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The Samuel H. Miller Keeping Our Words Alive Digital Archive of the Cleveland Jewish News The German Air Force held joint exercises in Israel last fall.The Aug. 18 flyover will take the pilots over the former Nazi airfield Furstenfeldbruck near Munich, which is where Palestinian terrorists shot dead nine Israeli athletes and coaches and one German police officer at the 1972 Summer Olympics. It will be the Israeli Air Force’s first joint exercise with the Luftwaffe in Germany. The South Euclid Humane Society will have adoptable cats at the event and the Herps Alive Foundation will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (JTA) – In Montreal, the boxes will include apple or honey cake mix. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sara Hoerichs) I love Beachwood, but as a Black resident with two sons at Beachwood Middle School and a daughter at Beachwood High School, I am furious.
F16 jets fly above the airport in Herzliya, Israel, Nov. 15, 2019. A C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 62nd Airlift Wing conducts an Air Force Salutes morale flyover across the Puget Sound region, May 8, 2020. His family postponed the funeral until now because of COVID-19 restrictions.Masks will be required during the 11:30 a.m. chapel service, which will be limited to the number of attendees, according to Restlawn staff.A larger gathering can take place during the graveside service, estimated to begin at 12:45 p.m., according to Bissell's obituary published in the Statesman Journal. Loving mother of Suzanne (Mitchell) Freiberg and Linda Klein (Bob Johnson).
Masks and/or social distancing will be required.Bissell served during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War as a navigator and a pilot.He graduated from high school in Eugene and was a student at the University of Oregon before enlisting in August 1942, according to newspaper articles provided by the family.After being commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in October 1943, he was assigned to the 97th Bomb Group in Italy and served 50 combat missions in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations as a navigator on the B-17 Flying Fortress.He flew his "golden" mission on July 9, 1944, during an attack on the oil refineries at Ploiesti, Romania.While in the Mediterranean Theater, he was presented the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with six oak leaf clusters, according to a newspaper report.Bissell returned to the states in October 1944 and was assigned as a navigation instructor in Texas, then later applied and was accepted for pilot training, receiving his wings in August 1945.His next assignment was with the 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron stationed at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, Marianas Islands. Two Israelis had been killed earlier.The joint delegation will later attend a commemoration ceremony at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial.Get the award-winning Cleveland Jewish News and our popular magazines delivered directly to you. Beale Air Force Base Flyover Saturday, May 9, 2020 at Noon On Saturday Beale Air Force Base Salutes Northern California healthcare workers, first responders, and other essential personnel on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19. In New Hampshire, they’ll include bird seed. For first time, Israeli and German warplanes to perform joint flyover in Germany
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