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Born March 12, 1915 in Boulder, CO, Robert "Red" Byron moved to Anniston, AL at an early age. He began racing in 1932 in unorganized races at a little known track in Talladega, AL and did his own car preparation at a garage he owned. He served as a tail gunner on 57 missions in a B-24 during World War II and was shot down over Kikta in the Aleutian Islands during his 58th mission. Ironically, he flew that mission for a friend whose wife was expecting their first child momentarily. After more than two years in military hospitals where doctors worked to rebuild his left

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