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, on the Tneaty-ninth d p of April , Nineteen 

hundred and forty- two , 

the 310th Bomb Group wae organised 

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under the command of ht Col 

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Flint Garriaon Jr ., rith lst Lieutenaat 

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Haynea and Har ry 11 

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Ger vi n ae O , d ut ant and As ei st ant ad ut ant 

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t he 310t h noved t o Col umbi s 1hv4r Ai r bs ae . 

dt Co l umbi s i t 

, e f i v e 3quad - 

rons , 

the 3?9th , the 380th 

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the 381st 

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28th and Headqnarters Squad - 

, ron , aow under the command of Lt Col 

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gnthony G iunter began . , combat 

training in preparation for duty arner seas . 

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Prev i aus to 29 April 1 , 2 , th ere h a d beea s 310th Bomb Graup . Also , 

th ere h ad been a 309th Bomb Grvnp . These two orga . niza tions , at gey 1 'ie ld , 

llissisaippi , traded designations , the 309th becoming the 310th , the then 

310th becoming the 309th . Lt the aeme tine , the 378th Bombardment Squad - 

ron of the 309th became the 3glst Bombardment 9qua dron of the 31Qth Bonb 

Group . 

In order to get a olear picture of the 310th 

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it is necesa8ry to re- 

PieR briefly the hietory of its parent organizati©n , 

the 309th . General 

Order Nua ber 15 

, publ i shed at Fort Gearge Wri ght Washi 

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h arch 1 

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act i vat ed t he 309th Bomb Gr oup at ltiisc on , ri $ona . 

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Ras transf erred without peraonnel to Jackson Ara Air Base Jackson 

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asi asf ppi 

, wher e i t waa j oi ned on 5 ltar ch 42 by i t s f i r at cadr e of per - 

somnel 

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Thi s cadr e was f ormed at Yuroc Lek e , 

Ca l i f orni a , 

22 January , 

f5ro e 

personne l of the 2?ad Baab Group. The Cadre , 

tra'e ling by train !Yo® lfuroc 

Ia ke , ar r i ved 

, at Langl r Ff sl d 

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Vi r gi ni a , wher e af t er a f ew days , 

t hery reentra 

ined for Jack son , 

Yiasiasippi 

, arriQing there 5 Ilarch l 

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0 12 Yarch ,., 2 , 3pecial Order 59 , Jackson 1ra Air B ase, d esigna t e d 

thirty three men of the C adre to be th e 3?8th B oa b ard . ment S quadron of the 

309th Bomb Graup , with 2nd Lt . J . P . Aa lk er commanding . Lt . Ralker remained 

with th e 378th f or th e d uration of its sta at Jeakeon . 

31 garch l , 2 , Pvt l c l . J ane s C . Tra yrri ck raa appoi nt e d act i ng l st 

3ergeant of th e C a dre , relieving 3/Sgt . Glenn L . 8 a tliff . On 25 gpril 

42 , Tratywi ck beca ae l at 5ergeaat i n f act . 

Time wand ered on, and uirtil 20 april 42 , the Cadre disported itself 

in th e pl easaat enviroas of J ackson , doing the ®ar y thinga eohdiera find 

to do w h en th ere ia nothing elae to do . Doing the high spote of J ackeon , 

doing its citisena , or doing ust nothing at all . C am. e the d amn o f 20 

lpril l ,. 2 , and a motor aon.ay rumbled ont of the ir B sae, and wound ita 

way through th® atreets of the town and doen to the highway . r citisen 

of J ackson awa ke a t the tiQe l ast heard it disappearing in the direction 

of lderidi an. I n it rode the Cadre , increaeed in number by a l erge ahipment 

of rookies om 3h eppard Field and burdened only w ith ita persona l 

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' effecta , and a keen seaee of the aReet aorrow of parting . 

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aey Field was partaking of noon chae when the liotor Convoy dumped 

ite hunan cargo at the South end of the runway , and departed 

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llheth er 

it waa the circumstances of aoon cho. , or a natural aiatruat of atrangera 

which pronpted their attitude , couldn't be ascert ained 

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lt a 

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the Cedre waen't welcomed with open arss . 

It wasn't even invited 

to eho. . 

?here it sat , high and drf h 

, ot and dust y. There it sat for 

the remaind er of the forenoon, and nll of the afternoon , amid a h a$e of 

wondernen t ead a euperabundance ot'thumb -twiddling . 

Hepeated inquirisa 

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ath ofY'icisl 

, and of a pri.ate nature , 

discloaed nothing but a tYrm conviction 

on the part of the Field'a authorities that it did aot e d at 

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3lmnlt aneoue] . y w ith th e arrival o f the E ening Star in the Rastern 

heavene , th ere appeared on the fiehd s lerge blue sedan , cofltaining two 

o fficers . P oasessing aa rnttlook sore rea liatic than tbat msint ained b r 

the othera to w hom inquiriea had been a ddressed , th eee t wo o tY'ieers rsa d - 

ily acknowledged the Cadre's existence . lbreover , th ey recognised aad 

appreciated ita unfortunate predicament . F rthermore , they began doing 

something a bout it , for w ith lightning atrokes of organized geniue , th e 

Cadre was transported to a chow of corned beef , wsrm ice tea, and cold 

Dash e d potatoes , fyrom there it was uahered to an e®pt y b arrack s. Light 

bulbs were screwed into socketa; floors were swept ; awd beds and blan ceta 

were h satily procnred , traneported a. nd install ed . Not until all bnt the 

l ast few rookiee were comfort abl y in bed did the otficere find time to 

introd uce th emselves . They were l st Lieutenants Freunk H . H aynes and R arry 

1 . Gervin , wh o ahortly there8tter became respective y, Odfut ant and Aasistant 

Ad utant of th e 31ath . 

29 Apri l 1 , 2 , w hen t he C s, dr e of f i ci 811 , p becsaie t he 310t h BambarYtment 

Granp , and th e 378th b ecame the 381at , found th e organizati on residing in 

a t ent ar ea uat out ai de t h e gat s e of ae r Fi el d . Al t haugh t h e 3gl at traa 

not , as yet , under the direct aupervision of a , y o fficer , a dai 3r routine 

was beginning to take ahape . In the aiorning , oa l . esth enties were conducted 

by S/Sgt . Ratliff , a ft er h e h ad auperviaed the policiz g oP the area . L ater 

in the morning , th e rn okies , araed with S oldierts lsanua ] . s , sa t under th e 

treee and anoosed whil e being lectured on Yilitary Coroart esy and M sciplise 

by S/S gt . Ch eater Chad we ll , or by Ptt . John Post , who h sd been to fi litary 

ach ool , and who knew all nbout euch things . The afternoona , up until 4:00 

P . Y ., were dewoted to hiking th rovgh the conntry aide , in formation . 

ifter l s00 P . M ., everyone disappeared , and the tent area was deaerted . 

There was no g . P ., and no guard duty . f`ter a ll , Yeridian wsa a town with 

a persona lity , a toNn not easil y forgotten , a tovn in wl . ch there were innumerable 

things to do . The bulletin board na ned a long liat o! night spots 

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whoae ezce lence was confirmed by the fact that they h ed been placed off 

' limits; there rere three I . S . O . Clubs , complete with eub - debs and cbaperons 

. There were Church eoci s l8 , with weiner roaets; and th ere was eid - 

emann a Reataurant , one o f th e moet f amoue in the Sauth . 

' ' Also , there as bed -check at 11:00 P . [ . Until appreheaded by lat 9ergeant 

Traywick , it *ae a co®mon practice aoong aone memb era o f th e S qua dron 

to ta k e advant ege of the tent are8 being outside th e ga t ea. Returning f a® 

town in t axis , th ey wou ld clinb benea th their bl snkets until bed -aheck had 

been comp l ated , and thea bs rsturned to ta rn by the Raiting taais and tc 

h atever variety of xine , wonen or song had been helping them whoop it up . 

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Lat e on t he ni ght of Fr i d r , 15 1la . y . y . 2 , a t t er h avi ng ver y h ur r i edl y 

packed all of their belonginga , th e entire Group atood on the railroad eid - 

ing of 8ey Field , a iting t v be sand wiched into a Pnllman Train which wae 

asvera l h ourg l ate . In discussing th e aituation , the vocabularies of eioet 

oP th e more eaperienced Lh listed den were not in the l eaBt altered by th e 

fact that the new Group Chapla in , lst Lieutenant W a lter J . Poynton , wae 

saking hie initia l public appearance . However , w h en th e sun arose nazt 

morning , it faund th e Group in Bi rmingh $a , Al a b ame, marching in two forsatione 

darn Fif'th Avenue in search of chow . One formation de8cended upon 

the Bankh ea d H otel , w hil e the other took poasession of the Zhtx fler Hote l . 

It was a d arned good breskfaet . 

The Redlick Hotel , in Atl anta , Georgi a serired a lunch compoaed of 

sal ad , fried chicken , biacuita , h oney, ice cresm and eaccellent coffee . 

It also furniah ed a booc l unch w hich as designed to st ave off hanger until 

Columbi a Army gir Base was reached ne zt morning . 

To as that the first vie. of Columbia gr Air Base precipitated a 

condition of eevere shock among the perevnnel , 

is a grass underetats ment 

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area which confront ed them upon arrival resembled in , most reepecte 

a ghost camp left from the Civil 11ar Row . upon raR of dilapidated pyran 

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. a l t en t a s t r ugg l e d a t rei rd ang l e s t o ke ep f r om f el l i n g i nt o t he gr a s s 

which grew high between them . 

A cross the road , a row of small and dingy 

mess halla rere flanked by a emaller and dingier Poat B cchange To . add 

to the confl tsion it 

, was hot Dery . very hot Th 

. e future looked dull 

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After having taken less than two minutes to eurvey the situation 

Lts 

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Aaynes and Gervin lunged into action . 

ithin two daps the scene 

changed completely Tents . trere repaired or replaced , electricity inata lled 

and grave 

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l apread on the Squadrona' streeta . 

tent containing two C 

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ocaola 

machines made its appearance . 

A larger tent f rniah ed ehelter for the 

kitchen , and chow wae aerved out of doors . 

ihen , on 19 May l 

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A Pl 

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iand of the Group , with lst Lt 

. ynard W 

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Bell for Ld 

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Haynes and Gervin were able to turn over to them a really repreaentative 

area . 

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On 8 June 1 + 2 , the 381st Bombsrdment Squa dron received its first S qv. a d - 

ron Commander , 2nd Lt . Charles Y . Williams , a Bombardiering Officer . In 

addition to his other duties , Lt . 19111iams was appointed Group Transportati 

on 4fficer an d Group S pecia l 3 ervice Officer . 

L rapid turnover of personne l , which waa to continue for severa l montha , 

began to take place . 

New faces appeared and old ones disappeared 

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An epedemic 

of Yel ow Jaundice sent many of its victime to Fort Jackson'a hospital 

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' but an influx of rookies easily replaced those lost by transfer, and th e 381st 

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a s wel l a s t he Gr oup c ont i nued t o ex pand . 

gbout 10 June , ,,, 2 , pa , r t l y b ec au s e of fts increased size and partly becau se of a new Post Ek change and restaurant 

whicr were to be erected on the aite the Group , moved again In back 

. of the 

roR of iness hal s across the street was another tent area , equally as dilapidated 

as the one which had greeted the organization upon arrival . During 

t h e next f ew de y s de , s pi t e a wav e of i nt ens e h eat Lt Pi l l i 

, . ams dev ot ed hi s 

energies to supervising the repair of the tents in the new Squadran Area , and 

the restoration of the ancient mess hall ehich had been assigned to the 381st 

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On 18 June 1 , 2 , Lt . Col . Anthon G . Hnnt er aaeumed command of the Group , 

re lieving C apt a in Plant , r ho b ecsme Graup Opera tions Officer . 

On 20 June 1 , 2 , l at Lieutenant Ivaa L . Ferguson assumed comm4nd of the 

381st Bombaraasnt 3quadron . From that day on the 381at eom aeaced to matnre . 

Dnring the neoct few Reaka , thinga atarted to happen , and rapidly . Lieuteonaat 

lti l l i ame l ePt on an Z - lEis ai on ; t *o dosen new of Pi cer a msr s aeei gned t o 

the 3 qnadron; Lt . Ferguson appointed 2nd Lt . I van R . Ca pbell S quadron Ad - 

nt ant , and lst Lt . l illiam T . Alexand er, S quadron Operations Officer . Ear13 

in Ju l y , 6 brand new 8 - 25'a were delivered . The 381st was beginnir to re - 

semble a combat organization . 

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Shortly aft erwards , the S quadron was p l unge d into its first five weeks 

of D . T . I . tra ining . This is a period w hich was characterized by feverish 

activ ity in a ll departmeats . P i lots worked out in Link Trainers as w ell as 

i n th e air; gu . nners practiced their art in a row of turrets set up in a build - 

ing near the h angar . Bornbardiera , practicing rith their bombsights , rode about 

the hangar in tall stilt - hioh wagons which were d esi gne d to simul a te the actua l 

conditions experienced in bombing . R adio men concentrat ed on dots and dashes 

and the el ectrica l my s t eries pecu liar to radio . N rriada of inech anics and eng 

i neera swarme d over the B - 25's when they were on the ground; Rarming them up , 

cooling them off , pampering them and preening them . Dailp flights to rrtle 

Beach with fti7 , 1 combat crews put to a practica l t est all th e experi ence w hich 

had been gleaned on the ground . 

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Sergeant atripes, left on a thirteen dsy flirlough 

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wh ich he reported at Ordnsnce Officers' Candidate School in , 

Aberdeen , arylanrl 

Cpl 

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l com 10 gugust t hrough 13 Augas't t he Gr , oup made anot her aiowe . D ti l y , 

for four da3re , notor con.oys deposited large detachneats of tbe Qroap 3n 

Ral t erbor o gra g i r Baae 88 

, mi l ea Sout h of Col mnbi a. Thi a ras a ae r baae , 

and the 310t + h was the lirat Gro ta . 

p to be statione d there. 3tretched ower a 

vast eacpanae of saac y soi l 

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t he bu3 l di 

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nes , were xidely dispersed among Pine and Blaak ack trees Distancea . Rer. 

ao great 

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tbat in order to sa e time, a taai service was inaugurated which 

oonnected Group Headquart®ra and the Sqtia dron areas witb the Line . 

The seaond five week period of O T 

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U training . was ncs ia lUll e+ ing . 

Ha.ing dropped a large ber of a oeae persoAael betore leaTiag Colusbia , 

i n arder t o 'bri ng t hs 3qnadron doarn t o t he epeci f i ed Tebl e of Orgeni aat i on 

Stren gbh 

, rapid proaotiome aox be gan to bring those re aining in the Sque d- ron up t o #1 11 1 . C . 0 . raak 

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Oa 15 qgnat t , 2 , t he Sqnadron Caomse nder , a br oad smi l e on hi s l aae, 

spent sost o! the d p paesing out cigars . 

It Ras imposaible nat to notice 

brightly polishad Captain'a bars gleaming on eaoh of hia ehouldsrs . 

Thnt ni ght , 

i n cel obr e t i oa t h 

, e ent i r e 3quadr oa at t ended a ps r ty- i n t he l eas 

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On 20 ` qgu8t 1 

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Robert Pember ton , 

Squadron Int el l i genoe Of f`] 

.aer 

, with the approwal ofC sptaia Fergueon , 

decided to teat the efPici eaay 

of t he conbat cr 

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ewe , and t he aat nt enes e of hi e f nt el l i genc e per sorme l . Th e 

plan wae as lollons: Three plaaes of the Sqaadron were to bark on a se *iee 

of bombing nisaione; orews n re to be brieled and interroga ted --- in 

faet , 

it wae deaided to do evsry hing neeeaaary to simul ate aetnal coaba t 

oonditiona . 

Targets were selected 

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The firet a factcry in Dnblin , 

t3eorgi a; 

the second 

, a bridge, alao in deorgi a; and the third 

, a roundhouse , ecs .where 

in Sonth Carolina. 1Pter a vary thoroug h briefing , 

the ere ss toak ot! 

on t he f i rat n i s si on The . 

f i r et ad 

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s aoce as i a t hat t he pl anes di dn t get e rea near t he t arget , 

t hlta re . ee l i ng 

s er i c tta t eobnf eal di f l i aul t 3 

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The s eeond ni asi on i roned c tt and avar eame 

theee difficnltiea . 

1Pter each miaaion the ores were interrogated in a 

aanner whi ch conpl i ed ri t h t he beet t radi t i one per scri bed i a F!t 30- 5 

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e f act that traiaing had pr ogreseed to a point where auch praotice 

iasioas coqld be nadertakea ehonld b ave served aa dns notice to the rviro, raong 

tb at sossthing *aa abaa t to happen . l evartheleee , th sy did att ge t 

bnep mnt , i l abaut p , l ,. l ugnet 1 ,. 2 , w h en t h ere appear sd on t he b a] , l st i n b os rd 

thrse roat sra, titlsd as l o ll owes IR RCHhZOp; FLIG r AT HCHSLON; GR0ITND 

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t ®n Of f i cer s and t hi rt y- si x Enl i st ed 

Men of the 381st 

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together rrith similar g oupe from the other Squadrona , 

etood in Pormation near the railroad station at Walterboro . 

Lt 

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Col 

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Hunter , 

the Group Commander , and Captain Ferguson had come do rn to bid the m good- bye 

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reaently Lt P 

, . emberton , who was in charge of the 3glst detachment 

, gave the order , and they boaxd ed the waiting train . 

A whistle blew , 

the cars erked 

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and the train crept into motion . 

The Air Fchelon wsa on its usti g . 

Pbrt Diz is a tremendous p lace. Th e Air 8chelon was cert a i n o f this 

next day when th ey exrived a t th e i r b arrRCks , a ft er marching man , p miles flrom 

the ra ilroa d at a tion , with out comi . ng anywhere nesr the end of the reservation . 

Aaide from acqtiring necessary Clothing and suppliea , remrnring cosmolene 

from ne rly issued rifl es, firing the riflea , and getting shots; dry runs 

were the ma , or occupa tion at Dix . Dry runs w®re a form of torture whose pri - 

mnry p urpose seemed to b e to put th e Rnlisted l en into a properl y melsncholy 

mood for going up th e gang p l ank . Actually , they were practice departurea . 

Th ey were announced by the sound of a whistl® , eevera l seconds after w hich 

th e F . i list ®d fen would pour f om their barracks wearing overcoa ts and l eggina 

, aAd l a den rith musette bags , blanket rolls , rifl es, rifle belts , h el - 

mets , gas masks and barracks b ags. Aft er st aggering into formation and an- ' 

swering a roll ca ll , they wou ld be diamissed w atil th e ne ct time . One of 

th e d ry-runs, they Rere told , would be the real thing . 

Th e r ea l t hi ng happened af t er di nner on t he ni ght of I S ept amb er 1 ,, 2 . 

Responding to the dry run whistle , the Ech e l on wae hurl ed into trucks and 

rushed to the station , there to witness for seversl hours the arriva l and 

departure of h eavil y l a d en tra ins , until th eirs srrived and was loaded . 

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t he mor ni ng of 5 Sept ember 1 

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2 f aund al l of t he Ai r Eche l ons 

of the 310th Group on a ferry in the Hudson River . 

1Phile the sh line 

adoRy out- af Ne rYork's skyline pinkened with the coming of dawn , 

the ferry tiptoed 

up the river , past innunnerabl e docks and past the huge capsized hull 

of the French Line's Normandie Suddenly . 

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About three o'clock , th e Queen's gi ant histle bellowed , and she elid 

out of her berth a t Pier 90 , d own th e river and out to sea. Th e Air Echel 

on stood on th e deck of the Veranda Grill , and wstched th e aea and th e sky 

close together where their l ast glimpse of America had been . 

Th e origina l fl rniture o f the V eranda Grill hsd been removed , and it 

h a d b een stuffed w ith bunks . It h a d been a big d ay, and by bl ackout time 

at 7 otclock , everyone was in bed . Th e next morning the radio reported 

that the Queen Mazy had been sunk by enemy action off the Jersey Coast 

shortly after leaving the h arbor . This rumor was heavily discaunted by 

the seventeen thausand I . S . troops on board . 

The voyage , made with out escor t , Ras uneventf , il .. Plvw ing through the 

dark grey sea at an incredible speed , the ship left a aig-sag Rake of green 

and white , as she t risted and turned , in order to make her l arge size a more 

difficult t arget for any submarine which miaht h ave been lurking on her course. 

Wh en particu l arly sh arp turns were ma de , rumors reverbera te d thraug h out th e 

ship --- sub s h a d been sighted , or enemy warships , or ene pl anes. detvally , 

though , none Rere encount ered , althovgh sewera l times runs were made off the 

course in order to avoid th em. One morning , Ack -ack fire awakened everyone 

on board , but it was only practice , and tracers sa iled i n to th e sky like roman 

candles , with only puffa of smoke for t arge ts . 

Each 24 h ours, th e 381st and 428th $chelons traded quarters with the 

379th and 380th Echelons , thus alternating between the Veranda Grill and 

the after Port side of the PromenQde Deck . Here they slept , not in bunks , 

but on the h ard fl a t deck . C andy , cigarettes , ch ewing-gum and b ces of 

cookies were generously suppli ed b y th e Officers . Th ere were f ex things 

to do besides watching the aea , reading , or pl eti ping cards . Tovrs around 

the ship , thoug h forbidden , becaiae a ma or diversion . All units R ere march - 

e d down t o the Dining S a lon twice daily for meals . Return_ng was a different 

ma tter ; each man by and for himself . It was easy to get lost in the vast ne t - 

rork of corridors and decks; by getting lost p urpose l y , a man w ith a mess kit 

as a passport could ma . n oe to see quite a bit en route to his quarters . L+b en 

conversion into the troop ahip f a iled to 3isguise all of the Queen Marp 's 

peace time spl endor . 

On 1 1 Sept ember 4 2 

, af`t er f i v e and a hal f day s at s e a t h 

, e Quee n Mary 

steamed up the Firth of Clyde and dropped anchor in the harbor of Gurock 

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All day Frida, y , amall ahipa had come alonbs3de , and departed 

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y laden with Officers and Enlisted Men of other units . 

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oP ti r Engliah coach es waited for them . 3cotch women served tea and acones . 

Th e dimincutive engine got np ateam , and the train took off through the green 

hille of Scotland tovrard Gl asgor and Edinborough , and on down into F ig l and , 

arriving at Harleston , Norfolk early on the morning of 3und y, 13 3eptember 

1 . 2 . R . g . F . Officere met th e tra in , and escor t ed th e grvup to th e R . A . F . Station 

, Hardwick . 

A . A . F . St ation , Hardwick , was plant e d among th e fielda , h edge rows a , nd 

wooded areas of w h a t h a d once been a f arm . First impressions were sketeb , y , 

as th e buildings , all thoroug hl r y camoufl aged , were dispersed over a l arge 

acreage . Ln iwmacul ate mesa h a ll served a rather vague breakfast that first 

morning . The barracks , on investigation , proved to b e comfort a bl e, thaugh 

washing facilities were available on23 in a centra l building l ocated near 

the ®eee h a ll , a mile aws a y . lhu-ther asay , was a l arge b uilding , uhich served 

for the H ead quart ers offices , and beyond it were the work -ehopa , the h angars 

and t h e r 121wayS. 

Near the mess h a ll and th e "Airmens' Abl utionsn building stood another 

one , which housed the N aafi , (N avy, Army , Air Force Inatitute ) . This serPice 

organiza ti on prav ided for th e Eng lish Sesmen and Soldiera approximately the 

same f aciliti es which are to be found in an lmerican P . 1f . or S ervice Cl ub . 

Another aervice organization , The Church Ar , maint a ined a small truck ahich 

taured the B ase dai] , y , selling tea and assorted ca k ea . 

At th e N as fi , th e gmeri cans reall maved in , and sampled the cakes and 

tea , beer and a le , and found thea to be O . K . Here , through the N aa Pi girla , 

was made th e first enaounter sith th e jmerican language , as employed by th e 

English . Here th e intricacies of the British none t ary eyatem were l aboriously 

learned and th oroughly cusae d and discnased . By the end of the fi rst - 

week , with the s id of th e St a tion' a 8ritish personnel , the neighboring vill - 

ages of Bung y , Harl eston and Topcroft , as well as the nearby Cit y of Norwric h 

h ad been visited and e tplored , and were eathuaiastically pronovnced a bit o f 

the alright . 

Guard duty and g . P . having alread , y reared th eir ugly hea ds , the Air 

Echelon now settl ed down t o axait the arrival of the Flight Echel on. Lt . 

N arman E . C awse- Ddorgon assumod commar d of the Echelon on 16 S ept ember , relieving 

Lt . Pemberton who leFt for London in ord er t o procure initisl suppl 

i es f or an 14meri can P . % . 

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On 19 Oct o b er l . 2 , Har dari ck experi enc ed t he subi ous en oyment of bei ng 

visited by a loae Ju- , complete with ca lling cards . Further , it was the 

first American Occupied Air Base in Grea t Britian to ext end suc h f oreed h ospitality 

. At 11:25 , the enemy bomber dove drama tica lly out of an 800 f oot 

ceiling and circl ed the fie ld w hile dropping bombs , and sprs , ying the hangars 

and ground with machine gun slugs . There were faur bombs in alls the first 

t wo l and ecl bet ween the crew s rest room and #3 Hangar , b a dly damaging them 

both . The third waa a dud , probabl , v by courtesy of Czech a l ovakia , w hich 

bounced a couple of times , and then rolled across th e field to h a lt under 

the t ail of a B - 25 The faurth bomb exp l od ed in the wooda . 

Th ere are a multitude of stories dsscribing the actions and reactions 

of th e personne l . However , ft , ill , y two thirds of them cl a im to have been particivants 

in the most amusing incident: There was a long queue waiting in 

front of the Church Tea Aagon , sweating out 11 o cl ock tea . When Jerry esme 

in low over the woods with his bomb b ay doors open , a , nd a achine gune bl azing , 

the entire queue , as though one person , dove benea th the tea w agon , l eaving 

two brave , if he l pless women w h ere they had been serving tea . From this vant 

age poi nt , severa l w itnesses cl . aim to have aeen a grin on the f ace of th e 

pil ot , as th e Ju- g8 flashed by overhead . There was a lso th e story of th e 

Enliated Yan who , rtulning for a bomb shelter , forgot to duck as h e went down 

th e steps . Aside from hia b a dl3r b a tt ered h ea d , th e onl v y casua lty was a civil - 

i an wor. kman who was st anding near #3 h anosr wh en the first trro bombs eaploded . 

