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Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
I recently picked up a prewar Hiawatha from Les in Missouri. The bicycle belonged to his mother cousin, Harold Fohey. Les's grandparents purchased his aunts house and Harold bike was in the attic for the last 70 years. Les's mother asked him to sell the bike and I was more than happy to take over ownership and preserve the history.
Harold Fohey grew up and went to A.D Stowell Elementary School in Hannibal, MO. (K-9th grade).
First Row 2nd from the Left (About 14 years old)
First Row on the left (About 15 years old). Undefeated Champs!
Top Row 2nd from the right. 9th grade graduation.
Harold joined the Army/Air Force during WW2. He was a crewman on the Bomber Peg O' My Heart under Captain Kenneth Spinner. Harold and the crew were on Mission no. 94 (BOLZANO, ITALY) on NOVEMBER 10, 1943. The target was the Marshalling Yards at Bolzano. Twenty-four aircraft took off but only eight got over the target and dropped 24 tons of 500-lb. GP bombs. The other planes got lost in heavy clouds and returned to base. 2 aircraft didn't make it back from that mission, one was Harold's. Witnesses said they saw the engines on fire as it crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off of Cape Corse, Corsica. Unfortunately search parties could not find any survivors.
One crewman that didn't go on that mission had some slight fame. His name was Skippy and he even had a bomber named after him. Skippy was the Captains Dog and flew missions with the crew. Read the little newspaper clipping to see more on Skippy.
I'm can just see Kenneth, Harold and the crew hanging out with Skippy drinking a beer after a long days work. True Heros!
Harold Fohey grew up and went to A.D Stowell Elementary School in Hannibal, MO. (K-9th grade).
First Row 2nd from the Left (About 14 years old)
First Row on the left (About 15 years old). Undefeated Champs!
Top Row 2nd from the right. 9th grade graduation.
Harold joined the Army/Air Force during WW2. He was a crewman on the Bomber Peg O' My Heart under Captain Kenneth Spinner. Harold and the crew were on Mission no. 94 (BOLZANO, ITALY) on NOVEMBER 10, 1943. The target was the Marshalling Yards at Bolzano. Twenty-four aircraft took off but only eight got over the target and dropped 24 tons of 500-lb. GP bombs. The other planes got lost in heavy clouds and returned to base. 2 aircraft didn't make it back from that mission, one was Harold's. Witnesses said they saw the engines on fire as it crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off of Cape Corse, Corsica. Unfortunately search parties could not find any survivors.
One crewman that didn't go on that mission had some slight fame. His name was Skippy and he even had a bomber named after him. Skippy was the Captains Dog and flew missions with the crew. Read the little newspaper clipping to see more on Skippy.
I'm can just see Kenneth, Harold and the crew hanging out with Skippy drinking a beer after a long days work. True Heros!
