobefth ber 7th fth While on a mission wlth with witB " a B 3 24 crew over Austna Austria Austriabomber th thomber bomber omber ) was hit by a flak fortng forc fort forcing > rc ing ng the ten men to bail ball out over overYugoslavia ove ovei'ugoslavla o " Yugoslavia i'ugoslavla iugoslavla ' YugoslaviaOn i'ugoslavlaOn On October 9th his hlS parents parent pareiVIr : g Mr hr and Mrs Thomas E Hall ofMaeser o oMaeser Qf of Maeser received a cabiegram cablegran cablegranrom their Disre Disreard Di < , - ? from rom son saying saymg ; - gard ; ard any other cable you mlght migh migheceive | , ' receive eceive Am perfectly safe am amveil ( well veil Don t worry On October Octobe October24th : y 24th 4th the parents recelvfd received received a win winrom ( from rom the war department departmentporting re reportmg reorting g porting portmg orting their son was mlssint missing . ; Ii Iietion in inaction action etion since smce October 7th over overAustria overiustrla Austria iustrla On October 26th the they theyrecelved gy ) received recelved eceived another official oUiclal govern government governlent govement , . , { ment lent communication communtcation saying that thatDon tha thaon tlDon Don ) on had returned to duty dutyDon dutyDon Don was recently advanced advances advancedfrom advancesrom ( from rom a flight officer to a second secondlieutenant seconc seconceutenant lieutenant eutenant He is a navi navigator ator on onthe or the e bomber and according accordmg totter to toletter , aletter a letter tter the parents received receivedwould receivedCould recelv < a would Could have been hit hlt full In the theface theice face ice had he been sitting in m his hisusual hi : usual sual place when the bomber bomberIwas bomber'as ie , Iwas was 'as as ' struck He explained explamed that thatla thatflak , n a flak is lS a large shell that exlodes ex cplodes .x x . pi odes lodes when it reaches a certain certainaltitude certainItitude certaaltitude n la altitude Ititude According to Lt Hallie Hall Hallthe Ha 11 the ie shell missed mlssed the bombarier bombar bombardler bomb < tr . , dier dler ier by a mere four inches mches AnCher An Another n other Cher piece plece of the shell went wentIthrough wentirough Ithrough through irough the upper gun turret turretand turretad . and ad fortunately the gunner was wasof as Inot wasInot not of occupying his usual place or orIhe ora Ihe he a would have met instant death deathThe deathThe h The bomber s supply of gas gasgave gasive g gave ive out over Yugoslavia and andthe andLe the Le crew bailed balled out withall with all ten tenmembers tenembers t > n members embers saf safe " They received ex excellent exllent cellent llent care Don s report said saidalthough saidthough salalthough although though four members werereed were wereforced weiforced forced reed to remain due to minor minorinjuries minorjuries min mininjuries < injuries juries theyreceived they received in landg land landing ing g when the remainder remamder of the thecrew theew crew ew returned to their base basesomewhere basemewhere somewhere mewhere in ItalyEmbarkmg ItalyEmbarking Italy Embarking Embarkmg for foreign service serviceon servicei servh servhon : Lt Hall has hasbeen hasen on i September 11 llth 11th th been en on nine nme bombing bombmg missloi missions missionsto missionsdate to date He received recelved his flight flightofflcer flightficer officer offlcer ficer s commission at Elling Ellington Ellingn g Ion ton n Field Texas and was last sta stationed staiced st sttloned tloned tioned ) iced at Tonapaugh Nevada NevadaHe NevadaHe He entered service on Novemr Noven Novem November n ber r 2 1942 and was first tirst station stationed stationat staticed ] ed at Luke Field Fleld Anz Ariz |
