D-Day
303rd Troop Carrier Squadron pilot, Jack Prince, was shot down in the early morning hours of D-Day, June 6, 1944, shortly after dropping his "stick" of 82nd Airborne paratroopers over Normandy, France. After safely crash landing in a small field, Prince and his fellow crewmembers evaded German patrols for nearly three weeks before being returned to England after being reunited with American forces. The 303rd TCS was part of the 442nd Troop Carrier Group, the predecessor of the 442nd Fighter Wing, an Air Force Reserve Command A-10 Thunderbolt II unit based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (Photo courtesy of Jack Prince)
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