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On June 20, 1944, McCollum’s B-24J Liberator bomber collided mid-air with another B-24 while flying over the Baltic Sea off the Danish coast.
2nd Lt. Robert T. McCollum. Credit: DPAA

1 posted on 03/07/2025 7:27:37 PM PST by SunkenCiv

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To: SunkenCiv

Great man from a different time.

4 posted on 03/07/2025 7:30:26 PM PST by JZelle

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To: SunkenCiv

This story touches me, my late Father was a bombardier on a B-24 in the Army Air Forces in the Pacific Theater.

6 posted on 03/07/2025 7:32:49 PM PST by Inyo-Mono

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To: SunkenCiv

bttt

7 posted on 03/07/2025 7:34:40 PM PST by linMcHlp

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2nd Lt. Robert T. McCollum,

Thank you for your sacrifice. Rest in peac

8 posted on 03/07/2025 7:36:17 PM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)

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To: SunkenCiv

He was a soldier, not an “airman”.

10 posted on 03/07/2025 7:41:53 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))

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To: SunkenCiv

Welcome home, fallen patriot...
R.I.P.

11 posted on 03/07/2025 7:52:36 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)

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To: SunkenCiv

RIP

12 posted on 03/07/2025 8:12:46 PM PST by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)

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To: SunkenCiv

Welcome home 2nd Lt. Robert T. McCollum. Thank you for your service.

I salute you sir.