Lt. Col. Paul B Fine, born in Mpls. MN.USA. A heavily decorated, lifetime active member of the US armed services. He served as a B-24 lead navigator in the Eighth Air Force in WWII based in England, where he received the Distinguished Flying Cross. Paul completed 29 missions as a lead navigator when the war in Europe ended. Paul was in the 489th Bomb group, 846th Squadron. He also served later as lead navigator in the 491st Bomb group and 852nd Squadron. He flew 52 missions in the Korean War. Later became decorations officer and Missile officer, officiating the first ABM test launch. Paul helped write a new chapter in Air Force history, successfully completing a long range navigation project never before attempted. This involved ferrying B-26 bombers from California to Japan without the "mother ship"- which is a long range bomber or transport that goes with for navigation. His elder brother Ralph I Fine, served as a Eighth Air Force copilot and pilot on 24+ missions out of Norwich, England, from Attlebridge. For more details, read book: Carioca-Bev, on amazon.com.