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Show Abbott Has Over 150 Hours in Air Over Europe AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOMBER STATION, England When he celebrated cel-ebrated Christmas Day by participating partici-pating in the 8th Air Force bombing bomb-ing attack upon a railroad tunnel at Ahrweiler, Germany, Staff Sergeant Ser-geant Manley A. Abbott, 18-year old B-17 Flying Fortress ball-turret gunner from Delta, didn't count upon the reception that was given his formation that day by the Luftwaffe. Luft-waffe. Fortunately, although there were over 30 MelOSs or FW 190s in the vicinity only a few made passes at the Delta airman's element. The 493rd Bomb. Group veteran, who has spent more than 150 hours in aerial combat in the skies over Europe, has been awarded the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters Clust-ers for "meritorious achievement" during operations against the enemy. ene-my. His group, commanded by Col. Robert B. Landry, is a unit of the Third Air Division, the division cited cit-ed by the President for its England to Arctic shuttle bombing of Mess-erschmitt Mess-erschmitt aircraft plants in Regen-burg. Regen-burg. Germany. Sgt. Abbott attended the Delta high school, and entered the serv-icein serv-icein February of 1943. The son of Mrs. Doris Abbott. Delta, the Fortress Fort-ress gunner received his wings at Las Vegas, Nevada in May, 1944. Lt. (j.g.) Charles L. Williams, U P B 98, has arrived at San Diego. He flew his plane from Corpus Christi. Texas, where he has been stationed since returning from the South Pacific. He spent 14 months overseas. He is the son of Mr and Mrs. Charles Williams of Leamington. |
