Wayne E Downing Died : 4 / 8 / 2018

First Lt Wayne E Downing (deceased) A pilot, Wayne Downing flew Douglas A20 Havoc light bombers with the 416th Bomb Group, the first Group to fly the A20 in Europe. On D-Day the 416th BG targeted Argentan, a major German troop crossroads, and later in the day a second mission to hit a major marshalling yard. Moving to France in September 1944, in October he converted over to flying the more advanced A26 Invader. Wayne Downing flew a total of 86 combat missions. Post-war he stayed with the Air Force flying the B-47 and B-52 until 1962, becoming a maths teacher after leaving the service. He died on 4th August 2018.

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	Clipped Signature - Ralph F Conte. Price : £100.00	Ralph F Conte - A bombardier / navigator with the 416th Bomb Group, he flew his first mission on 4th March 1944. Flying a total of 65 combat missions in the A-20 Havoc and A-26 Invader, he was awarded the Purple Heart after being wounded by flak on......
	Clipped Signature - Wayne E Downing. Price : £100.00	Wayne E Downing - A pilot on the A-20 Havoc with the 416th Bomb Group, he flew missions D-Day. He later converted to the A-26 Invader, completing a total of 86 combat missons. Post-war he stayed with the Air Force flying the B-47 and B-52 until 19......
	Clipped Signature - Wayne E. Downing. Price : £45.00	......
	Clipped Signature - Arthur R Milow. Price : £100.00	Arthur R Milow - Commanding Officer of the 643rd Bomb Squadron, 409th Bomb Group, he flew 66 combat missions in the A-20 Havoc and A-26 Invader, including on D-Day itself and in the Battle of the Bulge. He died in 2012. Wayne E Downing - A p......
	D-Day Armada by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) Price : £250.00	There was never a greater concentration of air power deployed in an active theater of war as over the English Channel in May and June 1944. As D-Day approached, the USAAFs Ninth Air Force had assembled over 3500 aircraft a day, they were pounding ene......

	D-Day Armada by Nicolas Trudgian (B) Price : £220.00	There was never a greater concentration of air power deployed in an active theater of war as over the English Channel in May and June 1944. As D-Day approached, the USAAFs Ninth Air Force had assembled over 3500 aircraft a day, they were pounding ene......
	D-Day Armada by Nicolas Trudgian (C) SOLD OUT	There was never a greater concentration of air power deployed in an active theater of war as over the English Channel in May and June 1944. As D-Day approached, the USAAFs Ninth Air Force had assembled over 3500 aircraft a day, they were pounding ene......	NOT AVAILABLE
	V.E. Day - Heading Home by Nicolas Trudgian. Price : £140.00	Only 50 copies available.......
	Raising Havoc in the Ardennes by Nicolas Trudgian. (C) Price : £390.00	It is January 1945, and its cold. The German advance in the Ardennes is nearly over, but the Panzer Army is desperately throwing more troops into the breach who try to keep their momentum going in The Battle of the Bulge. Tasked with preventing Germ......

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First Lt Wayne E Downing (deceased)

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