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Sgt Harlie W. Sands entered the service on 2 September 1942. After training he was sent overseas on 11 February 1944.

Lt Amann in a/c 42-30340 "Screaming Red Ass", was hit by Me 109's. When last seen, the # 3 engine was feathered and both wings were badly shot-up. The plane crashed west of Magdeburg. Very determined enemy fighter opposition, lasting from 1300 to 1345 hours was met en route to the target. As was the case in the previous mission, all enemy attacks were during a lapse of our escort. 30 to 50 e/a mosty FW 190's made these attacks mainly from the nose high in a trail of 10 to 12 a/c. These saturation tactics confused our gunners, as they knew not which a/c to fire at. Since it was impossible to fire at all e/a attacking, some would get through. All of our missing a/c were shot down on this series of attacks.