Splendor of Youth: Grandson of WWII fighter pilot gives presentation to Charles City history students

Hans Wronka shows a projected image of his grandfather, Lt. Loren E. Hintz pictured with another WWII fighter pilot, during a presentation at Charles City High School. Press photo by John Burbridge

Han Wronka, surviving grandson of WWII fighter pilot and Charles City native Loren Hintz, shows several Charles City students target maps used by pilots in the war as well as several items recovered from Hintz’s wreckage site, including (right-hand corner) a CO2 canister pierced by anti-aircraft fire preventing a would-be ejection from the cockpit Press photo by John Burbridge