. And th en th ere was the l eas Kit Incident . This incident sh ould b e to ld 

in con unction Rith the visit of the Ju- 88 , and as its sequa l , for it occurred 

aeveral d qps l ater . It was noon , and lunch was b e ing served in the Yess Ball . 

Suddenly a "Red" alert waa sounded over th e Tannoy (Laud speaker system ) . 

Elreryone , including Corpora l Ral p h Jones , stampeded from the Mesa Hall to t a k e 

cover in th e b omb sh e lt ers. Ahen Corporal Jones emerged from th e h a ll , generoue 

l y l aden meas gear in hand , and lines of d eep concern groovi ng his foreh 

ead , a Beaufighter w as irmocently winging ita wa y through th e sky , directlp 

abave . Corporal Jones , not being a devot ee of th e Aircra ft R , ecognition craze , 

surveyed the winged visit or, and th oug h running rapidly , arrived at a aonclusion 

. Or perh aps h e 3umped at it --- at any rate it fùrrlished him with suff - 

icient incentive to ch an3e hia course from NNE , which would h ave brought him 

to a sh elter , to due Rest in the direction of the wooda . Giving his motive 

pawer th e gun, he eontinued on course for aevera l mi nutea before the woods 

began to close in . When Corpora l Jonea stopped , th e pl ane wss still overhead 

. Still i . norant of its id entity , Corporal Jones s nrveyed the plane --and 

then his mess gear --- a g l eaming G . I . cup complete with tea , and a shining 

white pl a t e, h eape d with mutton stevr . Not surrend ering to consterna tion , 

as would a l ess aturdy soul , he eaxefl i . lly l a id th em on th e thick carpet of 

l eaves at his f eet . t th at precise moment an ingenioua id ea lit upon his 

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brow , and rapidl . y burrowed inwardz In the interest of camaufl age, wonldn't 

it b e a prudent move to cover the reflecting surf aces of the mess equipment 

w ith l eaves? During the neoct th ree d s, ps , Corpora l J ones vigorous l y continued 

a futile aearch for his camouflaged eating utensils . 

Abaut 1 November 42 , there h ad been t alk among the Enlisted 11fen that 

the personnel of a ll of the Echelons of the Group rere to be divided into 

f our sections , lst , 2nd , 3 rd Priorities , and those x h o remained b e hind . Th e 

purpose , it was surmised , was for moving someplace . As to where , everyone 

was vague . The 428th Squadron h a d moved to a field near Bung r the Week before 

, but the l a trine-o-grams now circul ating in perfùsion seemed to hint at 

8 morve which Rould be far more distant . 9rhen it Ras diacavered on th e morning 

o f th e l th of November th a t two Officers and t wo BDli s t ed Men had left 

for an unsnnounced destina tion som® time before dawn , curiosity effervessed 

like w ild ch ampagne. Eb idently , it was presumed , they were the Firat Priority 

. On the morning of 6 November , the same thing happened aga in , wh en one 

Officer and fo ur En liated h[en comprising th e 2nd Friorit y disappeared . 

The l st and 2 nd Priorities , it was a fterWarda revea led , h a d both gone 

t v Diss by motor convay , x here they h ad boarded ts aine . Both had proceeded 

to London , but on arriva l there , th e lst Priority h a d left in th e directi on 

of R . A . F . Station Ibsley , near Ringwood , Sussex , whil e th e 2nd Pri ority , upon 

arrivir in London two d a rs l a ter , h a d proceeded to R . A . F . St a tion Mud Wallop , 

a t J ack 's Buah , S a l sbuzy . Th e 2nd Priority remained at Mud Wallop until 12 

Novem b er , w h en it joined the lst Priority at Ibsley . Here they rel 8aed comp 

l ete l y . 

On the evening of 13 Noveaber 1 2 , the lst Priorit y was taken by motor 

convoy to nearby R . A . F . St ation Hern , w here they c limbed into C - 47's , and 

Waited until 0220 next morning before ta king off . On the night of the 15th - 

16th , th e same process waa repeated with the 2nd 'riority , which also boarded 

C - 47 's , and at 0200 taxied dovm the rtu7way , where they turned around , and then 

thundered off into the starlit sky , destination unanr ounced . 

It is irrteresting to note th a t current newspapers had been devoting lots 

of space to articles which d escribed merican troops arriving in North Africa . 

, t l ong l as t , on 16 Nov e mber ? , C apt ai n Ferg us on ar r i v ed at H ar-c3wi . ck , 

r3 . th 19 Officers axtd 36 Enlisted en of th e Flight Ech e l an. C apt a i n Ferguson 

resumed command , and Lt . C awse- N Orgon became Ad ut a, nt . The Flfght Ech elon , 

hoWever , is anoth er part of th e historg . 

B ecause of a ch ange in plans , the 3rd Priority h ad remained a t H ard w ick 

with those members of the Echelon who h ad not been nut on pri ority . On 2 , 1 , 

tdov ember , under c ommand of Lt . Ca rs e- r org on , s ev en Of f i c e r s and t went y - s even 

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h awever, was not L ondon , but Liverpool , where thev arri ved ust before 

d ark , and wer e t r ans f err ed di r ect , y f rom t he t r ai n t o fl . [ . T . Derb ys hi r e . 

By comparison with H . N . S . Queen M ary , H . A . T . Derbyahire , to the bl ase 

eyes of the Echelon , seemed h ardl y l arger t , han a medium aized life boat . 

At noon on 2? Navem b er 42 , Rith an eseort of 6 destroyers , H . Y . T . Derb yshire 

and 26 other ehips mw ed out of the port of Liverpool into th e f og . 

The ship was crow3ed to a point approaching axtreme discoafort , and 

the aea was very rough . The b eds were h anmtocks which swung wildly in tiers 

above the mess t a bl ea. Th e most optofi atic descriptions of th e food conv 

eyed t h e i mpr e s s i on t h at i t mus t hav e be en l ousy . A t i rqr P . % . r i t h a l i mi t - 

ed atock attempted to sa tiaf r the mul . titudinona wants of th e 8 n listed flen . 

Th ere was little to do to paas the time , save shi ver Rhile st anding on the 

wiad swept deak , watching the other ships o f th e ooavoy pitahing up and dawn 

in the water , or aearching th e surf ace of the sea for U - boa ts . Occasiona ll y 

one of th e deatroyer eacor t was aeen to kael aver on a nex caurse , race to 

some spot and drop h er " sh -cans" , circle , and return to th e eo oy . 

On the evening of 4 December 1 2 , the convoy h ea ded EastWard into the 

Straits of Gibra ltar , passing close ia to T ar iers , Spanish Morocco . Tangiers 

was th e first li g hted cit y any member of th e Echelon h ad aeen during 

the three months since th ey h ad left America . Later th at night , th e convoy 

arrived in the h arbor o f Gibra lt ar w here it anchored f or th e night nesr H . l . S . 

N elBOn . 

Next dew , H . 1 . T . Derb yshire evnti nued on into the flediterrainean as part 

of a convoy of 3 t roop ships wi . th 3 British destroyers as escort . Th e ueath er 

was warmer and th e sea calm . The destroyers , like ambitioua bird doga , search - 

ed th e ses f or gaaee. Alternatin < ? betReen each side and th e rear of the convoy , 

they ent ertained their audienca by dropping n 1sh -cansr , and by practice Ack -ack 

fi re. 

The Echelon arri ve d by motor convoy at Taf sraoui , a ench N aval Air 

B ase i n t h e l a t e af t ernoon of 6 Deeemb er 1 2 . They h a d t h snkf il l y l egt $ , M , T , 

Derb yahire at Mers el Kebir near Oran th at morning , and naw fc und themtsel ves 

in a eea of nud , which was broAn , d eep and a dhesive . They had no blank ets , 

no pup- tent s and no food save emergency rations . They huddled around a fire 

until midnight , Rh en an an ry s k y tossed a eloud burst doxn upon th em. S oak - 

ing , they retreated ta th e s h e lter of a h angar for th e rest of th e night . 

Ne , xt d a y, sh elter halves were requisitioned , and a large tent was acquire 

d . U si ng th e wa lls of a pl ane revetment , th e canvas of th e tent ma de 

an e ccellent roof . A eplendid ahelt er resulted , until the Billeting Officer 

arrived to inepect . Lt . Id ason s rank , plus that of several other Lientenanta , 

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aarnras as t eken down , rol l ed up and cart ed euray . 

Thereupon, everyone dug 

i n, and f om t he sl i me of Taf araoui , cr eat ed dwe l l i ngs bi 

. ch wer e qn. i t 

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Thr e e weeks af t erorards , 

t he Bi l l et i ng Of f i oer beoame ooaoerned a bout t hei r 

comf ort 

, and sol i ci t i ong2y or dered t hat t hey ma Ce t hei r beda upon t he demp 

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Ten percent of the personnel 

were permitted the liberty of vieiting Oran daily. On 22 December , t wo F , l . isted Men were transported by air to oin Cspt 

a in 'erguson . On 27 Decsmber , Lieutenents Pemberton and iligger *ere agreeabl 

, y marprised to lea n tb a t C aptain Allen (379th Squadron } had flown do am 

in hia B - 25 , in order to pid c thea np and take them to an advance d b ase . 

By aome mi r acul vas acci dent 

, not i ce of i iapea di ng depar t nr e f om Taf araani 

was given three da rs ahead of time , and the Echelon ras presented with 

f i ft y cs ae a of Br i t i sh Coa po , whi ch waB t o ha4e been t hei r onl y f ood f or a 

sia day trip . 

No water containers were included 

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facilities . 

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great haste for Oran , where he acqu3red 

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requiaition , 

the follow ing neceasiti®s: g stove , 

fortq 5 gallon cane far 

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pet r ol f or f uel , and a l arge c uant i t y of ra t i ons , nb st l y f ui t . 

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Lt t er t he Ai r I chel on 1 ®f t Anl t erbor o on 28 l ugust 6 ,. 2 t he Gr , aand Echelon 

eettled down to a rngged routine , oalcnl ated to condition it tor overseaa 

duty . 

gach day Headquarters published a program tor the d y: Ca 

, lea thentics , athletics and both close order and extended order drill 

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there were field exercises; practice advanees on theoretica l en®nd 

. es nsing 

natura l toliage for eov®r The drill 

. and athletics bas®b 

, all and volle, yball 

, were oompetitive . 

The 381st won a na ority oY viatoriea f rom the 

other 9qaadrone , and as a reward 

, a few holidays . 

Side bets were profit - 

able , and thereby mach nice folding moneg paur®d into 381st pocketa . 

On 6 S ept em b er the Flig ht S a h e l on , nnder command of Capta in Ferguaon , 

l e tt by train for Weatovar Fie ld , N assachnsetta . 2nd Lt . Ivan R . Campbe ll 

becsme Comnanding Of'Fioer oft he Ground Bchelon , and the training program 

aontinned at ialterboro until 18 September , when the Gro und Echelona o f a ll 

th e Sqnadrona denarted a t 0I F 1 ,. 0 in a l arge motor convoy , baund tor Greenv ill e 

Art Air B ase, Sonth C arolins, 195 milea to the A or th . 

Greeaville nnfolded one surprise af`ter another . Althaugh Hea dqusrters 

contirn ied to publiah an incr®asinglp rigid program for daily tra ining activities 

, the calesthentics in particul sr grawing more ragge d , Greeaville 

was a Garden of Eden a Pter Columbi a and W a lt erboro . H ouse d in the moet mod - 

ern of b arracks , w ith hot and co ld running wa ter , the Sc adron for the tirst 

time in its history Ras supplied vrith sheets and pillow cases . Previous p , 

it h ad a l w pa been stationed at "nearly" eomplete bases , under Simul ated 

tield oonditione . Greenville in addition to its other a dvant ages boast e d 

two very well stocked P . % . 's , and a large th eater , w h ere firat run pict ures 

were ahawn nightly . 

One Saturd a,, v night 

, one ot Greenville's cotton nill operators invited 

all of the Ground Echelons of the Group to a pQrtv , whiah wae held in Te atile 

Hall 

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Hare the guests found ma r southern belles --- Greenville'a very 

smoot he st 

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Ref t:el i ng t rom t i me t o t i me Ai t h Cokes , 

i ce cream and se . ndwi . ches they 3itterbugged 

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, waltzed or ust dance d to the music of a amall bnt very 

good orchestra . 

Greenville was a soldier's town . Columbi a, perhaps b ecause of its tremendous 

military popul a tion , was not . Sundays were free . It was urnisu , a l f or 

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by soue loca l fa ri y , and driven ofP to a aamptuvue dinnsr and n day of l n . 

Theae familiea usua lly had daughtere , and the ba bea of Greenville were a ll 

beauteous , even unto the older generstiona . This , com bined w ith 3outh srn 

hoenit a lity a t ita b est , ma kee it diffiau lt to find a san in th s Grvund &chel 

on w h o can boset th a t h s didn't alaost co it satrimo r . In f act , a few of 

t hem di d , and aainy ot her e l ef t t hei r heart a t her e f our eaf ekeepi ng . 

Complaceacy baving sat in they , 

began to wonder if they would ata y thare forever . 

Greenvill e would be an ideal spot in which to epend the duration 

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ey began to wonder if they would ever eee the Air Echelon or the Flight oh- elon again , and didn't particul a, rly care if they did 

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t he liorni ng Report st at es t h 

, ey + Undezx ent proceasing 

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In other words Dry Rune , . 

Their period at Diz correeponda 

in nost all reapect s to the time apent there by the Air Echelon . 

A l arge number of Officsrs and Enlisted 1 ien rema ined b e hi n d a t Greenvill e, 

to form wh at became knowu aa the R ear Det aahwent of th e Ground Echelon . They 

weare under the command of 2nd Lt . Oli var $ . F eyard . 

Ihen th e Grannd chelon'a proceasin g nt Dia had been completed , they too 

journeyed to Staten Island , New York . t 1605 the sv.ning of 2 Novemb er r i , 2 , 

th Qy marched up the gang pl ank of a troop ahip , th e I . S . S . l onticell o. 

Th e U . S . S . Monticello h a d b een th e Conte de S a4oy, an Ita lian hu ury liner 

before the war . It waa a l arge ehip , and this was its waiden Toyage aa a troop 

carrier . Upon boarding , th e Ech alon was conducted to a l . erge bunk - till ed rooa 

--- apart ment 2 on B deok . They ware at ationed here a l ong w ith th e Lrchelona of 

th e h28th and Headduartere Squadrons . 

L ate that night , a fter e.eryone was in hia bunk , the Monticello pulled out 

to aea . Suddenl y , in th e d ark neas o f a strict bl aokout , the public a ddrese ayst 

u thundere d aut "jlll h ands prepare to abandoa shipi" Beeidea being tired , 

everyone was a little on edge . They ere on the Atl antic , in a troop ahip , and 

ft i ll y rea liaed tbat ar pthing oould happen . Before the l ast words of warning had 

died away , level heada began quelling th e eaea ll fl nrriea of conitision th at h ad 

bsgun . When it was rea liaed th at th e annaunce ent wae a lifeboat drill for the 

crew only , everyone turnsd over and went back to sleep . The aext aorning th e 

ehip was f sr a t sea; one oY a convap oY a bout 36 ahips , which inc l ud ed oth er 

transnorts , and t ankere , vith an escort ofc ruisers , destroyer8 , t wo aircra ft 

aarriera , and the b attleship Arkansas . Of a ll of th eae, the lb uticello wsa the 

l argest . 

Aot being pleaaed with the qualitp of the two d ail3r iea ls in th e eoldier 's 

mess , Lt . C sapb e ll a, nd the lst Sergeant a ade arrangements f or th e 391st to ®ess 

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per d a . However , a fter several d ays, word got aro a , nd the shi p, and th e 381at 

annexed so mar r honorary members th at th e practice h a d to be stopped . Stated 

more succinetl y , the ereR kicked them out . 

$ach morning ca lesthentics , of a kind which ouldn't take up too much 

room , Rere given on one of th e open decks . This xss d uring part of th e one 

hour per d alr w h en the Ech e lon was officially a ll owed to go on deck . Time , during 

th e d et y , was spent in reading or being rushed through a "Production line" 

sho.er , or sleeping . Booka were passed out , and also a daily ne rs bulletin . 

In the evening , planned entertainment toured the ship . S ome times negro qusrtets 

singing spirituals; some times a wandering vi o linist , and sometimee a ama ll 

group xith a h armonica orchestra . 

Th e fourth d y at sea , tne men were told th a t they were t o ] . and in North 

Af ica , after a nine dqy trip , and to e , xpect to get off th e b oat fighting . Nine 

dqps came and went , and still no si ght of l an d . A h en it becsme apparent th at a 

slip up had b een . ma de somew h ere , no explanation was obtainable . Th e food , of 

indifferent quah ty , continued to be aerved at the rate af two meals per d ay , 

which everyone f vund insufficient . Emergency g and C ra tions Rere issued f or 

the eventual disembarkation , but Rere prombtly ea ten . C anc y bars , now groRing 

scarce , sold among the Eh listed en at 1 . Q0 each . Fina lly land rvas sighted , 

but the convoy continued to cruise up and d own th e coast , sometimes so close 

in that the lights on shore cou ld be seen at night . One day about noon a lot 

of C - 47's fl ex overhead , but no one took particul ar notice of th em. 

Finall y , on 18 November , the convoy docked at C asa bl anca, rench 9orocco . 

Th e reason for th e del a. y in l anding , it devel ope d , was th at the port h a d been 

too aongested to let them i n. At 1530 on 19 November , they disembarked in a 

r ai ns t orm and proc e eded by mo t or conv oy t o edi otu a Ar r r g , r B as e , 2 . Ki l o - 

meters S . E . of Casa bl anca . 

The outlines of the xhite barracks were b are l y diacerna ble tr ,rough a 

ateady torrent of rain xhich was fal] ing 

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when the convoy arrived at Medio 

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mud t h 

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toward 

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a spot from which light penetrated the semi-darkness , Rhere they found 

tRO small French field kitchens Dinner . was ready for them, and to their amazement 

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, ey found thst the entire lst Priority of the Group 's gir Echelon K P was on 

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Theg ate , and then after being assigned to 

quarters, threw themselves into bed , 

too tired to talk 

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The folloRing morning , everyone be6an to talk at once , and the talk l 

all dt y 

asted 

, and the rest of tt e week 

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If the Graund Echelon apun tall tsles 

what took about 

place in Greenville after the Air Echelon had lef`t , or its tall 

trip 

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across; 

were told by the Air Echelon about the Ronders of Er gland 

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to Gazes Airport at Casa blanca . Among iteas of conversation , it was determined 

that the C - . 7's Which had brought the lst Priority of the dir Fchelon 

to Africa were the ones which had passed directly over the Ground Echelon's 

convoy , as it cru ise d a b o z t outside th e h ar bor . 

On 25 Nevember , the 2nd Priority of the Air Echelon arrived at [ediouna . 

They h ad landed by mistake at Oran , and a fter sevsra l days were flown to C asablanca 

, and were then transported to 9 ediouna by bus . 

'Plhil e a t dediouna , the S qu , adron was engaged in its usual S quadron dutiea , 

w hich , insomuch as there were no p l anes there , amounted to little more th an 

g . P . and guard duty . The food , though strictly G . I ., was reall , y good . On 

Tbanksgiving Day , tbe Cooks outdid themselves , and served b arbecued steaka . 

There were enough of these for even the b prdened chowhaunds , some of w h om are 

rumored to h ave hit th e line three and f our times . 

Because of poor transport a tion f acilities , it was difficult to get in to 

C asa bl e, nca, and passes were not easily obtained . 5ome a ttempted trips to t o rn 

s s ns pas s e s , and got swa3r wi t h i t . T*nro unf or t wna t e S erg e ant s appr ehend ed b e - 

caus e t hey f a i l ed t o s a l u t e a Id a or , di dn tt g e t au+ , 7 wi t h i t , and at t hi s arr i t - 

ing are still b uck privates . For diversion in the evening , permission was gra , nt 

ed to walk up or doarn th e highwa r for a distance of one m31e in either direction 

. The weather was warm and pleasant , despite occasiona l flurri es o f ra in , 

but the mud was alWays there. Once in a w hile , t rucks would transport the 5nliated 

Men to a small rest aurant near the F rench Garrison , which was about 12 

kil ometers up th e roa. d . nyone fortunate enough to crowd into its small intsri 

or was abl e to obta in ex cellent beer , snd Dagorood -sized sand v iches of pa te 

on br own 'r enc h br ead . 

On 6 December 1 , 2 , the entire S quadron , now composed of ? Officers and 120 

Enlisted f ien departed from i+Qediouna by convoy and bus for Lauis Gentil , near 

S a ffi , 157 miles S auth of CasQbl anca. Here their duties were the security of 

an ammunition dump . 

A week was spent at Louis Gentil . It was most pl easant . A sma 11 town , 

mostly residential , it waa nestl ed in th e foo thills near a phosphorus mine , 

where most of its citizens xork e d . Nh en not on guard duty , the men were 

allowed to go i nto t own a, nd rel ax in its one restaurant , where t ied eggs 

were served , or a t its country elub where they could get wine or b eer . By 

t h e end of f i v e day s t he t own vras drur c dr y o f i t s sma l l s unpl y a nd t h e paroduction 

capacity of its hens ras stra ined to th e b reaking poi nt . 

On 15 December , after nacking early in the morning and waiting moat of 

the d y th 

, e Squadron was hustled into buses at 1600 axid driven to the rail - 

road yards at Casabl anca. The rest of the Squadrons of the Gronip had already arr ived , and w er e cli nbing on board a trai n of tiny b ox cars th 

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comreyance of t h e l ast T ar , desi ned f or 1 0 Homme s and 8 Ch eveaux . &l ev en 

men had gone ahead in governmant vehicles to meet a motor corro oy at Casabl 

anca, Rhieh followed the train to its destina tion . 

It had been announced tbat the trip was to last si x days . The cars Rere 

cold and dra ft y , and b arracks b ags didn't exactly feel like inner spring matt - 

resses; but by th e second nig ht everyone was i n the spirit of things , and as 

the cars rattl ed and jerked over the rails th ey made themaelves fairly comfortable 

. The train was headed Eastward , in th e direction of Algeria . 

On the third morning , th e tra in stoppe d a t Ou d a, and ow irtg to transport 

a tion congesti on, was oblige d t o remain th ere all day . Th e motor convoy 

caug ht up with th e train here . Gapt ain Kent S agendorph , who xas acting Group 

C ommander , decl ared a holid s r, and everyone disappeared into town . It ras a 

glorious dsy . Oujda was small but modern , with mar y good sh ops, a few restaurants 

and the inevitable sidewa lk ca fes . Th e na ti ve childr en of that city 

were the most ferocious beggars that h a d ye t been encountered . Fach soldier 

had at least two or three of th em f v llowing him down the street , demanding in 

stentori an t onea, "Bon- bons! --- Chewing gum! --- Gigarettes!" The word "Allez„ 

aeemed to mean nothing at all to the m . 

One of the most distinctive features o f Oujd a rras it s t ax i -ca bs . Gagoline 

being practically nonexist ant , aut omobil es h a d been converted into horse drawn 

vehiclea . Ln enterpr ising r a ti ve h a d acquired a convertible eoupe of quite 

modern vintage and h ad th us equipped it . In addition to these , every imagina 

ble vehicle which a horse cauld posaibly pull h ad been oressed into use . 

Once more the train rattled casua lly onward --- throug h mountains , where 

the trseka twisted arld turned and went through seemingly endless tunnels --throuoh 

valleys wh®re Rh ea t was growing and sometimes past l arge orange and 

t angeri . ne gr oves . Once i n a w hi l e t he t r ai n troul d pas s f l ocks of sheep , and 

nameless so ldiers wou ld fire their rifles or tommy-guns , and ma ]ce th e sheep 

stampede . However , this practice ceased after the second or third d y , aa it 

seemed to both er the Offiaers . 

lfhen the tra in stopped , as it did at every vill age no matter ho r ti . , 

everyone Would jump off in search o f things to bu , y , and iminediste] , y b e surrounded 

bp natives yelling , sBon- bons! --- Ch ewing-guml --- Ci garett es!" Once 

in a whil e, Ara bs were found who would trade loca l wine f or Lnerican cigarettes , 

and a t one rather l arge town aome really excell ent rum was procured , but at a 

f a bul ous psics . Th e train a lwaye at opped at ch v ti©e , and usually th e line 

f ormed on th e station pl a tform , w ith a l . arge audi ence of natives , who seemed no 

end intri;ued with th e American method of preparing and oonsumir g food . Always 

though , one oould hear th em pl eading for "Bon- bons! --- Chewing-gum! --- Cig _ 

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the train stopped just 

before dawn at a small station labeled "Tel ergma" It 

. was ust like ang other 

amall station on any other day of the trip, except for an airfie ld which was 

located on one side of the track 

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Ahen reveille came at ? o clock 

, all the 

Enliated ]I en umped f om the cars to hit the choR line . 

It was a cold morning 

, and windy . 

The cooks rere alow in preparing breakf ast , and as the lang 

line grew longer , 

it began to rain . 

Finally , about 0830 

, when a long meas kit 

line had backed up f om the G I 

. . washing cans , everyone had the eurprise of his 

life . 

Walking toward the group ith a large grin spread acrosa hia face was 

Capt ai n Fergus on , 

t he Squadr on Coaunsnder . 

l i t t l e l at er , 

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Al eacander at r ol - 

led up , eud follaring hifi came a group of Officers , 

including Lta . 

Eddy, Linden 

Phillips 

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, and Thorndik e. While they were bnsy shaking handa , a lot of Eolieted 

Men , part of the crewa of the Flight Echelon , wandered up . 

The trhole show was 

like old home weak 

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At 0900 

, an order was giv®n to unload the train , as thia 

Tel 

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ergma Arm3r Ai r Base , was t he Squadron' e de at i nat i on . 

By noon , the 310th and its S qua drons h a d been deposited witb all their 

poasessions in a l arge area, some distance from th e station and the field , 

where pup t®nts were pitc h ed . 

Hay stacks xare plund®red for stuffing mattresa oovers , and eome wooden 

equareB or platforms belonging to a porta ble French barracks were discovered 

and acquired 

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These platf orms, about 3 x ! 

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feet , came in very handy . 

Laid 

on the ground th 

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, solid , dry floors Stood 

. on edge , 

they form®d 

walls , which 

, with shelter halves for caver , ma, de veritable manaions . 

APter 

severa l da . 

ys , 

the plac® began to look like a real-est ate development 

. 

Chat- ea of various sizes and shapea sprang up . 

Some had bunk s in them, and some 

even h 

, ad stoves . ade of 5 gallon cans , Aith chimneys constructed oP nspam" 

cena , 

these ataves were the ultima te in luaury . 

