Lt. Koczak was a Thunderbolt pilot, who may have been one of the "fighter escorts" that kept the enemy away from my brother Len's B-24 Eighth Air Force Liberator crew as they made nightly bombing raids over Nazi Germany during WWII. I have often heard my brother recall how thankful the bomber crews were to have those P47 Thunderbolts, and P51 Mustangs watching over them.
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Saturday, February 14, 2009
1944: Lt. Koczak Receives the Air Medal
Lt. Koczak was a Thunderbolt pilot, who may have been one of the "fighter escorts" that kept the enemy away from my brother Len's B-24 Eighth Air Force Liberator crew as they made nightly bombing raids over Nazi Germany during WWII. I have often heard my brother recall how thankful the bomber crews were to have those P47 Thunderbolts, and P51 Mustangs watching over them.
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