100th SFS hosts son of WWII waist gunner on 100th BG B-17 to visit father’s heritage jet, ‘Miss Irish’

U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sgts. Myron “Ty” Ettus, right, and Frank Buschmeier, both waist gunners on “Miss Irish,” B-17 Flying Fortress, and part of then-Capt. John P. Gibbons crew, pose for a photo with their aircraft in 1944. Ettus was assigned to the 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, out of Thorpe Abbotts, England, and completed 32 combat missions during World War II. (Photo courtesy of 100th Bomb Group Foundation, Bud Buschmeier)

PHOTO BY: Photo courtesy of 100th Bomb Group Foundation and Bud Buschmeier
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