Um, or perhaps it's the anniversary of VJ Day.
That would be 68 years ago. 2013 - 1945 = 68
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Yet, the first claim of a Me262 (Ofw H Lauer) shot down was by Maj J Myers and Lt M Croy Jr in P47s of the 78th FG on
Aug 28 1944.
MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONSSTRATEGIC OPERATIONS
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Fifteenth Air Force):In the Fifteenth AF's first mass night raid, 252 B-17s and B-24s after a predawn takeoff pound beaches in the Cannes-Toulon, France area in immediate advance of Operation DRAGOON; 28 other fighter-escorted B-17s bomb highway bridges over the Rhone River; B-17s sent against coastal gun positions abort the mission owing to poor visibility; and 166 P-51s escort Mediterranean Tactical Air Force (MATAF) C-47s carrying airborne invasion troops.
http://www.usaaf.net/chron/44/aug44.htm