In fact , 

the 310th qua , rters 

were ao comfort able that the other organizations stationed there , aeized with 

em y , began t o f o l l aw aui t . As s r eaul . t , 

t he port abl e F'r ench b arracks di s- 

appesred with such rapidity that th e Base Coa mander , Lt . C o l . Jeeter , probably 

ptiu suant to a requsst by the French authorities , ordered that all h auses be 

diamantled , and th e ma terial returned . 

The weath er at Telergma was foul It 

. was cold 

, a variety of coldn . ess 

ihich penetra ted the warmest clothing . 

Ni 

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nd swished persist ently across the 

vall ey , and l ow cl auda shed a con st ant dri zzl e of rai n . 

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Inder these unglamorous conditions , 

the 

310th settl ed da rn to awea t out its first combat miasion . 

The Rear Echelon 

had not arr i ved 

, and p , r t of t he Fl i ght Eahel on Rae st i h i n EnglBnd 

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C apt a in Ferguson arrived a t T e l ergma on 16 December 42 , lea ding a flight 

of 6 pl anes w hi c h were p iloted by Lta . Alezander , Eddy , Linden , Philtips and 

Th orndik e. Th ey l anded a t Telergma approxim atel two and a h a lf monthe a fter 

l eaving 1Pestover Field , Chicopee Falls , l aasachusetta . It h ad been a rough 

ourney , scanning the Great Circle f om th e North American Continent to the 

Britiah Isles; through Labra d or , Greenl and a, nd Icel and ; and igl and down past 

France , Spa in and P ortnga l and on into Africa . 

Th e 381st Flight Bchelon had left I alterboro on 6 S ept enber l F. 2 , t oge th er 

with th e Flight Echelon of th e 380th Squa dron , C apt ain Ferguson in ch arge. 0 

regul ar Pnllman diner h ad been att ached to th e t ra in , and flirnished e welcome 

relief fron G . I . food . On the norning o f 7 September the train passed thru 

1P ashington , D . C ., and everyone craned hia aeck ant the windows , looking for 

f amili ar monwnent s. L ate th at at`ternoon the train errived at Westaver Field . 

9a old permanent b ase, lestov®r was complete w ith every pre-war oomfort . 

In f act , the l arge wooden barracks into w hich th e 381st mcved was fbrnished 

with a pi eno. 1 /Sgt . Cly de L . Arnold , wh o wsa acting lst Sergeant of the 

Echelon , compl a ins th a t it took him two d ays and nights to quiet thinge do nn 

after th e piano was discov®red . One fourth of the Echelon was a ll o red to go 

into town eacb . night --- either to Holyoke or to Springfield , where they had 

a wonder f l . t i I e . 

Dnring the three weeks a t ilestover , the gchelon equisitioned equipment; 

fl ying cloth es for evergone; t oo l s for the mechanics , etc . The pil ots received 

their new B - 25 - C ' e, which they tested thorough7 , p and enthusi astica ll y 

aPpi'oved . On one of hie test hops , Lt . Robert A . Cox distinguished himself 

by givin . g Springfield a snrprise bl ackout . Buzzing d own th e Connecticut river 

in s burst of exube rance , he knocked vut a high tension cable , which severed 

the lower turret and put a im mb er of nicks and bumps in the fl sel age of his 

new plans , "S ad Sack n . 

Finnlly , on 28 September 4 2 th 

. , e great day arrive d . Nine shins in 3 

elements of 3 ships each took , 

, off with Captain Ferguson leading the flight 

in ' Dis'n Did'tn The . other eijht ships Were niloted by Lts . 

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Codd 

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Yrom each pl ane of two men and their baggage , together with cert a in other 

equipment w hich included all the armor pla te th e lower turret guns and th e 

nose guns . H aving accomplished this by 0300 next morning , th e crews retired 

t o an overcrow ded h angar to aleep for the few rema ining hours of th a t night . 

B a d weather held them up for a d qy, but on 30 September , they took off 

in individual flights . The weather atill being uncert a in , a l arge par t of 

this trip was ma d® on inatrument . 9f`ter 13 h ours of f ying , they taafed 

in on the concrete runways oP Goose B y, L abrador , a field operated 3oint] , p 

by the R . g . F . and the U . S . Ferry Command . Here they were greeted by a rs dio 

message from Lt . Col . Hunter , instructing them to return to Presque Isl e t o 

pick up th e men and equioment they had left . The ord®r w hich h e h ad previoualy 

given them h aving been resoinded . 

The good wea th®r by which th ay h a d returned to Goose Ba p eoon closed in 

aga in , ma king f1: . rther fl ying imposaibl e, so th ey now aettl ed down to a wa it 

whic h contirnied f or several wee k a before thep were able to ma ke th e next h op 

of t h e t ri p . 

Goose Bay will never be a vacation apot Its . climate being perpetually co l d and f oggsr , and awf u l l 

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y damp The . cr ervs wer e quar t er e d i n h®a t ed 

barracks 

wood en 

, which were moderately comfortable . 

The food was t 

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err3ble and atead 

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$ series of Rncient moving pictures were shown twice weekl 

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and a small Y , 

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., run by the Canadiana provided mirLtmum reareational f 

ilities However 

ac- 

. , nature did her best to pravide entertainment: Mountain climbing , 

fiahing ana small game hunting during the da3r, and during the night t he baf Pl i ng and s pec t acul ar perf or ras nce of t he Nor t hern hi ght a . 

Finally , after pre-flighte e4ery second morning, the great ds, y ceme again 

on 13 October 1 

,., 2 , when the weather opened up aufPieiently to 811ow them to proceed 

to BW-1 , a station oa the coast oP Greenland , 

handing conditions at this 

field were ex tremely diPficult 

, 8a it was located at the bottom of a F3ord whoae wa , 

lls were 2 000 

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feet high It 

. was therefore possible f 

to l or only one plane and or take off at any one tine . 

Owing to the previous arrival A 

of some 

-20 s, it was n®cessarp for Captain Fsrguson s flight to cirale the field for 

a l ong tise bef ore the toqre r could aigna l th em to come in for a l anding . 

Conditions a t BW - 1 were won d erful . The whole Echelon waa moved into 

B arracks , B - 10 , a nen and well built etructure , comfortabl e in every respect . 

The meas was superb . The permanent party personnel proved eoccellent hosts . 

A sma ll l ake containing many large sa lmon trout was foun, d about two milea 

f rom cemp . 1Nhen fishing was good , th e cooks would clean and pa epare the 

ca tch for the aext mea l . C aught by the ingeniaus use of spears or snsres or 

by being ahot with rifles , th e fish lived a hectic life while th ey l asted . In 

the mountains lived an a bundance of small gss® including Pt armi gan aad large 

- white hares . 1lPhen weather permitted hunting , th e ca tch would b e brought b ack , 

and a f east prepared by the cooks . 

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bilit y ramained zero for d a,ra on snd , and the wind was terrifio . ?he pl anes' 

Theel e had to . be bloeked , and their no9es tied down . Bopes were run from the 

b arracks to the mess h a ll to enable the men to naviga te b ack and f orth . Finally 

the weather cleared again , snd on the evening of 1 November it was anr 

ounced th a t if the motore could be th swed out , a t a k e-off wou ld be attempted 

next morning . That night until d . dnig ht , the crewa orked by the light of 

th e Northern Li g hts , a l eaning ice off the wings . C atching a fe r winks of 

sl eap, they began pre- flighting th e engines at 0230 . T/Sgt . Henry J . Rumeau 

pa oved his ability that morning ; he etarted a ll tha cold and stubborn aotora 

except Lt . V an Divort's , 'ho had to be left behind . 

By 0900 thsy h a d t a k en off stga in --- eight pl anes this time , f3ying over 

the ice cap through perfect weath®r at 11 , 000 feet . This didn't l ast long , 

however , f or about 30 miaa tes a Pter leaving l and behind them , the flf g ht was 

enveloped by a violent storm . It becsme a rugge d trip . 9isibilit y was practica 

lly aero , and the wind toaeed th e pl anes th rough the clvuds tith inared - 

ible force , pnshing them off th eir co urse , and causing them to miss Icel and 

by 100 miles . C omi ng into Rey avik on the radio beam , they fouad a ceiling 

of about 200 feet , az d w , ans,ged aomehox to slip the planes in bet ween this 

ceiling and the city 's roof t ops, to l and on a fie ld w hic h was al mo9t in th e 

cent er of town . R eyfavik was not a high spot in th e tr ip --- j ust enother 

atop . The atation there ras not b ad , b ut not too good . The mese wae fair , 

partially Bnglish ra ti ons . P onse tt (Niesen ) huts were provided for all pereonnel 

. Icel and ' s climate was warmer than Greenland's but it ias neverth eless 

cold b y North 6®eriean stand ards . 

The city of Rey3avik , with a popul a ti on of around 100 , 000 was not too 

friendly . Its citiaens w®re sa id t o be inclined toward Naziism . There wae 

an American Red Cross th ere, w hi c h attempted to gi4e d ances for a ll th e Sol - 

di er a , but t hey wer en ' t aucc e s s ft l , as onl y a haruyfl >>7 of l o ca l g i rl s coul d 

b e persuad e d to attend . A small shop on the edge o f the fi e ld was very popul 

ar with the personnel . Here they congrega ted and en oyed th e excellent 

pastri es, which they washed do rn witt, good t ea, b ad coffee , or w eak b eer. 

The tawn had severa , l restaura . nts w h ose at ea ks were much enjoyed , even thongh 

it was stzspected th a t th ey were 3h etl end Porty , rather th an b eef as a d vertised 

. A few sma ll th ea t ers apeci a lized in out - d a ted 6merican pietures . 

Pricea were a troci ous a ll over town . 

Th e weath er h ad sta7ed another tantrum , xith ice and aleet and snaw , 

so it was not until 12 November 1 2 that th e flight was abl e to take off 

again , climbing into an ominious ceiling of onl y 300 feet . Thia trip , al 

the way from Iceland to S cotl and , was through eztremely rough wea ther . St opping 

a t Prest w ick , in S cotl and , they picked up an Eng lish navi ga tor-radio man , 

and continued on neoct da to York , Engl and , l anding a t R . JI . F . Linton on Ouse . 

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personnel ever to 18nd there . They .ere literalhy we lcomed with open arme , 

not only b y th e R . g . F . personnel , bnt by quantiti ea of W . p . d . F . 'a Th e long 

tri p virtu , ally over , everybody rel axed and turned their undivided attention 

t o a vomprehensive eurvey of th e W . A . A . F . situation . 

Instiga ted by nnanimons popular demend 

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l d' a eyes gl esm l i ke t hos e of a t heol ogi an di scoar s i ng on /Lxigel s trhen 

he t el l e abon t t hat part y , 

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Fr om here on 

hia narra tive becamn es more ax:d more involved 

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At the party , a alig ht y more than wonderf l time was had 

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Linton on Oase . 

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two weeks . 

The oharge: Not getting back to their billets until long after the l idnight dea d line . 

In a spirit of gallantry prob ably inspire d by a 

gtZi lty . oonsoience , 

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Campbell decided to do something about the sit- nation . 

Donning his very best dress uniform he took 

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Coneequenoe: Sgt C . 

ampbell's iatercession resnlted in a promise to lift the restricti on after f our dqys . 

I nf ort unat el r, t hr ee da3rs af t er t he part y f ound t he f l i ght i n 

Eardwick 

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Captain Ferguson's flight of 9 ships did not constitute the only flight 

of t he 3$l st ' 

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In a ] . 1 hl ,, ehi ps t 

, oak of f f rom Nes t av r Fi el d 

The other 5 abips . 

came across in flights with planes of the Group's 

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qnadrons . 

They all took the sa ne route through Le brador, Greenl and and Iceland 

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By Lt . Robert W . Thorndik e 

On Se pt ember 5 194 

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2 we arr i v ed at Te s t cro er Fi e l d 

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ia s s . , a f t er cot - 

pleting a training program at YYa lterboro S C 

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The entire 31C+th Group , sana 

airplanes , was present There . re were to receive new ly modified B-25 s , run 

them througr a 100 hour check fl 

, a l ly 

, . equip planes and men for the long trip to the th eatre of war . 

ATe were pretty eacited at the pro$pect of getting new ehips , after 

having epent three months flying some pretty ehaky heapa . Eave since l earned 

that all of aur Squadron training ships h a d craahed or b een otherw ise waehed 

out . Ot any rate it was really a thrill to alimb over th e new 9hip9 and familiarize 

ourselves with th e l atest mo difications --- nex turrets , na43 . gational 

instruments , etc ., and th en a test hop in which we checked the auto-pilot , 

ra dio equipment , and general performance of the ship . 

Most of aur time was spent on the line --- eith er working on th e ships , 

flging , or attending frequent l ectures on sub ects a lien to vur work . Our 

d ay would st art with a mee ting for th e entire S quadron personnel under our 

good and true C . O . Our three wee k s a t i estover were e ctremely busy --- quite 

a contrast from the eneuing weeke to oome . 

Living conditions at this field were such th at had no t been seen by us 

before or since . C ur quarters were very comfort a bl e --- double rooms in neR 

two decker b arracks --- and hot sh owers (I write that l ast phrase reverently 

at this time ) . Our f ood wsa o f the best and excellently served . Cannot tort 

ure myse lf b y d welling upon th at subject at length --- but will admit th at 

a fondest memory of i estaver is the breakf ast of hot ca kes and fried egga 

over --- Which we neQer missed --- despite th e earl , y rising necessitated . 

The enlisted men lived and ate as luxuriousl y --- ia f act m crew chief 

gained 25 pounds in the three weeks we were th ere --- how he did it defeats 

me because he worked nig ht and d ay --- particul arl y at night , in town . 

Th e men pl ayed as h ard ae they worked at Westaver . A l ast fling a t 

the bri g ht li g hts is alwa s apropos before jumpin . g off the spring board , 

Qnd nearb y citi es, easily accessible , had much to offer . Nightl y orgies 

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were in order , "Mornings a fter" , disregar3ed . Even managed to get in a 

hot m i . c- up w i t h Col one l Roos ev e l t at t h e ftoger S nni t h i n Iio l yo ke , a f`t e r a 

eo-ca lled orgy . 

The Officers' Club on th e field was a popular spot --- would often 

stop in for a whiskey sour and a fling at the quarter machine . Hit a ack - 

pot one night for over a hundred quarters . 

westover off ere d our l ast opportunit y f or persona l cont act w ith fri ends 

and re l ati ves. Fondl y remember a swell weekend i n Springfield with aunt and 

unc l e as hos t s at M ac Rosse's . Tel ephone ca l . ls were ia order and booths were 

busy at all houra . 

For the l ast few days we h a d been a ll packed and rea dy to go , awaitiag 

the proper weather . Eight ships and crews incl u ding a se lf and the Squa dron 

C . O . were to go toge ther . Formativns of our 310th Group B - 25's had been 

pushing out f or 10 d ays and were atrung all along the Northern Aaute . A 

few ao lit ary 25fs were to lead forma, tions of A - 20 's . Otu entire group of 

56 ships was slo rly breaking up into little sections w r , ich were not to f orm 

in entirety for aevera l montha --- and even then th ere would b e mea bers who 

would never re oin . 

We h a d an an ci ous moment the day before we left . "Lil' Joe" , ( our ahip ) 

d eve loped a l eaky gas tank . Eighteen hours with a civilian ground crew in a 

h angar fixed it up and we ust had time to warm th e engines and t a ci out to 

t a ke o ff with aur formation . The t ake-off , with our heavy loa d , was a sh aky 

moment , bat "Joe" performed marveloualy . We ci rcled the field once and h®aded 

North on our first leg of the "B olero" route . 

The a f`ternoon flight from Nestover to Presque Isle , ldaine , was smooth 

and uneventful . Oa this , the 27th d a y of September , the ch anging seasons 

h a d max ked the hills and valleps of Northern New Eng l and eith an unf orge t - 

able display of foliage . e akimmed over the tops of the more t owering 

mountains enroute , end had a bird's eye view of th e waning acti viti es at 

mar y of the popul ar summer resorts in New H ampshire and Maine . 

The $un aas low w h en our f oi- uation of 8 ships went through an intri - 

ca te pattern over the field at Presque Isle and greased in at regul arly 

spaced l andi ng int .ervals . We taxied to our parking area --- cut motors --and 

climbed out of the shipa . 1fe were immediately informe d to comp l etel y 

unlosd the shipa --- baggage , spare parts , armament , armor pl a te , eta . This 

operation kept us up till a rath er l a te h our with time out for ch ow . 

The ob ect of this un l oa ding was to lighten the ship by several th oueand 

pounda , f or th e l ong hop . The reason --- several d ays before a flight 

of our ships h a d left Presque --- and two pl anes crashed within a few minutes 

of t ake off . Th e weather had beea soupy and the investiga ti on brought out 

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the f act th a t an overload me h ave been the cause of the accid enta . Both 

ships were a tot a l loas and the crews had been killed . 

T ro d s later our flight was brief sd for the next hop , 

but "Lil' Joe'e" 

crew was not present --- the gas tanks continued to leak 

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. o we sad] y st ood by on t he r atnp atnd wat ched t he r est oP our f l i 

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ght 

ake off for Labrador . 

lYe never expected to see them until reunion in Sngland 

For two days and two nights 

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crews .orked on the ship, replacing an inboard 

bulletproof gas tank 

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During that time an order came through to reload the 

B-25's with all equipment we'd worked sv hard reasoving a few days earlier 

ile decided the 

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situation --- typical Army style h 

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doubt the result oP an argument between a one and a two atar general . 

1Phile we were etill at Preaque our flight of ahi pe ret urned from Lab - 

ra dor for the eole reason of rel oading th ei r equipment . Ituch time lost 

becauae of thoee conflicting ord ers. At any rate , we were reunited with 

our original flight . 

Th e field a t Presque Isle was really O . K . --- good grub and quarters . 

An Officers Club and theatre of sorts kept us entert a ine d on the post --and 

a f ew of th e boys went to Caribou , a small laaine town , f or the night 

l i f e . 

It was at Presque th at we drew much additional equipment from th e 

Quartermaater --- anythi ng we wanted , and no questions asked . L+ ery thing 

was eacpendfbl e. S o we were all pretty well etock ed with a ll manner of 

G . I , cl oth ea when we left , the States . 

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take off --- and 

, after a briefing , 

the eight ships 

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men per plane were airb ourne. In a loose formation 

internationa 

we psased over the 

l bound ry leaving behin d the country we were going to fight 

for , and with it all dear to us . 

I pon crossing the line we were officially oa toreign duty , lle passed 

over a wild section of New Brunsw ick , C anad a --- a few anoA capped peaks 

and then the broad Gu1P of St . L awrence. North from the Gulf wae a d eaol 

ate stretch of hills and valleys covered with spruce trees , and with ao 

sign of any living thing . Scattered l a kea offered the only posaible out 

in case of a forced l anding . That thought did enter my mi nd while flying 

along . Aft er a f ew hour e flight the field --- a triangular ehaped aff air 

at G oose B sa y , Labrador , eeme into vi ew. We circl ed once and l anded . 

lIe gathered up our mniaette b ags, wool flying suits (it was intensel y 

cold) and were taken to our quarters . 

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At this point on the trip th e wea ther began to be tempermenta l . fle 

h a d three l ong h opa over wa ter coming up , and requirementa concerning weath 

er on these lega ia exacting . We must have contact fl ying a t the points 

of departure and deatination , and wea ther enroute must be fairly clear . 

Thi s l ate in the year these conditions do not occur very often . Several 

flights had taken off from G oose B ay to Green l and onl y to find a f"ronta l 

at orm or zero ceiling a t the other end --- and h a d to return to Goose --quite 

f requentl y with less ahips than had st arted . Consequently we were 

on const ant alert , waiting for the weather to break . 

Ae spent 9 d aya at Goose Bay . Our ata , Y was ra ther dull , for our ao l e 

recreation outside of ga , mbling , was to t a ke wa lka in the swrrounding woods . 

The country was strictl y nnorth woo da --- thin , wind blown epruce trees , 

a few w hite bi rch es, and ground cover of l aurel and gra _ y moea . Thie combination 

is quite attractive but monotonous . Nountains , rivera and l akea 

in the vicinity were very picturesque . There were a few Indi an vill eges 

n®arby , rather dirty , and not particul arl y intereati ng. Did find one 

old fell ow making a canoe --- h a hed built th e f`rame work oP packing boxea . 

The many emall stresms th a t fed Ia k e 6fe l ville w®re more or leas alive with 

native brook traut . I h a d one w hirl at catching them --- rather unauccesstt 

. l --- P ell in th e brook twice and a8ug ht one trout , not quite the lagal 

length o f 6 inchea . 

We had several enow flurries a t Gooae Bay --- a prevfew of th ® winters 

they en oy in th a t part of the country . 

ile began to fee l the pinch of war, that was to h aunt ue for aome time 

to come . C row ded living conditions , poor food , etc . Several supply ahipa 

to G oose B y had recently been sunk by "0" boats . 

ldost of the American officers , a ll fl ying and transient , were ammed 

together in an erstwhil e recreation h a ll . Rough 2 x double decker bunke , 

very crow ded . The f ood wsa a samp le of wh at we'3 get for montha to come --pow 

d sred egge, canned milk , corned beeP , beans , etc . --- and 50 per mea l 

t o b oot ! 

Don't know ust how many aircra ft were on th e fi e ld when we were there . 

B - 26's , B - 25's , A - 20's must h ave numbered we ll over 100 --- then there were 

Lockheed Hudeons , uaed by th e Cana dians and transports (DC - 3) coming and going 

at a ll times . Rea ll y a l arge and important air b ase, well protected f om the 

a ir by numeroua anti -aircraft gun emplacements --- 40 , and manned by a lert 

C ena dian so ldiera . 

Not much more about Gooae , except I ma d e a couple of hundred dolletrs 

in a crap game . One A - 20 pilot cleaned up about 1 , 500 . 00 whil e he was 

there . Crap and poker gamsa going a ll the time . C an't bl ame the bops --nothing 

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fina lly in the s ir and hea ded E ast . 

Oa October 3 we nosed out over the rough , mauntainous shores of Lab - 

rador into the cold , unf iendlp waters of the North 6tl antic . The firet 

part o f the trip we stayed just above the raves --- pearing a b out for ar r 

str y periscopea --- for many "Ue b oats are repute d to be in those waters 

--- none sighted , h oxever. Re did see a lot of ice floating about and did 

some moody co empl a ting upon the temperature of the wa ter in case ot a 

f or ced l andi ng . We got amal l comf or t f`r om our "l ae 1lest s " (l i f e vest s 

which were xorn on all over-xater flights ) . A person could live but a 

f e r mi nut e s i n wat er s o co l d . 

A littl e way out we began to gra dua lly climb above a deck of clouds . 

le started in at about 500 feet and eeveral houra later xe were a t 9 , 000 

fee t . Finally flew beyond this xedge-shaped layer sa we could see b e l ow . 

?here , apparently only a few minntes away , was th e coast of Green l and . 

Tbis cold air is verg d eceiving as t o di st ances, act ua ll , y we were nearly 

an h aur aut . The coast was rea lly an impressive sight . The great , b erren, 

snow covered peaka r i sing abruptly from the icy sea . The field on trhich 

Re xere to l and --- actuslly the only level pi ece of ground on th e South 

West coaet of the island , was in s gl aci a l mora . ne about 50 mil es up Iungdli 

arfik P ord . Re flew over the rough coast line a t 6 , 000 feet w hic h 

took us above and around the mount a ins b ow ding the fyord . 

In th e previ aus bri ef . ng , prlor to take off , .e had been shown pict 

ur e s of t he coas t and r out e t o t he f i e l d - - - s o i t was r at her an e asy 

matter to recognize l and marka , a peculiarly sh aped mount a in , a sunk en 

vessel --- and resting in a ring of mounta ins l ay the field . Due to surrounding 

terrain there was onl y one runwt y ; approach to and ta ke off Yyrom 

the field b eing over th e fyord . This runara , y was surf aced xith ateel mat - 

ting and rose g0 f eet from one end to th e other . 

l1e got a11 B shi ps down saf el y , af t er abaut h a l f h our of ci r c l i ng 

abova , raiting for the control trn rer to untangl e th e traffic snarl in 

the air . l any ships ma de th a t h op on th e same d ay. 

e were 3 . mmedi ate l y assigned to quarters f Qr more comfort a ble th an I 

h a d expected to find in such an outpost . One storp wooden b Qrracks h eated 

by l arge k erosene stoves , Rooden cots , plenty of bl anket s, et al --- damn 

com f ortable . g nearby mess h a ll for transient officers gut out prettq good 

chaw . In fact the Gresnl and bays are trea t ed pretty well --- transport 

ships and planes keep a P . % . pre tty w ell eupplied with candy , cokes , amokes 

nnd beer --- and a sma 1 , 1 commissary xith canned goods , nnts , fruit vi ces, 

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A library , amall theatre , ( with fairly up- to- d a te shows ) , and a nearb y 

volleyb a ll court kept us aut of mischief w hile on th e post . For th e out -of - 

door enthusi asts , there were a d acent mountains to be sca l e d , and a gl acial 

ri ver to be expl ored . Ab out ten milea up the moraine wa$ the foot of the 

g l acier , an inspiring sight . 

The moraine which bordered the river waa about a mil e w ide and t en ®iles 

long , composed of rocks and more rocka , rea lly h ard t o wa lk upon . Th ere were 

eeveral atretchea of dea d wa ter near th e ri ver which were alive with Atlantic 

3 almon . Th ese fieh would not bite on any kind of bait or lure but could be 

epeared , ah ot or even caught by hand . Be killed many of them and had th em 

cook ed a t our mess h a ll --- rather tasty . They say that feeder b rooks a b ound 

in a very gamey native trout in the spring . 

The precipitous slopea bord ering th e mora ine are littered with looae 

b ould ers cast from a d acent cliff a which are slowly being crumbled bp the 

el ements . A aparse growth of unipers , gra , y birehes , and other shrnbs cling 

t o th e eerth in prostrate growth , beaten down by the violent wfnda which 

eweep down the va lley from the ice cap . Th eae wind s come frequentl , y and bl ow 

at tremer dous velocitiee . Ne had a bit of a zeph yr w hile we were there --it 

was clocked at a top spee d of ?8 m. p . h . This win d lasted for several d ays 

and necessitated much work in anchorf . ng th e pl anes, etc . 

There are no trees , but eufficient ground cover to support small game . 

Higher on the sl opes are to be fovnd l arge snow shoe rabbits . They are 

ra th er easy to bag , in fact may be killed with an automa ti c with ease . Some 

ot them weigh ae much as 15 or 20 pounds , and are supposed to be fair eating . 

