During World War II, Paul Riley became a U.S. Army Air Forces ACE, credited with shooting down 6.5 enemy aircraft in aerial combat before he was himself shot down, captured, and interned as a Prisoner of War.
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During World War II, Paul Riley became a U.S. Army Air Forces ACE, credited with shooting down 6.5 enemy aircraft in aerial combat before he was himself shot down, captured, and interned as a Prisoner of War.
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First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Paul S. Riley (ASN: 0-2044939), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces after he was shot down on 24 April 1944, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military Control at the end of hostilities in May 1945.