Gale Cleven, One Of The 100th Bomb Groups Most Beloved Members
100th Photo ArchivesGale Cleven, known as Buck, survived 18 months in a POW camp during World War II. When Gale Cleven was shot down over Germany in October 1943, he went spinning through the sky toward a tiny farmhouse. Trying to avoid hitting the house, he yanked on his parachute strap and sailed straight through