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World War II veteran Jim Stark, age 102, salutes a fellow veteran at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Remembrance Ceremony at La Fiere Bridge, France, June 4, 2026. Stark, who enlisted as an aviation cadet on his 18th birthday, flew P-38 Lightning combat missions over Europe with the 474th Fighter Group. During the war, he provided critical aerial coverage over the Remagen Bridge, escorted Allied bombers, and survived bailing out of a burning aircraft before being held as a prisoner of war. Following his WWII service, Stark flew F-80s and F-100s with the New Mexico Air National Guard and spent nearly 40 years as an aeronautical engineer at Sandia National Labs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Amber R. Kelly-Herard)
| Date Taken: | 06.03.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 06.09.2026 02:22 |
| Photo ID: | 9725618 |
| VIRIN: | 260604-F-MM068-1695 |
| Resolution: | 6048x4024 |
| Size: | 6.53 MB |
| Location: | FR |
| Web Views: | 35 |
| Downloads: | 1 |
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