
The Long Slide Pistol
Owen J. Baggett was a second lieutenant in the 7th Bomb Group based at Pandaveswar, India, during World War II. Baggett enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and graduated from pilot training on July 26, 1942. On March 31, 1943, Baggett’s squadron, part of the 7th Bombardment Group, was ordered to destroy a bridge …