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P47 Pilots Biographies, Last Name Starting With "S"
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Pilot Name
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Biography Summary
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Kenneth A. Sadik
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In June, 1944, Lt. Sadick was transferred
to England, and after D-Day, assigned to the
48th Fighter Group, 494th Fighter Squadron on the Beachhead at A-4.
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Kemal Saied
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When we arrived at our destination we
could see barrage balloons tethered by their
steel cables over the target just daring us to go
beneath them. We followed the leader to drop
our bombs on the target being careful not to
get lower than the balloons. After one bomb
run and three strafing passes, the ack-ack was
so light that we fell into game-playing to see
if we could deflate some balloons. They were
apparently self-sealing and filled with non-explosive gas, but we were having fun.
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Richard "Dick" Sallo
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Richard "Dick" Sallo, P-47 pilot who flew 97 missions in Europe during
World War II and earned the rank of 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army's
9th, passed away Aug. 25, 2009 near Chicago. He was 86 years old.
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Ralph A. Santasiero
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He
participated in the first flights on the "D-Day
Invasion" June 6, 1944 and was later stationed with the same group on Cherbourg at Ste. Mare Eglise and St. Dizier, France. He
flew 77 missions including escort, dive bombing, close support, destruction of railroads, ammunition dumps, bridges, tanks, artillery,
anti-aircraft and enemy airfields. He was
awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and
the Air Medal with 13 Oak Leaf Clusters.
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Robb Satterfield
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Helped develop fighter nuclear weapons
delivery with F-84E. Had two tours in England and 4 Atlantic crossings to RAF Manston in 1950 and RAF Wethersfield in 1952.
Was Operations Officer of the 51Oth FBS,
405th FBW, at Langley in F-84Fs. Graduated USAF Experimental Test Pilot School at Edwards in 1956
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Fred Christian Sautter
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He flew 81 missions in 10 months and was
assigned back to the States, having been
awarded the Air Medal with 14 clusters.
Released from active duty in May 1945,
he returned to civilian life and took on the
world of the salesman of heavy equipment to
the railroads.
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Helen M. Schaefer
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Enrolled in Civilian Pilot Training
(C-T) program sponsored by the U.S. government. Ten scholarships were issued in this program but only one female was eligible in
the top ten. Helen came in second with a
grade of 98 and therefore won a scholarship
which entitled her to free flying lessons and
a private's pilot license when the flight
course was successfully completed.
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Bernarr C. Schaeffer
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He
was assigned in France to the 9th Air Force,
367th Fighter Group, 394th Fighter Squadron and flew 36 missions supporting Gen.
Patton in his drive across France and Germany. During later stages of WW II played baseball on the group team opening the way
for a career in professional baseball lasting 3
years.
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Leonard J. Schallehn
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On June 16, 1944, flying his 46th sortie,
Schallehn was shot down. He took off from
Christchurch at 4 P.M. to escort A-26's over
Mayenne, France. Flying at 14,000 feet
over the target area, he suddenly felt the
concussion as the flak struck his engine. His
flight leader screamed in the headset for him
to bailout. After several unsuccessful
attempts, he put the plane into a dive, pulled
back on the stick and rolled it . . . coming
"out like a cork." He landed in a cornfield
somewhere between Laval and Mayenne. It was 5 PM.
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Kenneth D. Scheiwe
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He completed 218 combat missions. He was credited with destroying three enemy
aircraft - two ME 109's while flying P- 40's. His decorations include the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal and Croix de Guerre.
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