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Watch linked to 1952 spy-plane crash no longer tells time. But it tells quite a story.
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GREENSBORO — After nearly 67 years, Uncle Norm's watch has come home to his family.
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Erik Kirzinger wears the watch believed to belong to his uncle, Norman Schwartz, in Greensboro on Wednesday. Norman Schwartz was a CIA contract pilot killed during a 1952 mission over Manchuria.
Bernadine Hernandez/News & Record
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Erik Kirzinger’s uncle, Norman A. Schwartz, was a CIA contract pilot killed during a 1952 mission. Schwartz’s family was told that the men had crashed into the Sea of Japan on a routine flight from Tokyo to Seoul.
Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record/
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Rockingham man's passion leads to art and calendar spotlighting CIA secret ops
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“Ambush in Manchuria,” by Dru Blair, is the March image. The painting shows Chinese Communist gunfire downing a Civil Air Transport C-47 on Nov. 29, 1952. The crew were unaware that their exfiltration mission had been compromised.
Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record
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The site in China where the plane piloted by Norman A. Schwartz was shot down on Nov. 29, 1952 during the Korean War.
Photo courtesy of Erik Kirzinger
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The watch worn by Norman A. Schwartz resembles the Rolex Oyster Datejust that was later found where his plane was shot down in China during the Korean War.
Photos courtesy of Erik Kirzinger
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- Tim Rickard/News & Record
The watch worn by Norman A. Schwartz resembles the Rolex Oyster Datejust that was later found where his plane was shot down in China during the Korean War.
- Photos courtesy of Erik Kirzinger
Erik Kirzinger wears the watch believed to belong to his uncle, Norman Schwartz, in Greensboro on Wednesday. Norman Schwartz was a CIA contract pilot killed during a 1952 mission over Manchuria.
- Bernadine Hernandez/News & Record
Erik Kirzinger’s uncle, Norman A. Schwartz, was a CIA contract pilot killed during a 1952 mission. Schwartz’s family was told that the men had crashed into the Sea of Japan on a routine flight from Tokyo to Seoul.
- Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record/
The site in China where the plane piloted by Norman A. Schwartz was shot down on Nov. 29, 1952 during the Korean War.
- Photo courtesy of Erik Kirzinger
“Ambush in Manchuria,” by Dru Blair, is the March image. The painting shows Chinese Communist gunfire downing a Civil Air Transport C-47 on Nov. 29, 1952. The crew were unaware that their exfiltration mission had been compromised.
- Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record
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