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Named in Honor of Andrew Frank Schoeppel, Governor of Kansas ("The Sunflower State") from 1943 to 1947
Contributor -
Bruce Zalneraitis
Shown with my Father, Vitold "Victor" Zalneraitis
(Bombardier/Navigator - Standing Left). After transitioning to B-17s, he became a POW on the Polish-German
border and was liberated by Russian Infantry.
Info Contributor -
Ivo de Jong
Shown with the crew of Mike Volechenisky (Pilot - Standing 3rd from Left). Vitold "Victor"
Zalneraitis was the only survivor of
Harold Oesch’s B-17 crew after their plane was involved in a midair collision 30 Sep
44.
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