World War II Veteran, 89, Flies Again
Stuart G. Newman, 89, manipulates a target locator aboard a B-17 Friday over Fort Lauderdale. Newman, a B-17 navigator/bombardier during World War II, had an opportunity to fly in the vintage aircraft operated by the Collings Foundation, a Massachusetts-based organization that tours the B-17 and other historic World War II aircraft around the U.S. Newman's last mission on a B-17 was over Europe in April 1945. The B-17, a P-51 and a B-24 are slated to be at Florida Keys Marathon Airport for touring from Monday afternoon through Wednesday at noon.
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Stuart Newman flew his last mission of World War II 67 years ago, in the spring of 1945. On Friday he returned to the skies, in a B-17 high above South Florida.
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