THE  SHELBYVILLE  REPUBLICAN
 Tuesday May 8, 1945
GEORGE  APPLE  LISTED  MISSING  OVER  GERMANY
Fighter Pilot Is Reported Lost on Mission on April 17,
Wife Notified
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          Word that her husband, Second Lieut. George Alfred Apple, is listed as missing in action following a mission over Germany on April 17 has been received by Mrs. Rosella Newton Apple, of Waldron.
          No details were contained in the War Department telegram.  Lieutenant Apple is the son of George W. Apple; trustee of Liberty township and  Mrs. Apple, of near Waldron.

IN SERVICE SINCE 1943

          The young man served as pilot of P-51 Mustang fighter plane.  He entered service in February 1943, and received his commission at Marianna Field, Florida, in June, 1944.  He went overseas in February of this year.  His last letter to his family was dated April 16.
          Lieutenant Apple was born in Liberty township on September 27, 1920, and graduated from the Waldron high school with the class of 1938.  He and Mrs. Apple were married four years ago and they are the parents of a daughter, Joyce.
Submitted by Barb Huff

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