A local man on a quest with his family embarking on a 5,200 mile journey that was a decade in the making. It was a discovery that crossed continents, bridged generations and united two nations. It was the quest to find Lt. Loren Hintz that stretched from Northwest Arkansas to Italy.
It was a hazy morning on April 21, 1945 when First Lt. Loren Hintz flew over the picturesque fields near Bologne, Italy. He was a member of the 79th Fighter Group, flying a P47 Thunderbolt. It was his 66th mission of World War II and it would be his last. "German soldiers were firing machine guns from a dugout and I saw the plane catching fire and then crashing to the ground" said Ernesto Macferri who back in 1945 was a young Italian boy enduring the horrors of the war.
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