Pt armigan also abound in th e region , a beautifti , il bird , snow white about the 

size and geners l design of a ruffl ed grou se . 

h or th ree weeks we a raited the weather man's O . g . --- severa l times , 

when th e wea ther seemed to brea k a l ong the route we wou ld prepare for takeoff 

, on l y to have the hop cancelled at the l ast minute by a late weather 

report which appeared gloomy . These d ry runs were much trouble and quite 

exasperating . They necesait a t ed getting up at 4 or 5 o 'cloek and preflight - 

ing the ehip so t a k e-off aould b e made at the crack of d awn. This was necessary 

because th e h oura of daylight are few in the Northern winter . 

It was a daily h abit of ineu of ua to visit th e weather room and look 

over the prospects for the following morning . It was with great intereat 

th at we f ollowed the progreas of each Nhigh" and "low " pressure area on th e 

weather map between Greenl and and Iceland . 

In our b arracks , w h en the weather was poor , most of us would be found 

getting *sack" (Bunk f ati gue ) time , even as late as noon . Few of us averaged 

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less than 10 or 12 houra sl eep per night . R a th er a leisurely exiatence . 11e 

apent much time lying a bout the b arracks playing cribb age, poker , bl aclc ack , 

cond ucting nInformati on, Please:'+ programa , or ust pl ain talking ehop , comfionl 

y known as "barracks fl ying " . Re h a d nightly snacks of food purch ased 

at the loca l commissarq . All in all we had a pretty good aet -up a t Blue West 

1 --- en oying many luxuriea I 'd love to h ave ri g ht now . Re finall y left on 

November 5 , after a three week hold up due to wea th er . 

The d we t oo k off f or Rey kavik the weather was really good at our 

end . With an unlimited ceiling , we h eaded our formation out directl p over 

the ice cap , where peaka get up to 7 , 000 - 10 , 000 feet . Th at hop over th e 

cap was really a , n awe inspiring trip --- vast pl ains of snow and ice between 

towering mountains which were h a lf hidden by blowing snow . The air was the 

noat turbulent I've encountared --- at rong up and down d ra fts Rhich really 

played pranka with our forma ti on . Nar y ships h ave been loat in this unexplored 

and unmapped secti on of Greenland . 

Aa soon as we went over the cap we ran onto a l ayer of clouds which 

we d ropped beneath . For the entire trip we dodged showers , a few hundred 

f eet above the water . Some $howers we could n't d odge , and ploughed right 

through them . After a tireaome trip we finally sighted Iceland , flew along 

the coast to Rey . We circl ed th e tield once , pasaing through showers over 

th e ta.n , peel ed off a. nd l anded in a swift 90 degree cross wind . JI pretty 

rough l andfng as f ar as I was concerned , burned and cut a ti re on whieh I 

was to worry through many more l andings . Ae were all gl a d to call it quits 

th at day --- mighty tired dodging st orma N on th e deck . n 

The brief view we h ad of th e cft y of Rey kavik sa we circled th e ai rport 

before l anding disc l osed a co apact mass of lo r gray buildings snugg led 

about a busy harb or. Now th at we were on the ground , a cloaer inspection 

of the homes a d acent t o the airport proved them to b e ma d e of stone or 

cem®nt , a ll very bw clike in shape , and a peculi ar sameness about the n . The 

air fi e ld i ntruded on th e residenti a l ontskirta of the city , and ds we were 

b eing moved to aur quarters we received our first glimpses of the natives . 

Th e Icel andic race , almost with out exception is f air and hse the glowing 

complexions that result from s cool , d amp, climate . Their dress was quit , e 

wh at we ware accust omed to eeeing in the States , with the ezcep tion of a 

few women who .ore a l ong bl ack dress and a small bl ack cap w ith a long 

tas s el . I would not dream of disputing the f act that Icel andic girls on 

the whole are the most beautift , il in the world --- it 's s f act as far as 

I've seen . 

We soon arrived at the quarters f or transient officere , a sh ort dist 

ance from the field . Our new, temporary homes were to b e th ose portabla , 

h alf b ar'Y'eI sh aped aff a irs l ong associated eith Icel and through news photographs 

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still roomey and were quite welcome th at night . A large number of these 

structures ineluding orderly room , officers' club , mess hall , and Shower 

roow , ma de up the transient officers' camp . It ras separated by barbed 

wire from the adjacent homes of the natives . Th e crowning g l ory of this 

organization .as it's mess h a ll , w herein were served meals non pari e l . 

R ea ll y exce ll ent food , th e best we h ad rece ived since the States , and that 

still goea to d ate . Lb en those men who were prone to sleep late brought 

about a change of habits in order to accomodate a three meal day . 

Our stay , of one week , was a pleasant one --- marre d onl y b y two dry 

runs . These were of course caused b y questiona ble wea th er and incurred 

earl y rising , ch ecking ou t of the caunp , attending weather and route brief - 

ings , st anding b y th e planes , and eventually bo ing to the elements , we 

would return to our quarters to await the meterologist's ca ll . 

Ae , of course , made several trips to th e city which was but a ten minute 

walk . First we h ad an avid curiosity to satisfp , and spent much time 

looking the town over , trying t o decipher th e names of th e various shops , 

and pl aces of businese , and observing the ra ther cool , busy natives . Nat - 

ura ll , y enough , we were eager to pick up some sort of souvenirs and browsed 

around many w i ndvss , occasionally entering a shop and attempting the diffi - 

cult transaction that occurs Rhen nll qou h ave to talk with is a pair of 

hands . Sauvenirs were hard to find as moat of th e merch an di se in th e town 

came from Ea glaad or th e St a tes . F or entertainment th e city had a number 

of theatres , a ll ahowing U . S . pictures untransl ated . They were quite upto- 

date and we went t o th en a number of timea . The theatres w ere sma ll but 

were we ll equipped . It was necessary to reserve seats for evening ahows and 

in th e afternoon we'd report to the box office , of the show we wanted to see , 

and after a certain amount of palaver collect the tick eta for sea ts at th e 

evening performance . 

The Fiot e l Borg provid e d th e onl y night lif e in Rsyj . A sma ll danoe 

orchest ra played popular music nightly and a rather informsl dance would 

ensue . Th e l oca l maidens attended these funetions rather regularly and 

we had little difficulty in ca oling a few dances . 

The girls come to these aff airs stag and leave lik ex i se . I mentioned 

before that Icelandic girls are quite attracti ve --- true enough --- but 

they are equally as coo l . They will d ance Aith you at the Borg --- sonetimes 

oin you at your tabl e over a bottle of mild beer --- but feqr friend - 

ahipa result . Language is not th e only barrier betWeen the gmerican and 

I celandic girls . There are , no doubt , those that can re fute th ese st atementa 

, if so , more prn ver to them . 

Rey kavik is as dry as a Suad a, y School picnic . Th e beer they serve is 

a weak cousin of old 3 . 2 --- and beer is a ll th at' a to be had . 

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Belore e 1®ft !or ta n we'd etop in at the order] 

. J room and eachsnge 

our good oerican dollers Por soap canpons". Tbe nnit ot Icelandic 

m neT i a t he Br onur , . ort h apparoxi o at el y 15 eent a . 

They have o ne , and 

t wo Cronur c oi ne , a d bi l l e woact h 5 14 

, and t here on up ?he . iarur i s 

a leeser coin uorth aboat one one-h undredth of a 3 ronnr . 

bont the time we'd aastered their nonetary eTste a Re left tbe island . 

Tt e eather aan eventual] , y oonvinced na that another hop nas in order 

an d on Noveaber 12 e checked our msgsN on the da nw ind end ot R's l anges 

t rune and took o ft . I had t ew regrets at l esving Ice land --- f e lt 

so ow that I'd asen and done ew erything thsre . Th e one shot ot reaorse 

was at leaving behind aome of the best pastry I'd ever set m rteeth in . 

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Passed Cape Espichel to left 14 s25 

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T8E AIR ECAELON FROM ICEL , A , l ID TO ENGL6ND 

FAOM THE DIAftY OF 

13T LT . JOSEPH SCZYGIEL 

2 

„ 7 NoQ mber 4 2 

Pe xent i nt o t he t a m of Reyk avi k t hi a ev eni ng , as we h ad not t aken 

off because of b a d wea ther . Xalk ed all over and looked at their stores , 

nar rarr st r eet s , narrow wal ks an , d Shet l and poni e s ; t h®n reat t o t he "Borgn 

Hot e l . There I received a biggest surprise: an orchestra p l ay . ng llmerican 

mizsi c, and the Icel andic girla dancing to it very we ll . The gir18 

wvuld not dance with their civilian boy frienda b ecause th ey said the 4merican 

Officera were better d ancers, h ad nicer personalities and were good 

looking , 3ome , or I ah ould say most of them , spoke Lnglish , but cauld not 

be understood too re ll . Th e o ld folka hate Rmericans , and will not permit 

their d aught ers t o go out with American Officers , so the g i rls al ways met 

th e men a t the dance or on streeta . Th e reason th e people are so again8t 

mericans is becauae the women folk here l ePt th eir h usbande and bay f iends 

so th at they could go out with Americans . They are all planaing to go to 

America af`ter the war . Th ey s y th at America has very beauti l wamen and 

good looking men . I ask ed them where th ey got all this inforraation , an, d 

they told me f5rom th e mv ies . All the movies here are 8ngli a h talkiea . 

Have been learniag a few worda in Icel andic . H ave been h aving a pienic 

l earning how to use th e Icel andic money . Its a Court artial offense 

f o ' mi l l . t s r y per s onnel t o spend Amer i can money i n t own ; i t mu s t be f i r s t 

changed into Iceland gorona . 

I el so sa r "S n Yal l ey Ser enade " . 

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S ame thing . Went to town again and h a d a eupper at the "Borg Hotel 

w hich coet us ZO Horonas each , wh3ch i s ab out $3 . 20 in our money . Beer is 

35 cents per bottl e. Its one percent beer and tastes like dish wat er. H a d 

a nice time . 

. 29 Novemb er l ,, 2 

3pent a ll d t y in the personnel office makir . g my p y voucher and per diem 

papers , so that I can get paid tomorraw . This evening I went to town . 9 ame 

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Received my pay today. The finance office did not h ave any paper 

money on h and so I was pa id in silver . lf e are taki ng off for Prestwick , 

Scot l and t omorr ow m rni ng . Goo d , ni g ht . 

2 De cemb er 1 

, 2 

LefZ Reykja ik 

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Iceland at 1Os00 A 

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M 

. aud f1eR 950 miles fn 5 -hours During 

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our trip which was at 1 

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500 feet we saw three large caavoyB on the ocean . 

We lsnded at Prestwick 

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Scotl and and were met by young Scotch lasaes 

who were driving the large tr . icks supp lying gasoline /lgai 

. 

n had t o l earn t he new monet euy ea change . 

Had our f i r st menl i n 

the British Iales . 

Ae Ead eoup that cauld have been called or used for 

gravy , some delicious fish buns , , and some awfnl 

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coffee 

H . 

ave seen the narroA roads and think them very nice . 

Ii ave beean in 

my first real blackaut and thia ia . a blackout . 

It s so dark that pou bump 

into trees . 

lf® are housed in _ private homea The . 

home I am in , 

has a fire 

plsce in every room . 

The beds are high , aomewhat simil ar to hospital bede 

However be 

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, what they may , 

it feels good to get in a good clean bed and 

home. Have been having a wonderfl l time here . 

The peop le are very nice to 

us in fact thep think a pilot is just worth his ueight in gold . The wait- resses in the Hotel where we eat are just crazy abaut us becauae , of course 

we are such hes9y tippers 

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L$ we l e. nded her e t he women who arork on t he ga s ol i ne t r ucks al a sked 

us for American canc r and chewing gum , and being that I brovght a lot of 

gum and chocolate bars I did give them some In . 

town the children 

gmeri 

run afte r 

can Officers and aek if they hav® any chewing gum 

I bought . 

a nice pair of oacford shoes in Scotl and fa 23 3hillinga is , which 

a Pound and three shillings or equiva lent to faur doll 

in Qmerican 

ars and sixty cents 

money . 

I hav® gone on a couple of "Pub crawls" as they call it here, but in 

plein Engliah we went to all their beer parlors . 

Aave been having a dail 

afternoon tea and terts I 

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bought a bottle of rum and two bottl 

b es oY scotch 

ut it did not laet long , aa I had ms 

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ileat t a mavie this afternoon. People in the Statea 3ust don t realize uhat a war or a blackout ia You must be here to gein the ftiill . 

effect 

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People here are lucky to have few 

a 

pieces of inea t during the Reek 

. 

They are allawed two pints of milk per 

week e nd no gasoline at all 

. 

There are hard y 

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any men left here in Scot 

land They 

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. are all in the $ervice , only those bg 

They 

yoars old and up are araund 

work in the factories manu 

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f cturing m snitions 

th and other war needs. But 

ey show ao defeat Th 

. ey f eeze in their homes because they h 

heat their 

ave nothing to 

homes Aith L 

. erything yau 

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y y st h 

It ave ration tickets for 

seems very unusual to see a food . 

store withaut a long line the 

atanding in 

rain and cold 

, waiting for their turn to buy something to eat 

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the discomforts that these people have they atill manage to and l 

. e and laug h 

They tell . 

me that thinge in England are the same P 

. ell , 

I expect to leave 

here tomorrow aft®r breakf ast and have dinner in Nor rich 

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Engls , nd 

, which is 

about 80 mi l e a blort hea st of London 

Sent h 

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00 which wae my per diem for r flight t om the States to 3cotland via the Arctic route . 

I still hnve aach more 

per diem coming . 

Went to a dance tonight aad had a wonderful time , even though all you 

could drin k was soda . 

I anl y hope t hat somed r I wi 11 be abl e t o ret urn home t o s l l qy l oved 

ones and be able to tell where I have been , what I have seen and things I 

have done . 

I know that this is just the beginning and that I am in store 

for much more . 

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Had a nice breakfast 

, wrote a letter to moth er. Gee , 

but I mias her 1Pe11 . 

, we are taking a1 1 

, our clothes to the plane as we ar® scheduled to take 

of f soon f or Sngl and 

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See yau l at er . 

3ame dav --- but two hovra later 

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nat l anded at anr base a f ew mi l e s f r om Nor ri ch , F igl and 

. 

8ad a 

nice trip and saw most of glsnd from the air a , nd liked it 

Parms 

very much 

. 

The 

a11 looked so neat 

, very much unlik e vurs. The buildinga and canala 

are just as I read they wauld be . 

I will never forget these scenes 

sights 

and 

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Since I have lef't Icel and I have never seen so many ships 

voys: Onl or con- 

ry no* , 

do I realize wh8t a huge amount of ships are needed to 

pl y this littl sup- 

, e island . 

Pe had to alter our course a few timea to th go around 

ese convoys because they shoot and then 

b 

ask questions afterwards and far 

e it f rom me to be asking for lead pellets . 

I'll soon b 

it e getting ®nough of 

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Today I have been happier than I have been through out this trip. There 

were seven letters waiting for me . 

It has been the first time I h 

t ave heard 

om home in 70 d ys. This mail has been here abaut five weeks waiting for 

me . 

The rest has bsen sent to mp new base in Ofrica lfter dinner we 

. 

went to a briefing and were told th 

f at we were to f1 

'om Fsngl and t y 

o APri ca . Thi e f l i g ht 

, was t o t ake pl ac e i n t he dayt i distance of 1 me , a 

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300 mil 

. ea . 

Re are to fly just above the water along th 

of ance and S e aoast 

pai n and p ,ort ugal i nt o t he cont i nent of APri 

ca ca . 

Tl3e ea act l o- 

tion I 

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l now but ill 

eave h write do er e n a aoon I 

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aYd anc f r om er e o A i 

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we all expect to encounter enen fightera . 

Let 

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them 

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come 

are due for , as 

a helluva surprise . 

At this briefing we were told the of escape art 

and rhere to head to . 

Re are to be given large aums 

a 

of money of 

ll landa we are to fly over or near . 

Re were told ha. to act duri 

cape . ng an ea- 

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Pery interesting 

Toni . 

ght I ansRered t 

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wo letters , one to Mothsr Their 

and one to letters 

Lillian S 

were 

aknl 

very cheering . 

, a real pick me up . 

I would have written 

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more but had no more "V" ma il blanks . Hope to get some tomorraw and ill 

write more . 

lYhen re get to Africa the NJerri es" are sure going to catch a helluva 

b ea ting . 

I guess I'll put some more coal in my stove so that I can keep narm 

s ll night , because it rea ll is oold in my room . 

I would give a million to have a , y clothes cleaned . H ave been d oing 

n p own laundry , not because I wanted t o, b ut because I h ad to . 

This base Ras bamb e d a b out three xeeks ago , but no damage was done . 

The bomb 3ust made a cra t er in the ground . Guess this is all for tonight . 

? Decem b er 42 . . 

Did not arise till 11:00 A . m . Dressed brut did not wash , because there 

is no nrater e cept at the mess h a ll which is quit s a way f`rom h ere. So I 

took t bike , went to the mass h all , washed , h ad my dinner then took a ride 

to m eirpl ane. 4n the way , I sax Lt . Timmerman'a craeked up e hip . Th en 

went aver to t ake a l ovk at th e ship Lt . Carver cracked up w h en he came in 

f or a l andi ng the d , y before pesterday . After th a t I returne d to p room , 

fixe d my fire and wrote a couple of lett era. gf`t er thi e I rent to the Off - 

icers' Club , and there we were told we could not go to to a tonight becanse 

we are on the alert . So I re t urned to the room , read a little , and in the 

evening a few hours after supper I returned to the club for a few drinka , 

listened to some stories about the Nazi bombing of thia b aee, and returned 

again to m room . Here we roasted canned Spam Rhich we brought ith us from 

th e I . S , and ate it xith I . S . crackers . I a l so d rank a f e. Coca- Col as Rhich 

we also brought with us from the St a t es. Th e Spam ras very good . Ae also 

b ad a glass of cream cheese . Th en we h esrd eome American muaic from th e 

St ates and we all did some reminiscing of how we would like to be h ome with 

our wi4es or girl friende . llhen you hear music f5com home or even rad , io programs 

you al wa pa thinlc of the loved ones b ack h ome. 

Lts . Green and Schick just Rent dorm to th e mess h all and swiped some 

cake , one ga llon of hot chocol at e, some cups , spoons , and a l arge cup of 

sugar and Re h ad a wonder l 1 ti me eating all this . 

10 :30 P . 1 . Just listened t o L ord HaA- Ht w and what a pack of lies he 

slings . He never t a lk s of GermQn reverses . 

Guess I wi11 end thia riti g for tonight . Good night . I'll prob abl 

f`raeze a ll ni g ht as I only h ave t wo bl ank e t s, e nd three cu shions for a ma tt - 

rese . 

8 D eceanber 1 .. 2 . 

H ad breakfast at 8 : 00 g . M . this morning . C onaisted of sausages, bacon 

and poRd , arad egga. Went to the airplane af`ter brea kf ast got out some more 

canned food th at I h ad packed away . 

If I et y here for a few more d a ps I think I will oh ange shirts . It' s 

abou t time . I h ave h ad this one on since 2 October l ;, 2 , and it stands up in 

a corner a11 b y itself . 1 t rousers are the same ay , They are so damn etiff 

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I h ave d one quite a bit of *a l . king tpday looking for a bike; some one 

Ra lked off with it during the night . 

Guess I 11 go into town tonight . l aybe have some Ebglish ale and scotch . 

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Arose this morni ng with a big head 

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Guess I did too much walking in the 

bl ackout because t he Sc ot ch c o l dn 't h 

. . ave been so ef f ect i ve . 

Di dn' t do t oo 

much today . 

Had some f1 

, in chasing around in a "Jeep" sll afternoon . 

Went out 

and got some coal for atave . 

Dressed and at five P 

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town has had more damage 

done by bombing per capit a than London . 

The totrn is practically levelled to 

the ground 

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l e are only five hundred miles aRay from Berlin , so you can see 

t he reason f or i t 

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I had about seven scotch and sodas, and about four beers then I went 

to the Sampson ballroom and dfd some dancing It' 

. s funny that these fi glish 

girls here cannot dance worth a damn and yet they trp to tell us re cannot 

dance . 

The ir ony of the thing is that they plap American music and try to 

dance A nerican dances. To dance tvith most of them you need a lot of pati ence 

and a truck to push them arrnuid 

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One girl I danced with couldn't dance a step 

either of the Waltz ar P'bac- trot 

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hoRever ahe said she could Jitter- Bug 

k , so 

noRing a little Jitter- Bug I said , a0 . 8 ., let's change f om t hatever 

trying 

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to d 

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ance to Jitterbug M 

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Well , re started and when $he started I thought she had a convul sion or St 

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Vitus' dance. I ust could not atand it ar y l 

I began to l 

onger. 

augh and walked off the floor . 

She asked me what was the matter 

and I told her that I turned my ankls 

1Fe had . 

quite a bit of Y n last night with a feR of aur boys . 

It 

that Ken Johnaon 

seems 

was going to stay in town with Green , 

lfilson and Schick 

ilhiteman 

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over guard 

at two in the mornir , 

I cauld not stay after twelve . 

However, Johason 

and I made the rounds of the toWn . At the bar in the Bell Eotel 

, 

Johnson 

asked asked Phiteman what their room number was and 8ank told him , 

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Johnson , so 

sssulaing it was in the Bell Hotel said nO . S . n I'll see you fellous 

there . 

" So off we went 

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1P e11 , about 10:30 Ken told me he was going to b 

so 

ed 

we bid each other good night , 

At 

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about 11 :30 I was cotai 

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back to the base when I ran into Johnson . 

He said 

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"Boy , wae I in a am . 

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happened?" ' fel l i 

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took the t*in beds and moved them together so rhen Green Rilson 

and 

come up they oan ump right in bed 

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took 

them 

off all my clothes and tossed 

all aver the room, put a pence ( penny ) into the gas meter lit 

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the for hea 

gas 

t , put the lights out and went to bed 

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Nell 

, abaut elewen 

a little 

o'clock or 

after , someane opens the door . 

Thinki ng it was Green or flilson , 

I 

ust lay there, but when they put the lights on , 

I 

his 

saw that it was a man 

wife 

and 

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there in th 

very 

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upSet room 

about it . 

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hi m on t he st r eet . We have been ki ddi ng hi a s l l da y t oc 

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aad ent to the Mess Hall to see if I could get a bite to eat before I be- 

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I pon my arr i va l at t he Ide ss Hal l I f ound t h e door s open bat 

no one araund so I a lked around to th e stock room and no oae ras there . On 

the shel ves of thi s st ock room were packed all kinds of canned goods , so I 

l ook ed it over and took a eix pound can of 3wift'a Pork lunch mea t and drove 

qy "Jeep" back to m room and then went to the Intelligence Offìce to atch 

vPer all the secret data . fter I was re lierved at a i x A . M ., I Rent to the 

1[ess Aall again , got a loaf of bread and a pl a t e of butter and just about 

half hour ago I fried some of this meat on stove . It really was delicioua 

.I went up t o m plane thia noon and found th at my lef`t shock stru t was 

doRa eo I went around to one of the hangars and broug ht an a ir compressor 

and raised the strut , because I understood xe were t a king off f or a new Base 

tomorrovr . I'll be gl a d r h en Re get out of thi s h ole . In fact I'll be glad 

when I eventuell y l and my p l ane at a field in orocco , North frica . 

10 Dec emb er l ,., 2 . 

L eft our Base at ardwick and land ed at aur neW B ase in 8hgland , ca lled 

H eth el w hich is only about tan minutes fli g ht (2300) f om HardRick . This 

B ase, like the B ase at H ard x ick , h as no running water in th e rooms. We must 

go to the Mess H s ll h ere th ey h ave abaut twenty wash tubs and about th e san e 

number of sh o rer s . 

Th ese Eng li sh S o ldi ers are all rationed on food . However , h en re ca 

in th ey rece i ved all the food th ey Aanted because our men are fed on Pood f om 

th e U . S . g ., ao naturally thery ate .ith ue . W e don't mind th at so much , but 

th e damn fools steal our meats and everythi ng el se thep caa and trq to feed 

us 3ust as little as they can . Our Colonel Hunter raised aome hell about it , 

eo thep have temporaril y cut it out . 

Th ere isn't anythi ng yvu can do here in town . It aeema th a t everytbing 

cloees at 9sC0 P . d ., so the only thing a fellow can do is drink till thea and 

retvrn t o the B ase to sleep , get up in the morning and do the ssme . 

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so th o n guard 

at means tomorrow afternoon I'll do some sleeping . 

Tomorrow, since ita 

'birthdap I think I'll go to toRn and do some celebra ting 

I guess I 11 end this for tonight 

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FYom this d a t e till the 19th of D ecember th ere wasn t too much doing , 

Asve b een th roug h most of the toRn of NorNich and h ave visited the old C astl e 

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Also the IJorwich Cathedra l , which was built abaut 

the same time . 

This cathedra l is reall , y samething to see --- it ie a maaeive 

str tcture , with beautifhl Aoly fignres in colored glass . 

All the pews are 

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It waa ori g nAl 1y a Norman C a t hedr a l . 

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3 aw al l t he b oa b rui ns ; 

th ese were rea lly h orribl e; b u ildinge and homes l eve l ed to the ground . One 

w h ol e s t reet in a reaidentia l area is completely demoliehed . Tào hundred 

people lost their lives in this bombing . However , outside of this bombing 

a fellow h ardly knows that there is a rar . P bery now and th®n a German 

raider cames over . Hawever , the damage usua ll y is very s light becauae th ey 

are in such a hurry to get aw y th at not much accuracy can be attained . Brit - 

ain , now r ith the Allied pl anes, hs , s air superiority . 

Th e atreets of Nornich and other tonns plue their highways are very 

narrow . They are ust wide enough for two of the little Ehglish cara to pass . 

There are a few high ways wide enough for l arge trucks t o pasa, but very f ew. 

In the towna there are some roa d s so narrow th a t vne little Eng lish car can 

barel y pass thru . The sidewa lk s h ere are abcut three feet wide , the result 

being peopl e wa]1 c on the streets . It is very cammon to be bumped and knocked 

do+ m b y bi cycl e s . 

The Engliah people seem to think we gmericans are b acknard , bnt if th ey 

only knenr how far behind time they are , th ey certainl r y wau . ld hide their faces 

in sham e . They think we d ance very ft nny . Rell , they themselves dance like 

the people in the Statea d anced twenty years ago . Old time waltaes and such . 

gs a rul e, th e . people are ni ce to us , but every noR and then you bump into 

aome smart a l eck like I did on two occaeions and in both inst ances these cert 

ain two peop le almost lost their teeth . This , of course , mig ht happen anyw 

h ere .liany of the atreets in these t owns are still of cobble st ones, l hen in 

to.n , you can alw , ys tell if you are near a butcher shop or fieh store , because 

y+ u can emell th em miles away . 6s far as food , and preparing meala , 

the Tng lish are very unclean . They think nothing of leaving dish es f or d , qys . 

