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2nd Lt. Paul V. Vegna
720th Squadron
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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, Hanes.
They flew with two pilots and no co-pilot.
His regular crew was flown by Lt. Sauers as pilot and John Downey as co-pilot.
Hanes 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 regular crew died that day (see MACR #12922)
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Information provided by Susan Del Monte, daughter of Paul Vegna
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