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260581 Sgt. Herman John "Wings" Valentine US Army Air Force 323rd Bomb Squadron 91st Bomb Group from:Canton, Ohio (d.9th Sep 1944) Herman Valentine was shot down on his first mission, on 9th of September 1944, after bombing the Skoda Works at Ludwigshaven, Germany in a B-17G named Strictly G.I. The airplane was severely damaged in its two right-side (starboard) engines, and the pilots' windscreen was blown out. The pilot, co-pilot, navigator, and bombardier were able to bail out safely and were captured immediately upon landing. The flight engineer/top turret gunner (Sgt. Valentine) and the other four gunners were not able to jump before the aircraft exploded. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.