Th e Hotels are very much unlike ours . There is no cent ra l h ea ting . Each 

room h as a fire pl ace and . wash bo.l . Th ere i s one b a th - tub for every floor . 

They close th e doors at 10:30 P . 1 ., and th ose arriving after that m tst ring 

for the caretaker . You do not l ock yovr doors , there are no phoaea in the 

rooma . Each fl oor h as a maid so if yau need anything you ring a bnaser . 

Th ere are no sh oe shine places , in fect they are unheard of . 

Iabor is very much under control by the hi gher c l asa . T o me it seems 

that the same system of serfdom still e ci s t s. From my ta lk s Rith the peoule 

of Tngland there is certainl y going to b e some avrt of an upheaPa l aPt er t his 

ar . m gland was not prepared t o fight any type of a war w hen she was blitzed 

so terribl y b y th e Germans . Ae , in Pearl Aarbor , were prepared one hundred 

percent better th an Ea gland thought of being . The nglieh did n 't even h ave 

but one vr two 3 quadrons of airpl anes. Th e result being th e Geraana did as 

they wanted , there was no anti -aircra ft protection at a17 .. 11 , that there 

was , was a lot of boasting by th e Britia h . And yet th ey have nerve to talk 

of our P earl H arbor incid ent . Th e English soldiers and Officers are greatly 

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dissatisfied with the p r situation . The people are diagust e d w ith th e 

class ayatem and I don t blame them b ecause it is t erribl e. Th e C anadian 

boys and a ll th e oth ers are loo king forsard to taerica to give th em eome 

eort of a sqvare dea l a f`ter th e war. Th ese B ritish Officera seem to pdok 

a l ot ofh o l es in ePerything we do . e ust laugh because the;y don t knotr 

h o funn they are to us . I am writing 3ust notes so that I caa elaborate 

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I om here we sre to eecort tsel ve puranit ships apiece to Oran , 

Franch dorocco , a thirteen hundred mile trip slong the 

coaet of l+ ance, Partuga l , 3pain and the straits of Gibra ltar . 

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Nine Mitche ll Bombers , t went y- three afficers and one hundred fortyni 

ne E il . i 9t e d I en had arri ved at Te l ergma by 21 December 191 , 2 . The Squad - 

ron was now prepared to begin operations . Other Squadrons of the Group 

had alrea participated in 7 missione . On one occasion , Lts . Pickett , 

ers and Gollnita flew with them , but as yet no 361st planes h a d t aken 

off . I om 23 December onward , missions were seh e dul ed f aa each day . Eac h 

day , the crewa would be bri efed and a l erte d . The time for the take off 

would be a d vanced haurly , and then each miasion wauld be cancelled . 8esth 

er, again , was t uatra ting the efforts of the 381st . If it wasn t the 

weather at Telergma , which waa usuall r y foul , it would be the weather aver 

t he prospec t i v e t arget whi ch waul d cause t he c ancel l a t i on of t he mi ssi on . 

The 17th Bonb Group , which was also st a tioned at Tel ergma, was eaperiencing 

the eaa e diffioult y in getting it's 8 - 26' s off on misaions . The only 

exception t o the weather s wrath aeemed to be the C - 4?'s of the Ferry Command 

. Th ese ships , bringing in food and sup plies , seeme d capa ble o f navi gating 

ia aay weath er and of landing on any field; even Te l ergma's , w hich was 

sli y with mud and cavered with innumerabl e pnddl es. s many as f orty C - 47 s 

in one formation were aeen to l and one a t a time , unload supplies , and take 

off again , while their P - ! 0 escort circled in the skies above . 

Th e Wait Was tedious for everyone . The el aborate homes w hich had b een 

b uilt on th e third and fovrth day after arriva l had been ordered torn down 

on the fifth day . Th ere was practica ll . y nothing to do but h uddl e around 

firea , drinking coffee , and cooking egge w hich h ad b een purchased from the 

Arabs . Climatic donditions ma de everyone most uncomfortable . 

Christmas d ay arri ved . It Was cold and cl ear, and the ground and all 

th e tents were covered with a h eavy white frost . A few Christmas C arols 

h a d been sung the night befora , but the spirit was not th ere, and th e voices 

died away without an echo . In the mornin; Protest ants att ended M vine Services 

in a large tent on the B ase, whil e th e C a tnoli cs heard Mass in Telergma 

's tiqy Church , filling it to overflorR ing . Infortunately cont act with 

mail serPice h a d not been est a bli s h ed , so there were no letters , and no pack - 

ages . There xere , h vwever, cigarettes , candy , toilet articles and tangerines 

to be h a d in th e O rderly Room . A few bottles of chalkey red wine f ound th e i r 

way int o th e pup tente and were passed around , but th ere was not enough to do 

mueh good . The Cooks are the ones who reall y deserve the credit for comin g 

to the rescue of th e Christmas S p irit th at ds , q . Although lacking the flavor 

of having been prepared by l aving h ands , the dinner Rhich they served deserves 

the highest comraend a tion . Working under moat adverse conditions , they 

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assembled a memi which included a lettuce sa lad; turicey , complete w ith 

stuffing and roasted to a turn; fluffy white maahed pot a toes w ith gibl e t 

gra4y; aolden colored sweet potatoes; l arge green peas; and white French 

bread . For dessert , they served canned pears and Christra$s canc y . A 

Christ mas tree near the mess line , decorated with bits of ceh oph ane and 

tin produced the final tauch . 

At l ast , on 30 December ! } 2 , th e first mission invol ving 381st planes 

was finally accomplish e d . Th e C omb a t C rews were briefed , as usual , btzt 

the time for the tak e off was not advanced , and the went to their planes 

at the appointed hour . Personnel of all the Graup gath ered on a ware h ouse 

platform b eside th e tìeld , listening to the motors warming up and th en 

watch ed th e planes take off one bF one , circle th e field , gath er in forma 

tion , and h ead toward Tunisi a, rapidl groN i ng sma ller and smaller until 

they were ti qp bl ack dots w hich suddenl y disapneared into the blue of 

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. l item of conversation regar3ing it was the flock of birds which Lt 

Aleaander had run into 

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rith the plane he was piloting , and that phane's 

reeultant cansignment to the "bone yard" Besides . 

this conversation , 

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was considerable talk about movin; , as it had been annvunced 

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r umor that the entire Group wouS d move neoct day to a field called Berteaux 

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ma about six or eight miles. Th at night , New Year's Lbe , was a little more cheerful than Christmas 

I ve h ad been . Contact h a d been ma de with a .ine merchant who was able to 

etiPply "vino" in suffici ent que. ntit p to cause s perceptible lifting i n th e 

holiday apirit . At didnight , the New Year was greeted x ith volleys of rifle 

shot , and bursts vf fire t om Tommy Guns . 

According to schedule , every man dismantled his home neoct morning, and 

stuffed it into his b arracks b ag a l ong with the rest of hi9 worldl y possessions 

. This accomplish ed , everyone stood in little groups around fires and 

discussed the fn pending mave . Two trucks from each 3 qua dron shuttled b ack 

and forth b et ween Telergma and Berteaug , delivering aen and equipmsnt . By 

1700 hours , the Group was established a t Bertesux . 

A mission to Tunia Docks t ook pl ace that dsq . It was the third misaion 

for the Squadron , and the ninth for the Graup . Thep landed a fter this mission 

at Berteaua , their new field . The rest of the planes h ad b een flown over 

during th e dsy . 

In the d ays before the War , there h ad b een an a ricultural colle , ge near 

th e tiny vill age of Bertesux . Into this th e Group mo4ed . The buildin s o£ 

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administra tion building d omina ted the fi rst court , th e other three sides 

of w hich were encl osed by a l ong stone live stock barn , and by two large 

stone sh eda under w hich a , ricultursl machinery h ad once been sheltered . 

I n the center of this court stood an el aborate rabbit hutch , w hich was 

croam ed with a dove cote . The second court , the sma ller of th e t wo, was 

enclosed by buildings whi c h h a d b esn a machi ne sh op, a grain warehouse , 

and another building w hich cont a ined several apartments which were used 

as living quarters . 

3 urrvunding theae buildings were groves of fir treea . Inder th ese 

trees , th e peraonnel pitched th eir pup- tents . Th e comb a t crews , th oug h , 

had moved into one of the barns --- w hich still cont ained some of its 

original inhabitants --- horses , cows , s h eep , goats , chickens and a few 

mules . Th ese anima l s h a d been hidden in the mountains during the German 

occupa ti on and h a d but recently been returned home . 

The Officers took up quarters on the second floor of the dministration 

Building while the Command 3ection P 

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Depa rt ment move d i nt o t he f i r st f l oo r Lt C 

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and the four Sc uadron Commanders moved into one half of the apart 

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ment building in the small court yard the , other half being occupied by 

the di spensary . 

The weather at Berteaux seemed better . Located ia a slight depression 

surrvunded by lo r rolli ng hills , it was not as windy as T elergna . Sometimes 

, rhen the sun was out , it became al most warm, The ground was sanc y , 

and rhen it ra ined , there was not too much mud . 

Construction of an Air B ase out of an Agricultura , l College wae not a 

quick task . The runt rs h ad b een constructed before the Graup arrived , but 

otherwise it was necessar3r to b egin f -om scratch . Everpthing was there , th e 

empty buildings and all th e equi pment and supplies , but assembling th ese 

thin88 , and arranging th em so as to create an operatjng Air B ase, was t o be 

quite a job . 

Th e first thing to go up was a Group B ess . For dinner the first night , 

the C ook s served genui ne fresh beef h amburgers , Things were looking up . 

The next da y at noon , there was a tremendous mail call --- lots of Chri at - 

mats booces , and Chriatmas cards , but best of all , lots of lett ers from h ome. 

lst Lt . P emb ert on and d Lt . 1Pigger arrived from Taf aroui on 2 Jan- 

I'y 43 They h ad l anded at Algiers enroute , and th e weather h ad benevolentl 

y k ept them there for three d ays, w hile th ey had a wondert il time . 

During th e first three weeks of J anuary, 13 Officers and ten E ilisted Men 

of th e F11ght Echelon reported f or d ut y. 

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of Ekil i at ed I, en f r om each Squadr on Roul d go i nt o t own f or t he purpose of 

bathing . These trips were to be compulsory . Accordingly , next morn ng 

three G . I . trucks , loa d e d to the tail ga t ea, ro lled aut of B ertesux toxard 

the hi g h A r l ea ding into Const antine . Ipon reachi ng t o m , they drave thru 

w inding and t w i s ting streets , until they arrived in front of a building 

Ahich h ad "Douche uiicipal" written above its door . Inside , the four walls 

of the soldier filled room were lined with doors , and behind each door was a 

tiny shower room , permitting 3ust enoug h space in w hich to undress . O ne s 

clothes h ad to h ang on the wa ll , u h ere th ey too , were exposed to th e shower . 

In order to pro duce a flow of water , it was necessary to keep a chain pulled 

d own. Th e wa ter was extremelp hot , and there was no m®thod bp which the temperature 

cauld be controlled . The privilege of using the shower incurred an 

obligation of 10 ancs , plus s tip for the attend ant . 

Af`ter th e s h ower, th e neat move was to a barbershop , w here the barbers 

usua ll y gave a a h ave w ith cold Ra ter and a dull razor , snd then made ths 

customer wash his own face , a lso with cold water . 

Having thus epent several hour s attending to the details of cleanliaess 

eating became th , 

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. ers being forbidden to eat in 

restaurants because of the food shartage, the restauranteurs discovered a ray 

of maintaining their new and large clientele . 

Almost ar y urchin on the street 

as able to lead the way to a private apartment trhare a dinner , prepared by a 

restaurant and distributed privately 

, could be obtained These . 

dinners con- 

s i s t ed of e ol d r oa at chi cken , FSrench f r i ed pot a t oe s , 

f r i e d e gg s , Frencr . br ead 

and wine or beer . g fabulous price was c h eurged , usually about 200 or 300 

francs , which amaunted to b et ween $ , 1 f. 00 sad $6 . 00 per person . Ia ter on , when 

the Red Cross arrive d , it establiahed a rest aurent for servicemen , w here an 

excellent , th ough not so abundant meal could be h a d for 10 f5rancs . 

33ghtseeing --- inspecting Const antine a historic fregments oP gaping 

at the tremendoue csnyon w hich eli ces through the city'a center --- or ahopping 

for souvenirs in it's eocotic littl e shopa uausll ` y occupied the rest of 

th e da . At 01 , :00 the G . I . 's were poured into the trucke and rolled b ack 

home . 

On 15 January 43 , the R ear Det achmen t of the Ai r Echelon arrived , with 

Lt s . Mason and Horr ocks , and 2 ,. Ea l i s t ed Men , Lt . CaRSe- Morgon i n c on®and . 

Their trip to Tel ergma was quite similar to the trip rhich the Graund ;ch e l on 

h ad made f om C aaa bl anca. It was rugged , but dsepite th e incvnveni ences, it 

was l aa d s of fun . The food w hich Lt . d ason h ad purloined at Oran kept all 

etomachs happi] f1i11 , even thangh th e menu resembl ed s Hollywood Diet , sa 

st of t he rat i ons re re canned f rui t . 

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G ie day w hile enroute , the 11ess Gar caught on fire . Th e tra i n was in 

a station at the time , and the Cooks were preparing a feast of co ffee and 

th e onl y- ra tion of Iriah Stew . Sgt . Joseph . Czajka was pauring petrol 

into the stove burner , and accid entally spilled some , w hich imm ediately ignited 

. The clothing of Cza jka and a coo k from the 3'T9th Eche lon caught ffre . 

The 379th cook jumped off the car snd Czajka , ignorant th at his own cl o thee 

were burning , jvmped off and started to chase him . da l] . oy started to chase 

Czajka , but was intercepted by a Frenchman , who beat out Czajka a fire while 

Cza jk a smoth ered the 379th Cook 's flames . In the meanwhile , Lt . l son was 

putting th e fire out inaide the car by smoth ®ring it w ith shelter halves . 

yPhile th ua engaged , another F enchme , n jumped i n and b egan po. l ing the shelter 

hslves off the fire and throRing them out s ide ju st as f ast as Lt . Mason could 

put them on , thus allowing the canflagration to start again . Lt . ason began 

to cusa in pure Anglo- Sa con , as he didn 't apeak F ench , and , at th e same moment 

, he grabbed the Yenchman by the coll ar and the seat of his pante , and 

cau sed him to l eave the car suddenl p, like a bullet in its flight . A mim ite 

l a t er, I a ll oy 3umped b ack in the car , and h e an d Lt . Maaon b egan to p itch 

thi ngs off --- cases o f ra tions , wa t er cans , s t oves , and pe trol cans , ane of 

which hit an Ara b bop without even faaing him . 6bout ten minutes after they 

finally put the fire out , the local fire department arrived . It consisted of 

one very eacited P enchman with a chemical fire extingu . ieher . Bursting into 

the esr , h e pro cee d e d to spray every thing in sig ht , even the Iriah Stew, which 

so f ar, h a d not b een end angere d . Th ey didn 't wast e muc h ti me d th hi m --- h e 

e l so went out cai his d erier . The Irish Stew , nos being ruine d , had to be disposed 

of , so the personnel sa t dowr, to a dinner of canned grapefruit , w hile 

the train crew detached the smouldering I ess Car . I om then on , trouble reigned 

in the l ess Department . The agineer had promise d 2 hour layovers for th® 

parepara tion of eac h meal , but would i mmediate l y start the tra in again as soon 

as s ll o f th e equipment fbr preparing th e meal h ad been put on th e statioa 

pl atf orm, rlth a result th a t it all had to be thrown back in the cars again . 

It didn 't matter too much , hoRever , as there were onl , y t wo more meals to be 

eaten aboard the train , and the only unea ten rations were canned peaches . 

lYhen they arrived at Telergma l ate on the afternoon of 15 January 1 3 , 

they f ound a fleet of G . I . trucks waiting to t a k e th em to Berteaux . Not 

h aving been a bl e to s h ave during the trip , everybody was wearing foliage 

of various sizes , sh apes and dimensions . Lt . 6 3asa n 's was perhaps the most 

picturesque . Covering his entire face , ft h ad gro m to a lsngth of approacimately 

1 - 1/4 inchss . The beard had been caret lly trimmed , and th e moustache 

was meticulously twirled on each end . Insomuch as moust ache wsa was 

not available , it is rumored th a t th e Lieutenant was using H ee- Aee sh oe po l - 

ish to keep it in ahape . 1Pith a p isto l belt and h olater slnng around hia 

middle , h e l oo k e d remarkabl y like a picture Bret Hart might have drawn of a 

C alif orni a desperado w h en the lild West was poung . 

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the Squadron Commander being promo t ed to 1 i a or , the Group Ch ap l ain , Fath er 

Aalter J . Poynton , 0 . Carm ., being promoted to Capt a in and 2ad Lieutanante 

Ab p l . anal p and C ampbell being promoted to lst LiCUtenant . 4 the 13th and 

31st of January there ere also promotivns for the Enlisted 1[en , which created 

1 l4/Sgt ., 6 T/Sgts ., 10 3/Sgts ., 16 Sgts ., 16 Cpl s., and 2 Pfc' s. 

Durin . g J anuary, the 3 quadron partici pated in 16 Co nbat Yi , ssions , and 

dropped 80 , ?b0 pounds of b ombs on enemy targeta . All of our planes returned 

to the b aee sa fely . 3/Sgt . D . G . Windham , Jr ., shot doRn 1 lse- 109 and damagsd 

another . 

During the first few weeka at Bert eaux th e feverish work necessarg to 

establiah an Air B ase r . a d necessaacily prevented the organization from any 

recreationa l fa cilities f or eith er Officers or Enlisted Iden _ . There was no 

Day Room , or si mil ar pl ace to gather , so that the men had but t wo choices 

as to how to spend their time after the eun went do rn; namely , st ay autaide 

and freeze , or crawl into their pup tents and go to sleep . 

Behi nd t he Di spensary at ood a sma] 1 

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loose stone slabs cemented together with mud ThiB . 

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or a roof Boards . and a fee loose bricka were used by the Chapla. in s 

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, one of the many G I inventions . . made a really 

officient etove l om a 5 gallon can , using 6 or 8 nSpamn esns soldered 

together for a chironey The . room was f rniahed with an improvised altar 

8 ade of boards and covered with apare shelter halves , at which F'ather said morning ndass . 

Father 'a field desk stood beside the stove The . rest of the ro om was f ur ni s hed wi t h "f r ag n boace s . 

Some of t he s e rere us ed a s bookca 

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1Q en the lack of a gathering place was brought to the Chanlain 's attention he inmaediately , threw his 

office open to all who wish d 

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In the evenings after chow the tiay room, whose dimensions were roughly 12 x 15 feet fill 

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etters home were written in that room . 

Fath er usually kept a large baoket 

filled with tangerines , ready for anyone to help himself 

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Ahen the crow d 

thinned out eraund 2100 hours, thoae remaining sould fry or scrambl e eggs 

on the little stave . 

The Chaplain 's little office , alwa3rs popular, became 

even more popular as the weather grew colder . 

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tioaanegotia- 

which were to result in a recreation center, the like of hich there 

was no duplicate in all of Al geria . 

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t th e beginning of February , an Officers' Club was est a blished in t wo 

of the smaller rooms of the Headquarters Building . Facilities for serPi . ng 

b@er an d $hiakey were installed . Sheet metal xorkers labored for several 

days in one of the rooms , constructing a b ar from o dds and ends of ine t a l . 

In th e other of the t wo rooms, ch a irs rere improv i se d from th e me tal re inf 

orcement s u sed in packing the t a il fina of bombs . In the evenings following 

the Grand Opening , the Officers gathered there in force . Usually they 

fl , trniehed their ovrn amusement , but sometimes they .ere able to find entertainment 

in the person of m l . isted en rith string instrumenta or accordians 

. On th ese occasions , th e souad of their voices rang clear and loud 

across th e fie lds , wafting th e me l odies of such songs as "The Beer Barrel 

Polka " , or "9 eet Adeline" , as the occasion deme , nded . 

Abaut 5 February 43 , two photographers from Lif e Magaaine appeared a t 

the Base , and d uring th e next f ew d a, ys , proceeded to sh oot eveiy thing ia 

sight s ith their cameras --- th e chow line; th e Yrabe; the Buildings; tenta; 

and persoa ae l . Their favorite sub ect was the Group 's personnel , and their 

favorite backgrounda for these pictnres were the capit a ls and pedestals of 

ancient stone columas , a collection of s hich stood in th e court yard in f ont 

of Headquarters Building . 

Movies h sving become available , Lt . Gilbert Ballance , th e P . g . Officer , 

arranged to show th em in the cavered e rea way between the t o courtyards , 

w h ere t he Gr vup Me s s rras l ocat ed . The f i r s t pi ct ure t o be s ha m wa s "I 

arried an 6nge1" , with Jeanette D4cDonald and Nelson Eddy . It was a grand 

euccess . The area way was packed . All entrancee h a d b een eovered with canvas 

to concee . l li ght , th e meas equipment had been put out of the ws y , and 

tables and bench ea h ad b een moved in to be u sed as sests . That night , three 

performances in all were given to three enthu siastic and closely pack ed aud - 

iences and an annauncement was made to the effect th a t h enceforth pi ctvr es 

woul d be shonn t rl e e we ekl y . 

10 February , txo event s of ma or import ance occured . Firat , the 

Group Commander , Lt . Col . Hunter , changed his insigai a of rank for the Eagles 

of s I ill Colonel , and second , it snowed . a few d ays previously , the wea th er 

h ad taken a turn for the worse . Each dap the tempera t ure dropped , until noon 

on the tenth , when fluf w hite flakes of sno rb egan to sift down from a sl ate 

gray a$ , Y . gnd it Was cold . Wh en th e snow stopped falling a steac y wind began 

to blo., making it seem even cold er. The cooks pulled a rea l boner th at day 

--- after weeks of h avin . g served hot tea for lunch , they decided , for reasons 

v hich could best be understood by an Infinite Diety , to aerve cold l emona d e 

a t an haur w hen the atorm was at it 's hei g ht . 

After severa l days the Wea ther lift ed again . Quite often on clear nights , 

the Air Raid Bell wauld sound , sending everyone scu rrying for his slit trench . 

Ch1e ni ght , an enemy p l ane dropped some flsres abaut 10 miles t o the $aet , in 

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the vicinity of the B - 17 field . It then spent quite a few minutes circling 

Berteaux before departing . On another night , the 428th area was t aaed by 

a plane w hich is believed to have been a German pursuft ship . No bombs were 

d ropped during eith er of th ese al erts . 

C fficer promotions in Febru 

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ary elevated lst Lts . 

Alexander Edc , y Green , 

and Fickett to the rank of Captain , while 2n d Lts Collins . 

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me l s t Lt s P 

. r omot i ons of Nsi l i s t ed Men pr oduced 

1 d /Sgt 7 T/S 

, ., gts 7 S/S 

., gts 9 Sgts 8 Cpl 

., ., s., and 8 Pfc's. ld or e of t he At r Echel on st r aggl ed i n f rom Ea gl and . On t he 13t h , Lt s . 

Kear ne and Rouch , w i t h 4 EYil . i st ed den , and on t he 27t h , Lt s . Is arl ow and W ert 

wi t h f i ve E l i st ed lEen . 

The Sc l uadron h ad been engaging in missions quite frequently wfthout havi 

ng h a d any s er i on. is ac c i dent a 81nce t h e 9 qua dr on wa s f crmed . Gm 8 February 

43 , t wo p l anes, pil oted by Lts . Cog and Crump were the first 381at pl anes to 

be br ought do n by ener r act i on . On t hat da y , 

t he mi as i on t o Gab e s Ai rdr or s , 

a reputed] ti y hot t arget , incl uded three 381 st pl anes. Of th ese, Lt . Linden 's 

plane was the only one of th e th ree to retnrn . Then , in rapid succession , 

the Squadron los t th ree more ships and crews on low Sea S` eeps . Lt . Atkinsan 

and his crew failed to return on February 22rtd and the follo. ing d ay 

Capt . Eddy , Lt . Adsrtin and their crews crash landed into the eea. 16a or 

Ferguson fl ew as Obaerver , Lt . gatzenbach as N av i gator and C apt . Pickett ae 

Bombardier with C apt . Edd y . Thus , the 381 st l ost it 's S qu, adro n Commander , 

it 's flight le3der , it ' s S quadron Navi gator and Squadron Bombardier . During 

the nine month s w hil e in command of the 3$lst , 

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or Ferguson had tritnessed 

it ' s evo l ution from an im wieldy canglomeration of rookies into a fi g hting 

f orce strong enough to dea l telling blows against a c l ever and vi gorous enemy. 

Najor Ivan Leonard Ferguson was born at D erced Falls , California c 2 

Auguat 18 . Facts concernin , g hia career prior to oining the Ara are not 

atvailable . He xas commissi oned a 2nd Lt . in the $i . r Corps R . eserve an 12 

July t ,. l . Prior to commanding the 381st , he spent two motiths as an lirpl ane 

C ommander on submari ne pat r ol f l yi ng out of Jacksaanvi l l e and Adi am i Fl ori c9a , 

H e was promoted to the ra , nk of 18t Lt . on 1 M arch 1 2 , and assumed command of 

the 381st when he arriv d at C o l umbi a Arn y Air Base on 20 June 42 . 

Captain Al n h eus ray White wae appointed Squadron Commander of th e 381st 

on 23 F ebruary 4 3 , Capt . l lhite gra duated from North C arolina St a t e College 

in June 193? , with a degree of Bachelor of Science i n Civil Enginaering , and 

entered the Inited St ates l[ilit ary Aca dem -at Weat Point . He graduated in 

191 , 1 w i t h t h e rank of ?n d I i eut ens . nt . On 1 Mar ch I 2 , he was pr omot ed t o l st 

Lieutenant . tering th e 310th as Squadron Co® ander of the 3T9th S quadron 

on 15 June 42 , h e b ecame s C aptain on 12 gugust 42 , 

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28 FebYV , ary and additiona l detachments arrived on the two f o llow ing d ays . 

In a ll , the 381st peraonnel numb ered three Officers and seventy- five Extlisted 

Men w h o were und er th e oomsslnd of 2nd Lt . Oliver E . h asrard , Jr . 

