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Article: Bernerd Harding; WWII flier sought buried pilot's wings
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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CONCORD, N.H. - Bernerd Harding, a World War II pilot from New
Hampshire who went on a quest to find the pilot's wings he buried in
Germany 65 years after his B-24 was shot down, died Tuesday at age
90.
Mr. Harding's wife, Ruth, confirmed that he died at his home in
Milford. He had prostate cancer.
Mr. Harding never found his wings during his September trip to
Germany but was given a bracelet belonging to another American
airman who had also been shot down, to return to his family.
Later that month, Mr. Harding was a passenger in the Witchcraft,
the last B-24 still flying.
He sat in the cockpit behind the pilots in a 30-minute flight
from Laconia to Manchester.
Mr. Harding knew then that ...