Manch was born in 1892 in Erie, Pa., the son of a German musician who emigrated to the United States in 1882 and married an American girl. Manch’s father instilled in him a love of classical music and ...

Six-foot-seven-inch Col. Manch was copilot of Crew Three of the Doolittle Raiders that made the famous raid on the home island of Japan after Pearl Harbor and was a native of Staunton. In addition to ...