A model P-47D-25 Thunderbolt "Bubbletop" like the plane flown by 2nd Lt. Norbert William Herriges, a World War II fighter pilot from Whitefish, at “The Airman They Never Forgot” exhibit at the Northwest Montana History Museum in Kalispell on Tuesday, Nov. 11. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
November 11, 2025
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Aug. 12, 1944, was Norbert’s 35th and what would be his final mission just three days before the invasion of Southern France.