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Lt. Armin Newton Schaper CSC, DFC.
US Navy VB 114
from:New York, NY
Armin Schaper participated in the first night searchlight missions by the US Navy during WWII, chasing German subs over the English Channel, while stationed at Dunkswell with Fleet Air Wing 7.
He received a DFC for safely crash landing his plane with a full load of bombs.... among other reasons.
He flew a Liberator as well as a Spitfire during WWII.