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A Final Flight

  • Defense.gov
  • Jan. 10, 2019 | 4:57

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Raymond Schaaf passed away just ten days after taking flight with Honor Flight Austin to view the National WWII Memorial in Washington. Before he passed, he shared a memory of his first combat mission in the skies over Germany.