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Col. David W. Irvin

COL. DAVID W. IRVIN, JR. was a United States Air Force officer and the author of three books: Escape or Evade, Special Operations, and Highway to Freedom: The Berlin Airlift.

Irvin flew 30 combat missions with the 447th Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force after graduating from USAF Bombardier School. Shot down over France in November 1943 and captured by the Germans, he escaped and returned to his unit via Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden. He later volunteered for the Berlin Airlift, flying 85 missions from Rhein-Main Air Base in Frankfurt, Germany, and subsequently completed training in navigation, radar, and bombardier school through the B-47 program.

Col. David W. Irvin’s books are published by Turner Publishing.

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    In 1948, Colonel David W. Irvin, Jr. volunteered for the Berlin Airlift and flew 85 missions from Rhein-Main AB at Frankfurt, Germany. He later vol...

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