Foggia Italy - 20 June 1945
|
|
|
|
|
Larry and Paul
|
Paul Vegna was the Co-Pilot in William Haines Crew.
He flew in the planes Satan's Gal and Mighty Mouse
Paul was probably 20 years old and was the pilot of his own crew.
On 9 March 1945 he was assigned to fly with another pilot, Haines.
They flew with two pilots and no co-pilot.
His original crew was flown by Lt. Saurer as pilot and John Downey as co-pilot.
Haines and Vegna were to fly in the # 2 spot as standby lead in case the lead plane was shot down.
10 planes went into the cloud bank and only 9 planes came out of the cloud bank.
All but Vegna and one other of Vegna's original crew died that day (see MACR #12922)
|
Left to Right
Larry, Jim, John, Paul Vegna & S/Sgt. Edward S. Yack
|
Molto Buono Article
Saturday, 24 February 1945
|
Paul and John
|
Manning a 50cal waist gun
|
A sketch of Paul by Frank Demjen, 720th Squadron
|
A note with the above sketch
|
Another sketch
|
Vegna and James Irwin
|
A letter home to Paul's parents
|
Paul relaxing - April 1945
|
Supply Officer (L) and Paul (R)
|
Vegna and Frank Demjen
|