Th ey h a d b een h av i ng a hi g h ol d t i me of i t on t he be ach at Cs sabl anca , 

w h ere th ey h ad been atationed since Jam iary 26 , 1943 , w hen th ey diaembarked 

from the convoy hich had brought them to Africa . Aft er th e Ground Ec h elon 

's departure from Greenvill e, th e Rsar Ec h elon h ad b een transferred to 

Camp gilmer at New Brunsw ick , New Jersey , ab out thirty miles from New York 

Cit y . Insomuch as th ey were there aver the holidays , and passes ere liberall 

y g i ven, cvnclueiona can verp easily be drawn as to what kind of a time 

they had . Their arrival at Bertsau c braught the S quadron 's personne l t ogether 

for the first time in six months . 

Ehemy pl anea sh o t down in F ebruary are as foLlowa: S/Sgt . Donald J . 

De ly is credited with one Ju- 52 , S/Sgt . Quentin P . Thomas , one Ju- 52 , and 

Sgt . Alb ert Hug h es , one !le- 109 - E . Sigteen missions by the 381st de li vered 

37 , 760 pounds of bombs to the i . a during February . 

In describing the arrival of March , th e praverbial aaiom that it either 

comes in like a lion or goea out like a lamb , did not hold , as the weath er 

continued to be co ld and windy , with frequent showers hich k ept th e ground 

perpetua ll y damp and soggy . Very fe:r missions were fl o.rn b ecause of th e 

weath er, and also becau se the Combat Crews were sent away for a rest . 

One morni ng i n t he second week of dar ch a f l eet of C - 1 7 ' s depa . rt ed f rom 

Berteaua , with all of th e 31oth 's Combat Crew membera who h ad partici pat ed in 

5 or more missione . Th ey were bound for a rest camp high in th e mountaine of 

Morocco , near the Sultan' s summer pa l ace. 

Besidea the luxvey of bedrooms r ith pri vate baths and running water , the 

rest camp , which was former l y oae of th e best summer Hotels in North APrica , 

had many l arge public rooms , a . ad l ots of amusements . The food was st rictl y 

G . I ., but a cl ever French cook disguised it with almost comp l ete succeas . 

Diversions were p l entiful : bicycle riding , boar hunti ng, trout fishing and 

trips int o F ez and Meknes d aily by bus . 

In about ten d a, ps th e combat crews arrived b ack at Berteaux much ref 

r e ahed and r eadsr t o f l y agai n . 

First Li eut enants C ampbell and Kindar Were promoted to Captains , and 

S econd Lieut enant Goyer was promoted to Fi rst Lieutenant . First Lieutenant 

Eri c 0 . Linden was tranaferred to the North Af ican Training Coa m , and of th e 

North West African Strategic Air Force . Stated more simply , h e was transferred 

to C asablanca for th e purpose of beeoming an O . T . U . Instruct or. Corporal 

Aal ph Jones was a l so trsnsf erred . 

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ti ss eri ng a cal l f r om t he 1 7t h i i ng f or cl erks t o go on t empor ar Y de- , 

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, orporal Jo nes departed one morning heavily l 

, aden in the traditional 

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manner That 

. wae on the tweli`th of the month Fina . l] . y , after he had been 

gone from the Squadron for abw t three weeks , word was received that h 

, aving 

been given a choice of returning to the Squadron , or of ramaining with 

lting , 

Jones had made a lamentable choice in favor of the latter 11) 

. , nobody 

knew, and everyone was tired of gnesaing by the time they finally forond 

out 

. e day while in Const antine , several ilisted lden met Jonea He . .ds 

in an exceedingl , y happy fra1ne of mind his , natural good nature obvionsly hav ing been enhanced b9 liberal anplications of good Algerian wine (he tw uld 

drink nothing but the beet} 

which must have been given him by one of his newly 

found companions , as the thought of parting rith even one centime is a proc 

e s s whi ch s oul d hav e cau s ed t he good Cor por al pr of a und ment a l angui sh "91l 

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, you forsake the 381st?" "Because" 

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munching a csndied date which had been profered b f 

y one o hia questioners "be- , 

cause of the Cui93ne. " 

"Because of the what?" 

Janes' answer was long and enthusi astic , each point being illustra t ed 

with gestures in th 

, e manner of an excited Frenchman He . outlined the perfections 

of Wing 'e Mess --- perfectiona the chief virtuss of which were tbeir 

ability to satiate his collosal appetite . 

A nong other advantages which he 

went on to enumerate , rere pyramidal tenta thich were f rnished with real beds , 

and the beds were equipped with sheets (It has . since been det®rmined that the 

latter was an exageration ) . I equent passes into Constantine were mentioned 

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and beautifl l .. ld adamoselles hinted at 

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Throughout the conversation Colone , ls 

and other high ranking Officers ere referred to --- apparently the Corporal 

was going places . . . . . 

Finally , his friends ere able to in ect a yuestion i n to th e conversa ti on . 

" lb at kind of a job did you get , R a lph?" "Ohle he rep li e d , as h e tuiu ed to 

start down the atreet , + I ' m a permanent K . P . in the Officers' Yess . " 

Th us one of the S quadron 's moat oolortL l and amusing characters had been 

seduced bp luxury , and had forsa ken his friends . No longer would his strideat 

baritone split the silence of the Olgerian night rith the melody oP "Amapol a " , 

or the bisarre eccentricities careftiill y perpetra t ed , amuse the en tire personnel 

for days on end . 

gbant the middl e of th e month , t wo more Combat crews flew in from Sgland , 

in ships piloted by Lt . C arver and Lt . Coddington . Also , four n r Combat crewa 

arrived to t ake th e pl ace of those w ho were missing in action . 

As a result of the efforts of th e Chanl a in and Lt . Karosen , a new Recreation 

Room and b ar were opened for th e Enlisted Yen on the 19th of liarch . For 

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Group Reather Officer , 

it ras determined that despite the almost const ent 

drizzl . e of rain , 

the worst of the bad weather was aver, and it *ould be ad 

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in a few d ys the two large rooms of the grain wsrehouse were empty The fir . st 

decorations to appear were stencils on the rall , depicting Mitchells and Spit 

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fires Soon . a bar was insta llsd 

, with facilities for handling beer kegs . 

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tables and ricker chairs were purchased , and then a Aiano and radio . 

The entire 

pro ect was a grand success . 

Two nights per week movies irere shown , and on the 

other nights beer was served 

. ach F riday evening the 2Uqth Coast 

, 

Artillery 

Band came to give a concert in the court yard 

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Afterwards the pJive" 

, e cperts 

in the band xould rema, in for a nJam Session n The . orchestra members , professional 

mueicians in civilian life , could really dish it cnt 

. 

Their swing was 

delivered with a smo oth expertness characteristic of only a few top aame organizations 

. 

The audience reall , y went rild rh en they beat vut "One 0'clock 

Jump„ 

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MIn the Yood" or "Basin Street Blues " 

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At nine o'clock , ezhausted th , 

ey would pack their equipment and leave . 

When the Combat Crews moved in pyramid a l t ents , the Officers did lik ewise 

, mov3 . ng out of the upst airs portion of the Hea d quartera b uilding . The 

l rge room which they h a d occupi ed was tranaformed int o a neA Officere' Club . 

The radio and the met a l bar were moved in , and in additioa , some tables and 

wicker ch airs were secure d . It wsa a very nice set -up as f ar as it's f acil - 

itiea rere concerned , but the Enlisted Men 's Recreation Room and B ar h a d far 

more to offer , especis ll y the 209th Coast 6rtillery Jam Sessions on Friday 

ni ghts . Finally the Officers began to learn what th ey h a d been mi ssing , and 

thereaPter the Jam Sessions for the En list e d en wou ld end a t 20 :30 hours , 

and continue in the Officers' Club until th e musicians became too exh austed 

to blow another note . 

During March , the 381st engaged in nine missians , with a loss of one 

pl ane , Lt . Sch rupp' s , ri t h a t ot al of t wo Of f i cer s and t h ree l i st ed D[en . 

32 , 1 40 pvunds of bombs were dropped , and no Ea emy A , /C were ehot down . 

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Th e follo ing conunendation received r ith enthusi asm and appreci a tion 

b everp member of the Graup is se lf e cp l ana t ory . 

SIBJECT: Commendation . 

C R T 

HEgDQUARTERS l 7TH 1 ING B : JCCf kf s 

4P0 520 

TO : Com nandi ng Of f'ì cer , 310t h B omb Group , N ew London . 

Commandi ng Of f i cer , S?xid I i ght er Gr oup , New Jer seg . 

1 . The Ai ng C ommander and St af f of t he 47t h Bi n g ar e a ccept i ons l l , 

p l eased t o pass an the following meseage and 8re full y cogniaant of th e 

sp l eadi d *ork of yoai and y our organi zat i ons : 

"Reported results against shipping seven Yaroh are 

oet eacc el l ent 

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1 congr at ul at i aale t o al l who par t i 

( ci pat ed 

signed} SPA TZ . 

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"Desire to add rqy cangratul ations and apprec i atian . n 

( signed) DOOISTTLE . 

B order of C olonel RIDEAOIR: 

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J . C . CROSTS114ITE , 

Col onel , Ai r Corpa , 

Chi ef of St af f . 

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1 . I am happy indeed to pass on to each and every member of this C ommend 

this coaanend a tion w hich you ao ustly deserve . 

2 . Your ob h as been a tough one , under a dveree canditions and trying 

circuma t ances; but all of th ese have b een met and overcome by your .ri , ll to 

wi n regardless of swch conditions or aircnmst ances. For this I am extremel y 

praud of each and everyone of you and h appy to be a member of snch an organization 

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Apri . l and 5pri ng ar ri ved a h cost si caul t aneousl y . The weat her t urned 

warm an d w ildflowers began to appear --- blood red poppies , yellow and Rhite 

d aisies , end a t remendous variety o f oth er fl o ers of un knoxn spec i es . Th ey 

were a complete surprise , as the cold and wind of winter h a d completely removed 

a ll thoughts relative to wildflowers from everyone's mind . 

Another comple t e surprise was the arriva l , oa 10 gpril , o f a Red Croes 

field unit , comp l ete w ith a s traw berry bl ond and a beauteous brunette , w ho 

proceeded to set up equipment an th e rvund stone tabl e in front of the Head - 

quarters building , from r hich thep served coffee and daughnuts to the comb a t 

cre rs upon their arrival home from that da 's mj . ssion . And that wss onl . y the 

beginniag . Each missiom therea fter , they were f a ithfully wa iting . The r not 

only diapensed coffee and doughnuts , but plenty of feminine c h arm an d personali 

ty , a p leasaxl t experience f or a ll . The comb a t crems must h ave l earned to 

l oo k forward to th ese re l comea w ith tremendou8 anticipation . For the Officera 

and &alisted Men who came over on the Queen 1 , dary , these girls were the first 

lmerican women they had ta lked to for alaiost eight montha . 

3evera l da , ps later , a tent as set up in th e rear of th e Headquarters 

Bailding for the Red Cross , w ith a ll sort s of necessitfes to be distribut®d: 

Pocket sized nave l a , tooth brus h es , V - Yail forms , cards , sewiag kits , pocket 

comb s and even model airpl ane construction kits . 

The efforts of th e R , ed Cross , the neR Day Room , th e variet y s h a s, and 

the 209th Coast Artil ery Jam Sessions , e t c ., crea ted , a t Bertesux , probabl , y 

the model Amsrican Air B ase in a ll of N orth Africa . Th e c nics among both 

Of f i cer s and l i st ed Men conc l uded t hat s uch unaccust ome d l w tur y ra s t oo 

strange to th e 310th , and prophesied a moveraent to eome pl ace whose rugged - 

neas wvuld be more in keeping with 310th standards . When th e optonist a 

pi cked up these rumblinga , they were t xisted araund into h ot rumors , w hich 

cont ained delicious morsels of "suthorat a tive " tips th at we were abont to 

go home . I om then on out , a reah o f rumors cavered all activities , and 

each new event , reE-ardless o f it ' s actual importaace , wsa not on1 , 9 interpreted 

to b e a confirmation of some previous rumor , but in turn gave birth 

to fl oods of newer rumors . Thinga rent on to snch an eatent th a t Lt . D onald 

D . Horrock s was vaofficislly appointed Group Rumor Officer , fn ord er to facilit 

ate circulatioa of new born rumors , and to prevent repetition . 

But the rumor mongers forgot th a t th ere was still a campa iga to be finished 

, and after th at , a ar t o be wan . These stern f acts became hi g hlighted 

from time t o time , as an $pril , when lst Lt . . C . J ackson and his crew , 

?nd Lt . G . J . Greenberg , T/Sgt . J . B . C aron, T/S gt . F . 8 . L aPorte and S/Sgt . 

A . Hug h es weirt down in action on a mission ta Borizzo AfD , Sicily , and again 

on th e 19th , Rhen lst Lt . A . G . Bearns , F/0 . ! . Stone , nd Lt . J . F . Cronch , 

Jr ., and S/Sgts . D . W . Lder and T . 6soberg f ailed to return from th e ra id on 

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nment was hol di ng as pri soner s of war t he f ol l owi ng 381at Of t,i cer s and Eh - 

listed Men , who had been miasing in action . 

Captains Fddy and Pickett lst 

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Hawkins and S/Sgte. Sc have , and Taylar . 

C th e 18th of 1pri1 , h a or General Doo lfttle arrived at Berteaw c , accompani 

ed by ot h er hi gh r an . ki ng Of f i c er s a nd f ol l owed by r epr e s ent at i v e s f `r om 

th e prese and the Saturd r Eb ening Post . They a ll watched the l anding of th e 

hi ghl y enc ce s s l tiil 36 pl e ne mi s ai oa rhi ch t h a t d ay h ad bombed Por t o T or r e s an d 

'ertilia /D in S ardinia . That evening a reunfon wes held in the Officer s 

Cl ub t o c aam e morat e t he f i r s t anni v er eary o f t h e Gener a l ' s hi st or i c To]ci o rai d . 

G athered there were a ll o f th e 4fficers th at are in this area who had partici - 

pated in that nission . 

Genera l Doolittle oonferred the Silver Star upon Lt . C ol ., Frank E . 8ills , 

th e Base Commander , for heroic action in rounding up ira b spiee during the 

earlp daya of the ican Campa ign . 

The next moraing , after th e General end hia partp h ad departed in a B - 2b , 

the news b ro ad cast from London reported an annvnncement by th e J apaneee Government 

that some of the prisonera taken in th e Tokio ra id h ad been execnted . 

This caused deep iadignation to spread through out th e Group , as might well be 

expected . 

Lfter the Tokio celeb ration the , 

Spring weath er was completely ru ined by 

the arriva , l of a rainstorm , which ataqed for severa l ds , ys . 

It 

int was severe and 

ense, and came to a clinax on Good Frida3r, z3 poril 

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The sky had been l cloud 

ess, and the day b - 

almy until the middl e of the afternoon, when seven large 

thtm der heads arranged themselves like pillars around the horizoa . 

bant four 

o'cloc c all hell broke loose . 

First 

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tremendous drops of rain , 

then flaBh of lightning foll ea 

owed by deafen3ng claps of thunder , after which silence for 

a monent 

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Then the sky really let loose , pelleting 

hibit 

everything rrith an unin_ 

ed shawer of hail stonea . It was terriPic . 

The larger hail stones 

almoat the 

were 

size of golf balls , and the small est larger than They ordinary marbles 

ripped pnp- 

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tents , 

broke windahi elds and raised bumps on unhelmeted h 

And wh eade 

en thep ceeaed to Pall . 

, 

it began to rain , and rain ver3r hard 

. 

llh ea it 

wae 811 aver , 

Bertesua was under water to a depth of about sia inehes . 

Th 

water began t e 

o drain off rather rapidl y, pouring into all the loAer apots 

gr aund of 

, and al l t he dug out s and sl i t t renche s . 

Many of t he F il i st ed I[en 

comp 

were 

letely flooded out of their pup- tents and had to ft aeek re , ige in the Day 

oom, or in the Officere' Club 

, until their possessions dried 

. 

Several peopl wading through the 

e 

water , 

, stepped into tlooded alit trenches ly immeraed end were complet e- 

. 

lst Zt . d e l vin R . Rouch found the silPer li ning in th e clouds by using 

his high I . Q . Obtaining t ro bucketa , he began to gath er h ail as f ast ae it 

f ell , and th at evening , produced aevera l bottles of iced champaign for hi s 

t ea t - mat es . 

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By Easter 9unda , y , Spring had burst forth again in all of it 's g lory . 

The services of both denominations were held i n the Enlist ed Idens' DQy Room , 

which Was decorated xith ca ll a lilli es , roses axid stock , p hich the Ch aplain 

h ad arrange d to h ave brought from Const antine . Music vras supplied by string 

i nst rwnent s under t h e di r e ct i on of l s t Lt . 1SCal l oy lEil l er of Heac quar t er s 

S quadron , w ho in civilian life ras a member of the Denver S ymphon r Qrch estra. 

Bp the end of 6pri1 the , new combat men , who had arrived on 2 April 

h , 

ad been completel y assimilated into the Sq aadron The . y are 2nd Lt 

. 

R 

. 

J 

Forb . 

e s ; F7 i 

. 

ght Of f i cer s Pl Q Bur t 

. . and H 

. 

A Hought 

. al i ng ; S/ Sg t s lf 

. 

H Budde 

. . 

and J Gawron . ; and Sgt J E 

. . . 

Ahits. 

There were no Officer promotions in ipril , but promotions for listed 

den caused new st r f pe s t o b e Rorn a s f ol l oRS: 1 Od/ Sgt ; 10 T/ Sgt s ; 9 Sf Sot s ; 

l Sgts; 13 Cpl s; and 5 P . F . C . 's . 

Duri ng Apri l 

, 

t he Squadr on engaged i n 11F mi s si on9 and dr opped 81 

,., ?J . 0 

pounds of borabs upon enemy obj ect i ve s . 

Fi ve Of f i cers and f i ve il i st ed en 

Rere l ost i n act i on . 

Si x enerqy ai r cr a, f"t rer e shot do ra , as f ol l os s s 2 1 E- 109 ' s 

one by S/Sgt , 

. 

5 

. 

T 

. 

Bowden , and the other joiatly by S/Sgt 

. 

Faul Dees and 3ot 

F . 

. E 

. 

Ddi l l er . 

The f ol l a i ng Ea l i st ed Men bagged oaie Ju- 52 each : S/ Sgt . 

E 

Idoberg S/S . 

, gt . 

ft 

. 

J 

. 

Walsh 

, 

Ss t 

. 

J 

. 

E 

. Aihite , and Cpl 

. 

A C 

. . 

George. On t he s econd daq of lt y t he Squa droa Command er , Capt ai n 14hi . t e , s a promot 

ed t o t he rank of 16aj or . 

Al so , on t he second of Mqp, Aord tuas recei ved f r om t he Ger man Government 

that Ist Lt 

. 

Eh rin F 

. 

Schrunp , 

pilot; 2nd Lt 

. lfilliam F 

. 

Wigger C 

, o-pilot; 

and Sgt . 

Fd wi n N 

. 

Nel son , 

Rsdi o- (hinner rere bei ng hel d as pr i 

Theg h 

soner s of war 

ad been shot down on 12 9 . 

er ch 3 

. whi l e o n a Sea Search of f t he Tuni 

Coast si an 

. 

The communica tion did not mention S/Sgt 

. 

William (N Q ) Follsnsbee Bombardi er , 

, or Cpl 

. R 

. ober t R 

. 

Koehl er , 

Gunner , 

t he ot her member s of t he cr ew. 

a . y turned out to be a momentaus month 

. 

It 's importaat 

in 

events ranged 

scal e from the fall of Tunis and Bizerte to the serving of ch ocolate ice 

cream in the cho t line One . point stands out above all th 

others --- namely 

e part rhich the 310th played in bombin th 

' 

g e enemy 

i 

th 

nt o submi sei on . 11 

ough there pere no more than the aver 

,- 

e numb er of missions for the Squad - 

ron --- 15 --- or of fl ying h ours --- bl 

--- the 381st alone dropped a t o t a l 

of 280 , 680 pounds of bombs on enemy objectives . This weight of bombs amvuuted 

45 , 520 paunds more th an th e total dropped by the S quadron during a11 of the 

previons fi ve mauath s it h ad been in operatiom . 

And all of this bombing --- all of this Flying and "Beepir g em Flying" 

which the combat creRS and the ground cre ra of the 381st , the 310th and all 

of the Groups of the North A est African Strategic i . r Force , oulminat ed in 

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an amiaemesm t wl i ch raa a ada o the ' `t of 'ri da p, . 

It wa 

s ated t hne --- 

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ei a pl y' arid csl earl s: *8ays - - mi a has l sll e l M Ths t bo e 

O rantp r , e ga 

I 

t beFred t ogetheac i a t he 6w r yard at t 1 e t iae, 13 st imi g t o t ie 

? ProB ot t he 09t h Qoast t t i l l ery ve Bsnd . 

t he ri l d dheeEr - 

i og dt ed dcsra , 

t he ltaet er of Ceroaoni e a oc 

, 

r t i mied 

, 

wl eri osa f i oop s s r . i Sght - 

i ag i t he st reet s of 8i ser t e , and i t ' s acrrr nds r i s i d neat Th 

. e r s at ot 

t hs dam s es si aa f el l f ls t 

. 

?he Yi at o of Tuni si a - - - t he aaaoes e of t he 3r medi at s ends f or > ii c i ws had al l b a st s i Yi e g , waa sa s t thi ah deoP13' 

t onoh . d t s al l 

. 

I t ras t he cul a t at i 

. ca of al l of a rc ef f oi s d . 

ti ri n t he l 

+ cmg - 

ac nt hs e had beea 3a or t h Jlf i esa I 

. 

t . as a t ri bnt e t o al l of oe . r en 

i 

had besa aaari t ì aed ja aat i asn , . and i t ae t hs ba ;3m i ng of t he eat e r dsf a 

t o ooas , 

t hs c qjrs i n . d 3 .oh re, t bs s eo of t he Ai 

. 

c arps wi 11 t eks p i n t he 

i a etsf aa and t et al deat rnct i on of Cor pv 

. 

I 

r a7 9c:h i 

, , 

alcel g ibe ta 'vrt ress Dtirap e M 

. 

. 

Ths l ol l o g pmesa r l eaga i s t f pd 

. c: al of t he s of t he 1t r Ca s , e ti d 

bri nga a t t he . t he aoal t ara s wor ] c t oget haa as a t esa . 

l at Lt 

. 

H 

( Han C B li ght e , 

n t el l s t he s t c ry , 

b at he gi vee al l t he ore di t f 'or - 

. e abi p ! a 

esf o ret ur t o hs a me - - - he rae oa . y t 1 e Pi ] 

. 

ot Sa cossend 

. 

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. Donald T . Sheehan P , 4 

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4Tt i n8 

5zv , B . Y . 

rs +o t oor r as's sr r rc $ 

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The saf e rst nra of t he 'Lor. l ei e 

, a H- 25 Yi t ohel l t 

, o het p anaed j i 

Sase 

r 

here f roz P 1 

, :e ro , o. i de s a s od. re s er a a tt i cal Teacs i o of t hs + Ls s 

t h. Di lce * 

. 

i t di f f er a !' r t he t radi t i a®al rn i n a canpl e of i wpor t sat 

r'l eot s . 

I t ' e l ooal s i s hi gh i n t he a jr and 3t bae t re heroes 

, se s t 

h ra 

ao ds s aared t be si t i ; 

ca . 

Jh t he : raa mt stls p al l ed oP. t he t arge t 

, a f lalc . pr at r oa c. d t he Fi l ot shi :p , 

, 

Lt : i a -l 8 

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, n , 

xi nehe s t er , 

11e s e . , 

t ri ed t o pnl 7 b 

. aok oo t he 

t ht ot t l ee . ad f o tt nd t ea t t he cabl:e t t he P s aPel l ,e 8ag er t o t hs ri g t 

aa gi es bad besa red 

. 

He al so cli s aaver ed t he t bo ot t l e oabl :e t o t hs l et e gf ne was i n a . si ai l ar oc di t i anr I t l od ced . l f cs rd . t h t he oosau or l e, gg 3ng beb 3nd t , h e r e st of t s i or - 

. . t i aa and l eavf ng t ael ;v ae open t òr aa eae t Y gbt er t bat m3ght mo s at g , 

Hs nf ora ed 9/ 3gt 

. 

Ri ehard J 

. l al sh , 500 

. 

135t h st 

. , 

He `?ork Ci t o 

T, f 

t hei r Pl i B t / fal ah 

, 

boabardi er a d l mer avi dt i.ca ' 

. a 8i n t r , 

bne t r 

o do bfit he di du't hsve t he 

wbat 

rsqni red t uol s 

. 

. ì rat of al ] ., he eedsd a Ph3 l 

, 

l i ps 

v er . here he s il d f'i nd one -- 

, a had ana i dea . 

Unl i lce p]a rs , 

t 

graund e 

e* meaha i 

. 

cs rare l , r l eave t hei r t ool s s r s f ob 

. 

H mmetgi ng arou d he f a md t he desi r e , 

d i mpl 

. e ment 

, -t hi aa l t ool i n t he pl sns ; pr c rf c t i al l y l e 

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th ere, was meana for removing the panel covering the cables . He went to 

work . The p lanes apeed wae np enough so that there would be no trouble for 

abou t fiPteen minutes . 

The panel opened S/9 

, gt 

. 

lfa lsh got a firm hold oa the cabl ee aad oalled 

t o t he Co- Pi l ot F/ 0 

, 

l a] t 

. 

er Cooac . , 

Gr aham , 

Tezs a f 

, or i nst r uct i ona . 

3 ded 

by 

. 

the latter via their interphone comQCUnication eystem , 

3/9gt 

. 

Aalsh worked 

the eables . 

TLirret - gimner 3/ 3gt . Fr a nci s J . Fox , Hami l t on , Yaes . , et ood by reac y t o 

fill 3n when bis budc y tired . l en that ocaurred he went to his aid , took 

over the manual operatioa of the catbles , and gave 3/Sgt . Wa leh e mnch deaerved 

re at . 

3/S gt . Lloyd G . Porter , Jr ., New Iberia , L a., the ra dio opera tor , waa 

slso st anding by for nn emergency of this kind . 3o he eet his radio st the 

frequency n®cessary for sn S03 to th® Air Sea Rescue 3ervice , ahould they 

land in the ocean , and climbed 3nto the turret gtm ner's poaition to ward off 

eaeny fighters . 

llith F/0 Cook doing the directing , and 3/S g ts . Wa leh and Faoc slternating 

cn the ca bl es th ey ma de home a l ong with the reat of the formatian . 

