Havocs flying at low altitude in a desert mission. DVX

Low altitude attacking mission

These Norseman were from the 320th Air Transport Squadron, based at Le Borge' in Paris. The 320th's primary duty was air evacuation from forward hospitals, bringing the wounded back to major hospitals in Paris. The planes could carry three stretchers and a flight nurse. It was also a plane from the 320th that was carrying Glenn Miller when it disappeared over the English Channel on December 15,1944.

UC-64A Norseman of 320th Air Transport

PILOTS FROM THE 366TH FIGHTER GROUP INSPECTING ONE OF THE PANTHER TANKS DESTROYED BY THE GROUP.  PILOTS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT LT. H.W. Collins (My father) Joe Richmond and Paul Barrel, not sure who the man on the right is.  The unit was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for this action.  The operation started as a mission to strike an artillery unit holding up the grunts.  There were 8 planes that spotted the tank column near the original target.  The grunts were 200 yards away and didn't know they were coming.