. Pre sent a , t i on of t he Ai r 1 eda1 t o Comb at C rew memb er a waa made at a mi l i - 

t s ry cer emor y on 21 r . Th e ent i r e 3 quadr o n par t i oi pat ed . Because of t he 

heat , it was h eld a t 7a 5 l . i . Th e S quadron , divided into platoons , etood 

at attention w hile th e Squa dran Commander presented a ribbon to each man who 

recei ved an award . Lf`terRards , the pl a t oone paeeed in revieR before ta3or 

Wh3 . te and the Officers and E ilisted Men tho received the awards . 

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A three da`y holida waa declared for D[ y 15 

, 

16 and 17 

. 

Yost of the Pi l ot s , 

i ncl udi ng Lt s . 

l acl ow , 

Phi l l i ps Th 

, orndi ke , 

98n Di vor t a, nd 1li ght - 

man filled up thefr shipe with gro d Officers nnd En listed Men . and took 

oft for the battle grounds araund Tunis and Bi$erte . 

Thirty or more dam= 

aged enem aircraft of all types , and three tm crat ed Me-109'a were inepected 

. 

Numerous souvenirs were collected includi 

. 

ng an Italian motorcyc le which one Lieutenant brought back in his plane's bomb bay . 

gt the same time , 

flighta 

wsre made over the two harbors , whoae very blue waters were glutted rith the 

remains of a great quantity of ene shipping . 

Man , y int eres ting accouats of the b attle , and particularl y of prisonera 

of war were related by those w ho went an these tripa . German prisoners sr® 

said to h ave boasted , aPt .er capture , th at a lth oug h xe may h ave got T


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anxiaus to be captured , wand ering around in groups t rying to sur r ender t o 

s nyone w ho wo . i l d t a ke t hem . 

During this three day holid , trucks were ma de avail abl e for the purpose 

of tranaporting personne l to th e Roman Ruins at Timga d , near Batna , 

about b0 m il es South o f Bert eaua . Th e ruina cansisted of th e remains of a 

rath er large tvwn , complete with the ruins of an amphitheatre , a forum , t ro 

triumphal arches and an appropriate number of temples . A museum diaplayed 

fragments of axquisite statuary as rell as fiasaics and a good number of m i scellaneous 

odds and ends of interest , such as house h old arti c l es, carpenter s 

tools , and ornaments for persona l adornment . 

S evera l pl ane l oads of per sonne l rent t o Al gi ers and Oran f or t he ho . i - 

da ys . Among them vre re lst Lt . Donald S . Wert and id Lt . Mel vin R . Rouch , 

t*o Officers who were extremel y popular and outst andingl y capa ble . Fl ying 

with them were T/Sgt . Ch arlee A . 9chimpf , 3/3gt . Raymond V . P edricksoa and 

Sgt . L awrence F . Principe . On th e i r re t urn fli ght from Oran they met trith 

an aecid ent , th e cause of Whic h has never been determined . Pi eces of the 

pl ana were spread aver a wide area near S etif , the scene of the crash . C 

18 Fay , a simple but impressive milit ary funera l Ras h e ld in th e cemetery 

at Constantine . It was attended by 60 or more of th eir many f5riends in the 

Squadron . 

Th ere were severa l Officer promotions d uring the month of B . y . l s t Lts . 

R h o were promoted to Capt ain were Lts . Coddington , Pemberton and 3upple . 

Th ree 2xid Lts . threw Qway their gold b ars and b ecame lst Lta . Stech er, wells 

and Shearouse . Bnlisted en 's promoti ons created th . ree new T/Sgts ., ? S/Sgts ., 

8 Sgts ., 7 Cpl$ ., and 3 P . F . C . t s. 

C apt ai n d am Ki ndar t r ansf erred out of t he organi aa t i on on 7 L sy . Doct 

or Kind ar h ad been with the 3S1st aince Ju1y 42 , --- al most a year. He had 

comforted aehes and cured pains , given valua bl e ad vice a . nd rendered all sorts 

of personal services to both Offi cers and En listed Men . It was d3ffieult to 

see him go , even thoug h h e was on his wa y back home --- back to the good old 

North American C onti nent and Randolph Field , to beceme a Flight Surgeon . 

Wh en h e left , he was l a den r i . th messages which he promised to t e l ephone to 

paren t s , gir l friends , and relatives of his many fri ends in th e Group . 

2nd yt . Norman E . Cawse- Morgom was transferred to the 47th Wing about 

th e 20th of 1 y . H e was an int egral part of the S quadron , having b een r ith 

it since it 's infancy . Al w , ys a memb er of the Intelligence D epartmen t , h e 

had b een appoi nted a number of duties in addition to his regu l ar ones , and 

was frequentl y ca lled upon to interpret both French and grabic . Because of 

hi s h yph enated name , he had been referred to privatel y by the Ea listed den 

as Lieutenant "C - Dash " . Lt . Dona ld D . Horrac k s was transferred from th e 

Operations DepartBent t o S - 2 , t o fill Lt . C awse- Morgon 's place . 

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Robe r t W Thor . ndi ke l ef t an 29 ll+ y f or t he U S 

. 

1 He h 

. . ad cosrp l e - 

t ed l 

,. 2 Combat bQi s s i oma agai nst t he ene qy 17 

, a a Fl i ght Lea der Pi l 

. ot a y aung 

in combat knew that Lt Thorndike'a . advice saa soim d 

, and they sought it eith 

t he s ame conf i dence ui t h trhi ch t hey f ol l owed hi m t hr orngh t he f l a k He f 

. a a 

l e ade r - - - and hi s abeenc e ri l l be a l os s t o t he 3quadr on Hav . i ng al r eac y 

done more than his shere toward winning the .ar bi 

, a capabilities eill undoubtedly 

be employed to better advantage in a non-combat area . 

It is because of such leaders as Lt . Thorndike and those lik e hin i n 

the 3glst and other Squadrons of the Group , th a t tr . T . R . Henry , Aaehingtou 

Star Correspondent , xas abl e to nrit e th e fo llo ring press release . For 

r easons of ae curi t y , B ert eaux Agri vul t ur a] . Col l ege became an ol d 'renc h 

Schoo lhause , *ith purely imsginary a l gebra problems . Otherrrise , the story 

is compl e t e l y accura te . 

STRATBGI C Ai R B ASE ST6TI C t NOBTH 

, 

A 'RSCA (Id 

, 

25 1943 - - - Quar'tered 

in an old I ench schoo lhouae rith the algebra problems of the ahildr etil 

chalk ed on the blackboards is the 8-25 ttchell bomber group * hich in the paat year has made one of the most thrilling records of any Anaerican unit in 

North Af ica . 

It has accounted for 128 enemy fight er planes It h 

. as stre rn the Ned 

iteri'anean 

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with wreck age of German and Italian ehips . 

It haa blasted Sici y 

and Sardinia and the Axis- held North Af`rican ports day after day for 

It ' 

moatha 

a men have been 

. 

awarded 370 decoratians --- purple hearts , eoldiers 

distinguished 

medsls 

flying croseea 

, 

, silver etars. The namea of 12 0 of them are 

posted on oone of the blackboards , surrounded by the half erdsed 

l 

algebra prob 

ems 

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ng i n ac t i on I 

. 

t ha s been on 91 mi s s i a ns 15f 

ties h , i , s or - 

, as spent 4830 hours in the air and has lost 22 planes and their crews. 

P ts as this has f a llen the grea t burden of the air war in 

North gf ica , the maint aining of th e a ir superiorit y which made poasible th e 

ul t i mat e vi ct ory of t he gr ound f or ce s , 

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t he sReepi ng of d s r epl acsme at s and 

supplies . It ia h ard const ant , bac k - bresaciag , d sagerous tork , th e results 

of hich aeldom get 3 . nto the news in competition ith the more spect aCUl ar 

expl oit s of the heavy bombers . 

Yet this one Groap of B - 25' s h as dropped more than 2 , Op0 , pOp p n of 

boabs on B d s shi ppi ng and t o rna - - - a t l eaet a t ent h of t he t ot al de st ruction 

h anded out by th e Ameri can 1ir Force in North Africa. 

This Particul ai'unit h as p] . ayed a big part in d eveloping the meM ean 

medi um bomber t actics ussd in this area r hi c h pl a,yed a big part in the gjnel 

vi ctory , but the na t ure of r hich cennot be deacribed until th e war is over . 

They represent ho ever , soaethi ng aew in aerial trarfare, 

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, cul ar havoc wi t h xi a shi ppi ng, 

i ncl udi ng t h ® bag of a tanker , 

tRO destroyers and a cruiser one afternoon when it was se=rt out over 

a must target: a tanker loaded with gaeoline at the time of the 8asserine 

break- throug h when this was vita lly easentia l to the Germans for mainta;n 

air control 

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On the 26th , w hile on a missi on to P ont Olivo , Sicilp , Lt . 5tech er 's 

ship failed to return . One engine h aving been knock e d out over the t arget , 

h e qui ckl y began t o l o s e a l t i t ude . Hear i ng hi s ca l l f or he l p , Lt . Van Di v or t 

c i r c l ed , but was unabl e t o ae e t he pl ane make i t ' s l endi ng i n t he wat er , oui ng 

t o a l ow c l ovd l r®r . 

s th e result o f a aevr T abl e o f Organization , th e f o ll vRing ch 8ages were 

made among the Officers of th e S quadron . C apta3a Ivan R . C ampbe ll , became 

S qua dr on Ex ecut i . v e Of f i c er , a ne r of f i ce , and l s t i t . Robert D . dbbot t t ook 

hia place as Ad3utant . lst Zt . Frank Wells became S quadron Suppl , y Officer , 

and Lt . Thomas U . R amsey became Assietan t Operatiana Officer . Capta in Al ezand 

er returned to comb at st a t us, as a S qua d ron Flig ht L ea der , but ret a i ned 

hi s of f i c e o f 3 qu s, dr on S - 3 . 

On the S qu, a, dron's 69th ission --- to Oblia Terranova , S ardinia, S/S gt . 

M . L . Boxovich and S/S gt . J . . Whit® were each credited Aith the destruction 

of a bie- 109 . 

When June arrive d th e poppies faded , the e m ' a increasing warmness began 

to ripen the wheat and burn the hills around Berteaux , l eaving them a 

un i f orm t an i n c ol or . Thi s was t he be g i nni ng of t he f i f t h mont h at Ber t es ux . 

b record breaking stay , since the 381st had never remained in one pl ace longer 

th tsn 3 montha . But it didn 't last long. For some time the Group h a d b een 

on the al ert for a move. Boxes rere b eing mad e and pa inte d and mer k e d . C rews 

w ere tra in ed to t a k e do.n the pyramida l tenta , and an order wsa issued direct - 

ing that foz holes be filled in . Eb erywhere preparations were ooing on . 

On the line , the d eep holes over which the peraonnel had pnt their pnpt 

ent s were bei ng f i l l ed i n . Tent a and pa p- t ent a h ad been t a k en down , and 

the area police d , l eaving no thing but th e pl 8nes. In filling in th e deeper 

h oles , trou bl e was eaper . ienced with th e Ara bs . All waste materisl --- things 

not eanted or which couldn't be moved --- was dumped into these holes in order 

to make them easier to fill . The next morning , the hol es would be th ere again , 

as the Arabs would sneak in during th e nig ht , uncaver the holea , and carry o ff 

everything that h a d been burie d . Then th ey h a d t o be fill ed in aga in . This 

l i t t l e game went on f or s ev er a l d a , y s . 

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On t he 5t h of June t he , act ua l ruov i ng beg a , 

n The . pl a ne s per f or med a 

shuttle serv ice between Bertesux , er 

. 

a, and King's Cross La nding Ground 

at Roudiat Tunisia , , near Souk el ra. ' All the personnel 

, except a few 

w ho had gone by convoy with the organizational equipment 

, mQVed 3n this 

manner The . move took the better part of two de ys . 

The flying time between the two bsses was an even hour Flying . over 

rol ing , cork 

-tree covere d hills not quite high enough to be called mount 

ai ns , wi t h Ar ab v i l l age s and hut s epr i nkl ed t hr oug h t hem br , ought t he planes over a flat circular valley , carpeted with wheat field s "Koudia . t" 

in drabic means "law hill" In the . center of the fields stood the low hill 

, 

covered w ith olive trees and grape vines To . 

the South of thia hill lq r a 

l ar ge r ec t angul ar l andi ng gr ound 

, wi t h 8 - 25 ' s di s per s ed ar ound i t s per i met er . 

Be t ween t he hi l l an d t he Landi ng Gr ound , pyr ami dal t ent s and ev en a f ew s l i t 

t r ea ch e s had a l r e ady IDa de t he i r appear anc e . 

Stepping out of the pl a. ne was like climbiag into a f'urnace . The rel ativel 

high a ltitude and cool breeze at Berteaux a fter a very cold wint er, 

ha d not conditioned th e peraonnel to the l rn r dry h eat of K oudi a t . 

l earn rhile, operations had been proceeding as usual . Focus for the bomb 

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, until ite surrender 

on 11 June 1 3 69 of these Group sorties were flown by the 381et Th 

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t i nued ev en t houg h t h e mov e was t a ki ng pl ac e . 

Th ey wer e not f l own on t he 

t wo moving d ays, bu t ust sa soon as a ll the personnel h a d arrived , the miseiona 

were resumed . It was no amall task . Grooming planes for combat , load - 

i ng them , and checking to see that everythi . ng is functioning properly is a 

b i g 3ob i n i t ae l f . Ac compl i shi ng t hi s Raark wi t h a l l e qui pment a s et unpacked , 

and in the midst of th e disorder natura l to mov ing , was a tremendous achievement 

. It broug ht f orth th e foll ow ing commen d a tion from Genera l Ridenonr : 

nT0 CO T IREE TEI4TH GP AND CO THREE TV9ENTY FR ST FROi I RID ENOUR SDCRET 

WELL DONE PD A OPERgTI ON SDCCES3 G I NST PtiNì'ELi ' 

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fter the victory of Pantelleria there , were several days on which miasions 

were not flown, giving almost everyone an opportunity for two or three day passes . 

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trucka were run to Bone and Tunia for sightseeing , and to 

a small town on the coast called Tebarka At T 

. eb arka, cork trees marched 

down the hills to the edge of a broad sanc y beach which circled the tinp 

natural harbor The . water was warm and clear and blue; perfect for swimm- 

_ _ ing S 

. mall boats could be hired for rowing around the rockp isla . nd in the 

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harbor , on whose heig hts was perehed an old R . oman fortification , naw used as 

a lighthouse . It was at Tebarka tha t the 310th established a rest ca ep for 

enlist e d ground personne l . Pyramid a l tents were set up for living qvarters , 

o rder l y r oom, di s pens ary an d me s s ha l l . H er e r e s embl e nc e t o an Ar n r or ganization 

ended . Complete freedom from restrictions was the ord er. S w imming , 

boating , loa fing , reading or wandering along the tree bordered street of the 

lfttle town provided a very restful two d a y change in environment for the sia 

men from each S qua dron w ho went th ere. 

On or about 11 June t he S 

, qu, adr on Ar ea sudde nl y as s umed t he appear aac e 

of a German bdotor Pool Personnel 

. away in Z inis on passes had managed to 

acquire two Germa 

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n command cars aa3 about half a dozen German and Italian motorcycles. They were a great novelty for a while. One of the con® and 

cars was assigned to the supply depsrtment , while the other was takan ovar 

by Oper at i ons f or t he pur poae of t 

. r anepor t i ng combat cr e9re t o and f r om t he 

line . 

A great deal of diffioulty was eaperienced in making all of these 

v ehicles work O 

. perations chugged around in seaond gear for at least two 

we e ks be f or e l earni ng how t o ahi f t i nt o hi gh . 

There were lota of promotions in June . lst Lts . Evans and Phillips 

b e came C apt ai ns , whi l e t he f ol l owi ng 2nd Zt s . xer e pr omot ed t o l st s Dent on , 

F ayard , Forbes , Hornung , Illar l a r and Therr i en . Enl i at ed [en ' a pr c. ot i nns produ 

ced 1 D /S gt . , 4 Tf Sgt a . , 10 S S gt e . , 1 , 2 S g t s . , 22 Cpl s . an d 11 ,. Ff c ' s . 

The f eR June missions other th an th oae floxn on P $ntelleria consisted 

of more or less routine bombings of airdromes and porta in S ardinia and Sic- 

i l y . The one mi . asi on f l own agai nst t he Is l and of ia mpedusa pr ovi ded suf f - 

i c i ent i ncent i ve f or i t s surr ender - - - our gr ound f orce s movi ng i n wi t h mor e 

wel come t han oppos i t i on . 

Thus wi t h t he f al l of t he se l ast t i n 

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y out post s of 

Axia opposition , 

the aea lanes of the Mediterranenn came under the complete 

domination of Nnerican and Allied Air superiority , once more establishing 

Br i t a i n ' s l i ne s of s uppl y t o Tgypt and t he &as t 

. 

As a fti ir t he r r e aul t of 

these victories , 

the last of Italy 's foreign plunder with the e$ception af 

Albania and Corsica , rest in the firm grip of the Uaited Nations blinding 

forever 

, 

ssolini'a visions of an Italian Empire in hfrica , or a rwhere else , 

and losing for him forever, the control of what he chose to call "Mare Nost 

r um ' 

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It became apparent that th e ti me was quickl y approaching when an invaaion 

o f Furope would be th e onlp possible move which dllied armed forcea 

eou ld make in order to carry the war onward toward Germany . The apparent 

scarcity of enemy fighters , combined with their reluct ance to enge e in 

aeri a l combat , plus the inadequacy and inaccuracy of ener fl a k , accounts 

for the f act th a t th e S quadron l ost no pl anes d uring this period , and th at 

our gurmers cou ld cl aim no eneu a i rcraft destroyed . 381st planes were able 

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also pointed to a vague aomething else , a feeling that something momentous 

w as about to happen A tenaeness . spread throughout the Group --- an atti - 

t ude of wat chf ul wa i t i ng , char act er i zed by gr oupa of ear s hov er i ng a ear t he 

radios . quiet alertneee prevaded the atmosphere , and everyone began to 

wonder Where? 1Phen? From pup- tent Generals to Squadron Commender , each 

h ad hi s an swer , ar d f ac t s Ri t h whi ch t o subs t ant i at e i t 

. 

Ol t h 

. ough admi t - 

tingly basing his conclusions on a mere hunch 2nd Lt Upton T Rameey , . . wae 

particul arly insistent that the Ollies , 

inatead af invading Surope immed 

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nv ade Si c i l y . 

Ar d on 10 Jul y 4 3 

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True to Lt RamBey . 's prediction the , neRS ca, me over the radio on the mnrning 

of the tenth th 

, at American Briti 

, eh and Canadian invasion forces had landed on the Southern and Restern ahores of Sicil p during the night 

, , and 

that they vere rapidly advsncing inland 

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Our miasions during the next fe r weeks aere aimed at destroying enemy 

l anding graunds be hind the f ast a dvancing b omb line in Sicily , and airdromes 

an d supp y f aciliti es in S outh ern Italy . 

On 1? July 43 , the marsha ling yards at Naples were bombed by our ehipa , 

in con unction with B - 26's and B - 1? 's . The resulting devastation was tremendous 

, demolishi . ng not only the marsha ling yards and round house , but st art 

i ng f i r e s i n o i l r e f i ner i e s on one e d ge o f t he t ar g e t . 

1 gain on the 19th of July, another spectacular raid was made on the enem3* S 

. eventy- two of the Group 's Mitchells gathered in formation above 

Youdiat before taking off over the rocky hille which enclosed the North 

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Sastern side of the vallep . 

The briefing had been conducted in great secrecy 

, and it xas not until some time after take-off that the target was rev 

e a l ed t o be t he Campi ano Ai rdrome , at Rome I t 

. wa s an at t a ck coordi nat ed 

e i t h ev ez y t hi ng t hat t he NbSAF coul d get i nt o t he a i r It 

. st art ed i n t he 

morning and lastad all day long . 

A total of more than 500 sorties .rere 

f l om ov er t he t ar ge t a , whi ch i nc l uded t he Rome Ra i l r oad Yards , as we l l 

as its outhaying airdromes . 

P eace demoastrations and sa bot age activities raged up and down the 

length of the Italian penninsula following this bomb3n g of the mainl and . 

The F acist government , mighty as it h a d once been in Ita l y , na r found ita 

e l f t oo wea k t o c ope wi t h r i de s pr e a d i nt er na l di s ord er i n a ddi t i on t o 

h eavy blo a rs being struck aga ins t her by th e Allied f orces. On 25 July 43 , 

a fter more th an two deca d es o f absolute dictatorahip , Premier Benito Mussolini 

sent his reaignation to King Vfctor E oenual III . 

During Jul , y , two ships and their cre rs were lost in action . On th e 

3rd , F/0 H aro ld A . Houg ht a ling ' s ship and on th a lOth , F/0 George D . C v ll - 

- ins . F/0 H oub ht a ling ' s s hip ma de a good l anding in the water off Sicily , 

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and it is expected that all crew members are safe. F/0 Collin 's ahip h 

, vwever 

, was seen to crash into the side of a mountain , after but one 'chute 

had opened Bad 

. news was received on the 5th relative to the loas of Lt 

St 

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e cher ' s ai r cr af t and cr ew on I+d qp 26 I 

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t was r epor t ed f r om Ma l t a t hat a 

body iaentified 

, as S/S t Daniel 

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. alicki Lt Stecher 's , . gurm er had been 

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washed ashore . 

During Ju l , 1S Combat bfficers and 1? Enlisted combat men joined the 

S qua dron as repl acement s . 

Statistica for Ju y are as follows: The 5quadron engaged in 15 Nissions 

and dropped 386 920 

, povn ds of bomba The . 

total number of sorties at 

t he end of Jul y was 666 Sf S 

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John R ? 

. {yon was cr edi t ed wi t h t he dest ruct 

i on of 2 Ne- 109 s . 

Despite the spectacular pacogress of the war , regnlar ground activ ities 

continued in their usual groove g 

. oudiat (King's Cross ) promiaing at first turned 

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out to be ons of the lousi est apots ever occupi ed by the 381st Omuae- 

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me nt s wer e f ew , 

ll ov i e s aemi - ni ght l , p , or swi mtni ng i n t he 2 bp 4 pool at t h e 

monsat ary over the hill 

, provided the only recreational eacapea Cliaratic 

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conditions were rugged in the extreme It 

. was always uncommonly hot O 

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aore than one day the temperature reached 116 degrees and hung there while 

the peraonnel 

--- carrying on as usual --- sweltered without even one tree 

t o af f ord ahade f or a f ew mome: t s reat F 

. rom t 3m+e t o t i me wi nda of gal e- 

l i ke 

strength --- locall g call ed "Sirocoesn 

, s rept acrosa the vall®y for houra at 

s time --- blowing down tents and scattering everything not tied down . 

The 

Si r ocoes unf ai l i ngl y occur ed on t he hot t est day e and t hei r heat and i 

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nt ens i t y 

*ithered even the aturdieat m en . 

I en on compara tivel y still days, huge whirl- t inds filled with dust could always t e seen hurrying acroas the floor oP the 

v a11eY . 

It was with considerable relief therefore, that the Squadron learned that i t was t o move a; ai n; t hi s t i me t o a pl ace cal l ed Bdenzel Temi . me , on t he t i p of Cape Bon . 

The move waa accompl i shed qui cl y O 

. n 3 Au ust Lt 

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t he 

Squadroa rljutant 

, and nine Enlist ed Men departed in an advanced echelon . 

When 

t he r e at of t he Squgdron ' a 67 Of f i aer s and 2?8 Enl i st ed ien arri ved by pl 

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on 5 dugus t 

, m ost of t he t ent s were est up , axbd a mess ha ] 1 

. was ready t o ser ve 

the evening meal . By sundown on the bth 

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the organization wae functioning. 

Yenzel Temime was Heaven; or so it seemed after th e H ellish h eat of 8 oudiat 

. Tha runway filled moat of the diat ance between the ses and the to rn of 

1[enzel Temi me . Th e vari oue S qu, a drons wer e quer t er ed i n grovee of anci ent o l i ve 

t re es whi ch covere d a l ong at r i p of l and l a , yi ng paral l e l t o a wi de sanc y beach . 

The moat inviting novelty was the s imming . The eand was w hite and warm --and 

the water blue and clear . Enough sa id . For th e first f ew d ays it l ook e d 

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fruit which grew on the surrow ading farme --- grapea figs , , watermelons, csataloupes 

and casaba melone . 

Moving pictures continued with their ueusl frequency 

the , quality of the local wine was good 

, and the food in the mess get 

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Bert eaux . 

O ne o f the fi rs t innw ations to be made was the construction of a combinati 

on mess h a ll and day room . Its frame work was built entirely out of 

rood sal4aged from the crates in which P - 38 Bel y Tanks are d e livered . This 

framework , covered with canvaa, made quite a snug building about 18 b y 60 

f®et . Inside .ere tabl es and b enc hes for eati ng or pl aying cards , a radio 

and plent y o f books and magazines . Jladother hi ghlight was the assi gnment of 

aeven It a l i an pr i soner s t o t he S qua dron t o work as g . P . ' s , and f or general 

det s il work . 

On t he l l t h of Av 

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lida , j or lhi t e f i ni shed hi a SCt h mi ss i on . 

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deys later he was transferred to Headquarters , 

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during which Ma3or qlhite had bean 381st Squadr n Commander , 

he received the 

c ompl et e r espec t a l conf i denc e of each man under hi s command 

. a pi l ot 

and as a Flight Command er, his outstanding skill more tha n once broug ht a 

flight of ehips safely back ta base after raining death and destruction upon 

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i n al l of hi e act i one proved hi msel f wor t2 y of t he 

high stand ards aet by the United States Military Acadea y and t e United States 

4rmy 9ir Corps. O n t he ll ,. t h of August , C apt ai n L avrr ence Comet h oi ned t he Squa dr on and 

assualed command . C aptain C ometh did not come to the 381st as a st ranger. The 

S quadr on kneR hi n as a capa bl e f l i g ht l ea d er i n t h e 380t h S quedron f rom Ju] , p 

42 until B r 43 , th en ae 380th Opera ti ons Offi cer. Hia promotions had been 

r api d . He became a l st Li eut enaat on 28 S ept ember l ,, 2 , and a C apt ai n on 2? 

J anuary 43 On th e 30th of ugust 43 he was promoted to th e rank o f 1 a or . 

Having compl eted their 50th mission , 

Capt . 

Carl . 

Phillfps , and lst Lts 

Kenneth $ . 

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Lewis and John H 

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]4 ers took off for OPficera Rest Camp at Ifraine 

near Fez 

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T/Sgts . 

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Nick eison ex d Willie 6 S 

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, aleo having 

completed their 50 missi ona, went to the Enlisted Il eas' Rest Camp at lin T3ra 

near l , 

. giera. They all departed on 26 dugust 

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which tranaferred them to the "Nearest AAF Base for Port of D 

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f or not onl y wer e t h 

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but they were all outst anding peraona lities ea well . . 

On Augnst 17th after 38 da, ys of fighting in Sicily , 

the Germsns retreated 

across the Straita of essina . 

The high altitude Heaviea (B- 17's , 

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prisoners snd quantitiea of equipment were left behind to f all into Allie d 

h ands . Yean.hil e th e i9ediums , (B - 25'e and B - 26's ) bombed air'dromea , destroyed 

a ircra ft on the ground , and b ombed road and ra il junctions and bridgea . 

Between miasions the atmosphere of the Baae wae nore like that of a reBt 

camp than that of a combat organiaation at war Cpl 

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grnold $ Bradley . even 

built a contraption which 

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for lack of a better term , could be described as 

a s ai l boat 

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i t sai l ed S 

. ecur i ng t wo P- 38 bel l 

ti y t anke , 

he cut cock- pita in the top of each and braced them togeth er, aide by side. A slab of ar mor pl at e f rom one of t he Af r i ka Korp 's abandoned t sxiks f or med a kee l , whi l e 

the mast and boom were ®g, de from tent poles . 

l large piece of white canvas wea 

cut into a main sail and ib It 

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maneuverable and sea wortl 

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On the 25th o f Auguat , under orders from th e new Squs dron Commander , a 

me e t i ng o f a l l Non- commai s ai one d Of f i c er a o f t he f i r at t hr e e gra d e a was ca l l ed 

by C apt . C ampbell . The purpose o f the aieeting , it was expl a ined , wae to bring 

into open forum discusaion all criticisms , compl a ints and suggestion$ relative 

to the operation of the S quadron . The discussions were to be conducted in the 

presence of en Officer , w ho would t ake the resultant suggestions to the Comma 

nd i ng Of f i cer f ar act i on . A ch a i r ms n , S/ S gt . Hudson R . Tur t e l l ot was e l ect ed 

and the meeting got und er wa3r. Chie f topic was a lengt r diacusaion on the 

®esa h a ll and its m enus . Qther topica t ouched upon were sanitati on, an ath el 

etic program , the esta blishment o f a rifle range , and the distribution of 

Quartermaster suppliea . 

E1®ven missiona were flown in August , w hich brought th e tota l m mber o f 

S quadron sorties t o 778 . 326 , 000 pow d a of b omba were droppe d . Our bag o P 

e ne a r f i ght er s f or t h e mont h wae 11 Le- 109 ' s an d a ho s t i l e P - 4 0 , a l l s hot 

down on vne mi s s i on . Al l of our a i r c r a f t r et urned s a f e] . 

By the end of Auguat the Squadron had completed eight and one- half montha 

of combat operat i ona . 

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fightera ha, d been shot da.n , and slmost 2Q0 enemy aircra ft had been destrvyed on the ground 

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l f t sr ar r iv i ag l at e f a t he s t t er noon ot 13 Ju y h2 at t he Col mebi a 

Ara Ai r Bas e , about t en ot uo wer e aeei gned t o t he 3gl st 1 

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dr ew our bl anket s eu d beds , 

but bet ore we oonl d gst our beds s et up t he ty 

Sergeant oame to onr tent and told me and r Zovr buddiea to report dorn to 

the kitahen to help olean up . 

There we spent abaut tiwe hours waahing pots 

and pana , aorubbiag tl , oors aad wslls , and peeling two QI csns ot potatoee . 

l e knooked ott about idnight That 

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. we had done sinae 

we ere at aur reoeption centere g etting our baaic training . 

lle had apent 

sit monthe in tsahnioa l eohoole wheace thdy told us we wonld not arperience 

enah dutiea as a 

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Oar .ora le was pretty l ow th at aight ae we aade up onr beda to craw l 

into tor eoae rest , but ee conaoled oureelvea by ae y iag that atter they 

tound out we had been thraugh two teahnicel eohool8 , s wo uld bs d o ing more 

important .ork . 3inae th en , I h ave done ah are ot g . P . in ths 381at . 

In t he St at ss our 3 quadr on IC . P . ras n t a pi cni c . The hour e wer e l ong 

and the work wae rather hard . The ess ha11e had to be alsaaed thorough]ar 

t hr ee t i mee a da r. There wer e pot at oea and weget abl ea t o be pr epe red betore 

coo d ng . Thsn l aat , but not lsast , were the pots and pans th a t 

the coo ks eeeoed to deli g ht in messing up . Our coo Ce ew how to bara things 

i n a way that ft todc m timsa as long to clean a pot or psn . O f eonrse , I 

hno r g . P . aonl d h a +s been wor se , eapeci a] . I i t we h ad vs ed t r ra . Our Sqoad - 

r oa alw e ns ed arees ici t e , e sr , rons *ashi ng hi e owa ont si de t he mesa i n G . I . 

cans ot ateaming hot water . 

In t'riaa , 

aitch en Poliae was quite sisp litied Th 

. . .enas ne.er had the 

variety ot tooda that were ae , rved in the 3tate. . 

The tood aostly oame prepared 

ia oaaa . 

This aade oookiag a ob oY opening np cane and waz mia up ths food 

. 

The ead part ot it nll 

, we ea e averaeae without a oan-opener , so a .eat cleaver 

had to be ueed to open the cans. lIe were very short ot pota and pana , snother 

break for the B 

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Eben it they were all meaaed up , 

it took onl 

., r a tew .inutea 

to olean them . e used the field type gaeoline stoves . 

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, a a eatety tactor, 

the avoka wsre the only onvs anth ariaed to olean or work on th 

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in the lield were to heat the water tar olesaia resa kits , 

ol san up i n t he ki t ahen t ent 

, traah pot a snd pans , and hel p aerve . 

Itanqr t fs s e 

re havs t i ni ahed anr work i n t i f t e en ai nut ea ai t er aervi ng t he ewsni ng mse ] 

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I kna r ot s ome non- cams i n t he i 3r at t hree gr ndee t hat snr i ed t 

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he l u,o i 

tellows 

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that drew a P 

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l e lived out in the open , our appetites oould bardl3r 

be satisfied ith the three msala aerved us at the beas , ao almost eirery one 

bonght egge i om the Ot aba and t ied then . 

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wi t h t h. ea pt i s , r . woTi ng i t t he t s a sh bear at a . ar l i sst e e aai e s , 

aad add3ag i t t o q e ol l eot i oa . 

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L ower Turret Gunner 

We ll , it so happena th at thie is one of those mornings when a pereon 

could easily sleep 'till nnon , but , due to a motherly ca ll from Operations 

, I tas awakened 3b the wee hours of the morning and infornaed th a t 

briePing woul . d t a k e pl ace immedi a tel y. I was eocit e d a ll right bnt tried 

not to s h on it . 

During the b riefing we learned th a t there was no specitic target , bat 

we were to follow a prescribed course a long the Tnnisie . n coaet in aearch 

o f dzis ahipping. ?his eound e d goo d enoug h for me . 

Y'ter briefing was completed 

, we recei ed on escape kite , containing 

compass , rations , 

file , and otir per diem packet 

, and then boarded one of 

t he se peepa , 

t hat z i l l car rg f rom t wo t o t went y men , and wer e di aper aed t o 

otu pl ane8 F` 

. r om t hi s t i me unt i l t ake- of f t he npper - t urret gun 

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ner nnd I 

were bnsy checki ng our guns and a® unition , 

in case of emergency ?h 

. e ne$t 

hour inaluded take-ofi t 

, sking anr position in the formation ( 

, rrbich wae 

right wing ehip , 

tirst element of the second Ylight) 

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test firiag aur guns 

to inaure perfect operation ( 

, one item abant which a gunner can newer be 

t oo c areth l ) 

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I was now on my first mission , a real thrill th a t I will never forget . 

rrivin g at the coast , we kept a watchPul eye on the horizon tor A cis ahipping 

, but it so happened th a t none coald be found . I was beginning to think 

th a t my fi rst miasion was not going t o be Tery importan t . l e were now approac 

hing the end of onr conrae and a ft er ms king the 180 degree tnrn on our 

reciprocal conrse , we were informed by our pilot that enemy planes were 

sighted at the two o'clook poaition . Before I could eight them , n y imagi 

pat i on i s aha ri ag ne enormons t l i ght a of 16e- 109 ' a , 210 ' s and FI - 19E ' e and 

eQery t ype of enen y a i r cre f t l rn own , comi ng aut t o i at ercept us . Then cane 

th e pilot' s voice over th e interph oae aqying th at the enen{y pl anes were 

identified ae Ju- 52'a , a tri -a.otored German tranaport pl ane. That aa quite 

s relief . 6 Pew seconds later aur guns were blazing away , the formation of 

trsnapo rts had broken , aome going do.n in flames , others craeh l snding in 

the wa ter t o eac pe trom the dea, dl y fire . 

O ar P - 38 escort wsa hsving a field day ; first they took care ot the 

Germen f i ght er a , ahoot i ng do ra 4 j6e- 109 ' a and 3 Ite- 210 's . Then t heg used 

their rema ining amm unition on the Jn- 52's , e dding aeven nore planea to their 

acore . This was th e most crow ded 30 aecond s o f action I ever h ope to aee in 

combat . Our gunners accounted tor 10 Jn- 2's and 2 Ju- 8$'a . 3/Sgt . 8lchard 

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Bdxsrd ldob erg raceive d credit for one each . 

Lt . Te , yl or ( of t he 3?9t h ) xas mded i n bot h l egs bn t al l . of arm 

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Fina lly th at great day arrived , and amid last minute packing , f5rant 

i c npnt i ng o f dogs , t he f i r st rs pl acement s f or t he 310t h Bomb Grw p w er e 

l oa ded int o trucks for th e firat ph ase of the ir trip to combat . 

Beaut i Yttl womea sr eo tt besut i tlil when t hey cry l 

. ai d pat het i c l aet 

farewells , 

two coaches hooked to the aloaest train in the Sonth , and te 

r eal l y wer e an omr wa q . 

E ar l , y i n t he norni ng of 29 J a, uuary 1 3 , we wer e t o l d t h a t we ca ul d 

enjo the smoke filled atmosphere of Cincinatti . One wvald h ave thvught 

Geraraua were eacpect ed t o at t ack at any moment f rom t he l ook of t he art i l l - 

ery packed by the men . qybe the good people of Cincinatti were reainded 

with quite a ar that a war wae going on w hen they viewed our dirty unsh 

aved , we ll arme d b e inga . 

Have yon ever seen the "R trple Cow "? H ave yon ever rel sxed in an 

over atuffed ch air , read the smutty little quipa on the wall; listened 

to the lateet on the Juke- Bax, ead ordered wa ffles? 

Runt and Deacoa end Skippy , the three pint size pape of the e pedi - 

t i on were paraded , pet t ed , e dmi red , end f ed . Thean , w i t h mi nut ee t o apare , 

we boarded the tra in . 

S oa r her e on t he 1 . 88t l eg o f aur onrney , a car was a dded t o t he t r a i n 

' and fi]1ed w ith paety f aced a dmiring dra fteea . lfe , the near l y finiehed 

trained ffghtiag s en , and they the man looking forward to being tra ined . 

1Porlds apart , and lots in common . Re wondered how much thep wonl . d h ave 

gi ven to h ave been ia aur ahoes , and we in turn would not h ave tra ded 

pl acea tith them for snything in the world . 

S now and more suow, wet f ee t , an d co ld bitten ears and faces . Th e remark 

th a t "If I ever get 3 outh of the Florida - Georgia line , eo help De , I 

will never ventnre ATorth again . Tales of miss- h sps n crossings , and secret 

talka by well informed offfcera , these were the wonders of Ke11og Field . 

As s i gnment of pl ane s f 

, rant i c l oadi ng i n wi nd an+ d enow, 

f i nal l 

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r i ght moment 

, and each pl au® t ook of f t o f l y i t a 

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oWn w y t o Porr i son Fi el d 

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?he Greenville AraQr Yir Baee seemed to be on the direct canrae betweea Kel 

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G ood ea t s , e:cpensi ve hot el s and mar y phone ca l l a f yrom our l oved ones 

greeted us in Weat P a Ln Beach . 

ConfZision , last minute final preparations , ga thering o f maps and bri e f - 

ing greeted our happy little graup at Yorrison . 

Lieutenant Kata , a fian of e ccellent leadership ability , organiaed us 

and f fna] l 

. y on 13 February 3 

. , our s i a shi ps wer e on t he i r w acros s t he 

br i l l i ant bl ue wat er of t he Gul f St ream t o Bor f ngnen Fi el d hong . wi 7 1 t he . 

ezcellent Planter 's Punches , 

the good food and poor milk ehakes remain in 

our memory . 

Boringnen xould be an excellent place to be stationed after 

the war ia over th 

, at ia if one would have to be stationed outsids of the 

Inited States . 

Clear akies and m31es of tropica l water . The best ehips in the world 

--- "Lottis's Gooae" and har matea winged sauthwar3 to crosa aver the east - 

ern e d , ge of Trinid a d , an d burat ri g ht into th e ra ll like appearing mass of 

cum tlo-nimbua cloude tha t formed the ch drea ded "St agnant tropica l f ont . 

Detours here aad there , and again we admired our leader for caref ill . y planning 

our formstion , with instractione for 3ust such weather , and Yor his 

pl eaeent l i t t l e qn . i ps over t he r a di o , as he ch ecked f or aur s a f et y . 

Fwrther S auth each d ag, and a fleeting glimpse of D ev il' e Iel and a t 

10 , 000 feet , wonderment a t the vastnesa of the mouth of the largest riv er 

in the world . 1 large island , sparsly studded with trees dad thickl , p scat - 

tered hearda of cattle . lie had crosaed the equator and were on our approach 

t o Be l em . Bel em wi l l remai n i n oau mes or i e s bec aatse of t he pnngent smel l of 

its new l y conatructed barracks , an d its w ide ae l ection o f tropica l f uita . 

S outh Awerican grape sad tomato 3uice is good , and the Officera Club waa 

abl e t o i 1u-ni ah enoug h , even t o sat i ®f`y our t er r i f i c t hi rst . 

drriv ed at N atel amid the usua l ahower , snd f or the tirst tine aur forma 

tion was broken up w hen an A - 20 Group ma de a ra t race o f th e l anding pa tt - 

®rn . 

At Natel , we checked and ro-checked aur ahips , then waited for the go 

eigaa l , and on the 19th of February , we w®re off acrosa the broad gtlantic 

to hit th a t sn all 32 square mil es ot rock named the Ascension . Aecention 

o ff ered tw rtl e $tea k , a ahow and a shudd er a t its blea k b areness . 

21 February brought R , oberta Field in view and at laet we landed in Africa . 

Negroes , who work e d for twent y ceats a d ay shocke d ua by demanding a dol - 

l ar for carrying our b ags; we were being prepared for th e cra ft y Ara b . 

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22 Feb r tary braaght De ter . Faal s el l a , naaty peoPl e and brot her- - - 

y ou really ars 3a Lfriaa. 

Lot t i e ' e Gooa. Mt ook her separa t e ns rt l eadi ng t f e 20 ' s aaroas t 1 e 

d . eer t b 

. ad scare wi t b c arbur st er i c i ng , a t hr i l l i ng t r i p t lrco l ugh mo nnt 

s i n pas eee , a n3ght spent i a lldarra kech aad oa t he 23r a ot Fvbr uary we arrired 

fn Casabl enca. 

>t La 3eni a t he r i npr e ased na ri t h uncon e rn as t o onr rel l bei ng , our 

i.portanae in thia ar . 

They etol e our equipae t 

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gave u. ns. l es e l eat ur a , 

f i l l ed ata ear s i t l l of t hr i l l i ng boah a d i n general 

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No aQCi deat s , a ni ce t r i p , eu1 o l d eacperi snced b a t t l e- . i ee ant l i t t o oi n , 

and ws .ere t he f i r st repl aceme a t a t o t he 3$l et 3 qua, dr oa o f t he 310t h B o ard - 

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peaoef ul aun aras e f r ama a r ot ant i c eea l 

, ooked happi l y do rn npon s s l unber f 

. ng 

Pl rae si an Is 1 , e , and Pear l Harbor , 

t o be greet ed ehart g by t hat host i l e Ri s i ng 

3un , mar y a i l l i ons of Amer i c n ci t i hav+s asked 

, and ronder ed 

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f r i ends f 

, aiai l i es , atad l oved one a . . . 

pl ere are t hey na r- - and how di d t hey get 

there ? 

Let us panse i n our dai ] 

, y bat t l e f or f reedad f 

, or get f or s f ew mament s 

the rationing of lood 

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tires snd gaeoline long enought to vander behind the ecenes 

of a f amous ]y dium Bomb ardment Squadr on f ar a bi rd 's eye vi e* of t 

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hei r ma t rave l s 

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, a ay hi 11e of Sout h Caro l i na t o t he r ock- bound ooas t of llai ae t hr , ough stora akiea , 

infes ted .ith enemy aircra ft , over vast expanees of aeas, where 

t eedo® no langer e ci sts, via lcelan d and Qreenl 

. and , or perhape through the trapic heat and stor®a by air to 3outh America theace , to Agrica,, and stih athers plo ned 

thraaght cold , sub- infes ted and forbidden waters of the North Atlantic , 

Fes this , 

waa all one Squadron , oa its wa y to 'rioa by ma routess by ees aad b r air loug 

befare the initi al invaeion forces reached the eua y ahores of Freach Yaa oaco they 

ts ere on their ne q , some nearly there, others enored in en ronte , atill others acqui 

r i ng stippl i ea , gi vi ag l as t mi nut e che cks t o ahort e ge of t rai ned per sonns l t o 

ef f i ci ent ly carry out t he f unct i oni ng of t he t umsr oua t e chni cal j oba of t he var i otu 

depar 'tment s , al l of mhi ch ar e hi gh] 

ti y e asent i s l t o t he opera t i ons of a f i ght i ng 

Bombardment Squadron . 

he t e i n gugus t 191 , 2 , s oon af t er comp l et i on of t he i r i ni t i al co+ bat t rai ning 

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the XXX Bombardment Squadron receiv ed arders from the Rar Department that the 

Air Eche lon , conai ating of 10 officere and 36 snlis ted men of varioue depat ents 

under commandc _of Capt ain Robert Peanb ertan (then a Firat Zieatenaat) 

wae to depart 

i n 12 hour s d 

, es t i nat i von i aknarn f 

, or t he pt rpoae of a , 

rrangi ng , 

hous i t g , Set t i ng up 

offices , shopa hospita , ls , reareatiana l facilitf ea etc for ., 

the other members of 

t he Squadr on rho ere t o f ol l o r shart l y . 

For a t i me t hey . ere t ra i l ed i n Sqnadr an 

Headquarters by their correepondence that ca ne to friends , and by officia l canmun- 

i qne s . Fi aa l . l f , however , 

t hey passed t hr ough t he s t ag i ng area t o be ane . 7 . l owed np 

by the night , by cenaorship , snd by searecy . Aboard the t acort ed Qneen Yary 

they ee id good - bp to their bsloved America , and hello to gog&y bing l and , w hile b ac c 

i n Sout h Car ol i na tbei r ast S qua dr on co ee des eak e d e ac h o t h er , "l h er+. are t hey 

nor? I sonder ..... " 

Jw t one wesk after the departure of the Air Echelon 

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took to the airwe,ys , aircled geadqaart ers, robbl ed wings , and disappeared over the 

northern horison, leaving behind 205 officere and enliated men , ith empty heart e. 

Not on7 had they atcb ed every ahip of their Sqva dron disappear , 

they also keenl , 

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f el t t he abaenoe of t he i r Squadr on Cormaander , 

Capt ai n iva . n L F 

. ergnaon, who l ed t he narth - 

baund Sqna dran to its eecre t deatine tion . 

They, too , pasaed qnick] y through 

thsir staging area , and 

, as .as the gir Echel on , swalloxed by secrecy . 

The Flight 

Echelon rose to a driep cold s]Qr , 

t a ed their noses east Rard 

, and dieappeared . 

e f i r at at ep of t he Squadr on ts At l ant i c f l i ght l 8nded t heaa i n Labra dor , where 

t hey tra i t ed t hr ongh da , 

ye t hat rew i nt o . eeka f or poss i bl e f ly i ng mea t her , maki ng 

the best of itla deqna te faciliti es and recrea tion until at last in the grey damn a 

hol a appear ed i n s al ouc y sk 

, and ags n shi ps and men t -nged east rard 

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one purpose i n mi nd t 

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Tb e en d of t h e i r eecoz d s t ep f ouad th em s i t t i ng i mpa t i en t l y i n ( reen l and . 

D a i l y t h ep remaved i ce f r om i ngs a , n d mot or s l ong bef ore t he comi ng of dawa , oa1 , y 

to fihd th a t d awn was accompanied b , p imposeibl e f]ying weather , ra ia , s l ee t , hsil , 

and rr i nds t hat s om et i me a h a d a ve l oci ty of 130 mi l es per h our . So t hey sat and 

swoace a t th e wea ther and their luck and wondered w h ere the other ech a lons were 

end how t hey got t llere . 

Then on Novem ber 2 191 , 2 , ri t h t h e Ai r Eche l on secret l r y t ucked a* r i a 

Engl and , awa iti ng th e Fl g ht Ec h e l on i ce- bam d i n Qreen l and , th e ( raund Tc h e l an , 

wader c a nmand of Cap t a i a l vaa 8 . Camp b e l l (t h en a Se coaid Li ent nant ) ea i l ed qni e t l . y 

and .ecret] y out of New Yor k City , deati na tion ua k nown , l eav i ng behind i n th e hill s 

of Sdnth Carolina th e Rear Detachment -- 4 officers and 7$ en listed nen , a ll rmidering 

where the th er ec la®lons ere . 

Novemb er fonnd th e Flig bt Eche lon farther east rard , this time in Iae l and . 

1l il e the Air Ec helon awa ited their arriva l in Engl and , the Rear De t a diment in 

3outh Carolina await ed move nent ordere , and the Oround Ech e lon p lo,wed through the 

gt l ant i c , en r out e t o Cas ab] . auca , Noarth Af r i ca. 

The Ground Echelon ias schedul ed to dock ia Casa bl anca hot on th e hee l a of the 

initi m l invaaion farces . However , their expect a tions were s hort - li4e d dwa to the 

h arbar being c luttered with sunkea s hips , they were force d to turn b ac k to sea for 

6 d a rs . They aow boast t h a t t h oy erere a bosxd . t he f i r s t mer i can t r oop t ranspart t o 

engege in sut marine pa trol s imp l3r because th ey h a d nothing e l ae to do . 

At loag last , on 16 Aovem ber 191 

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Capta in Fergnsoa and the Flight Eche lon 

arrived ia Ha, rdwick I1g land to be , gree ted by tha Air Echelon , and teo da ya later the Qraund Echelon debar ked oato African soil 

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Casabl anca. 

Her e agai n was a per i od of manot or r f or t he ent i re or gsni zat i on i ns of e,x as 

t he war ef f or t waa concerned 7hi l 

. . e t he A er i can r began i t B east ward t rek 

throug h Narth Q frica , their s4pp y linea were neceasaril y thinned due to the great 

distance over meager supp ly routes It 

. ras necmeaaty to set up depote airdromes , , 

railheads , snpply centers and Headquartere , and then to reassemble the supp ly linee 

nearer the anemy-- rithin striking distance. Whi l e t he gi gao t i c j ob wae under rra y t he , 

Ai r Corpa per s oane l pnt as i de t hei r 

tools of craft smez hip and became line eoldiers and laborers , clerk s and office 

personne l . They waited hile they work ed 

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Cti D ecean b er 6 , 19! * 2 , R hil e the Fli g ht Eche loa was tuaing s hips , ins t a lling 

guns , and teac hi ng the Be ll es of th ® Br iti sh I s l es the wqya of an Bmerican Airmen , 

th e , ir Eche l on , in part , tras disemb arking on African soil in th e 9ic i nity af 

aa , ia a vas t sea ot mud compara bl e to the oo y c l . ay o 'Indi ana. Same 500 mil es 

to th e weet th e Gram d Eche lon was departing from Casa bl anca , destiaativn Lvui e 

Geatil , oa the western coaet , purpose , eeaurity detaahmeat for Pue l ad aao®unition 

ch sps therea t . And the Rear Det ac hnent sa t in govd old New York wondering ... 

8her e ar e t h ey no r'!" 

Ohe y+ear eaact to the hour , from th at eventful dqp a t Pear l H arbor , CaFt ain 

Ivan L . Fergaaon ar ose f r om t he ai rdr ome a t Herd ri ck , Dzg 7 . and , di pped hi s r i ags i n 

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o® t b ei r fì r et of f i c i ar l com b a t f l i ght , des t i nat i on , Te l ergma Ai rb ase , l ger i a , 

North Africa . 500 miles to the wast , paxt of Cag t a in Ferguson'a S qua dron dug 

trenches , did kitchen poli ce and det e il wark w hil e 1 277 ai . les to th e wes t anoth 

er echelon of t echuici ana, mec h anics , speci a liste and a dmini stra tive personne 

l wa lked guard dnty , opera t e d a ra ilroa d , and poli ced a city of refugees . 

noth er ech e lon , 3 , C{00 m il ee to the north res t awa it e d movement ord ers in Netr 

York , and won d er®d of th e i r comra d es "Wh ere are th ey no 1" 

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, n a col d dr i zzl p Af r i can morni ng , 

Capta in Campb ell fam d Captain Fergueon at the advanced airb aee, Telergms, aad 

report ed the Ground Echelon , plus 6 me bers of the Flight Echelon pick ed up in 

har occo , pres ent f or duty . 

Af t er f our and one hal f mont hs of s epar at i oa , 

t he Squadron began ita first reorgani2atioaQ , egan ahaping up far the work at hand . 

This was a oold 

, 

damp, mudc y field call ed "en advanced air baee" under the 

ca naaand of 1+Ia 1or Genera 

, l Jsme s Dool i t t l e . 

The aky was never cl ear f or more t han a few moment e at a time , 

the wind was aharp and biting; cooke waded in m t d and 

water to prepare British rations . 

There uas no comfart 

. 

Men watch ed atsd waited and lietened as the Briti sh Eight dorve Romme l out of the Egypti an deserts , 

aaross awamps , 

into mount ainour Tuais ia , and near their back door . 

Fumore-- tbe 

ever-preeent and aeem ingl 

, 

Y necessssy evil --sl:rea d that thep might have to evacua te 

Telergma , ss Romme l had turned in that direction Yet the . weather contiaued for 

d s , making a flight impossible . 

Comb at crews grew tense from waiting , waitiag ever waiting for the break that wauld alloa the n to take to the air with their 

f i r s t ' souveni r s " f or t he A ci a . 

Finally , one muddy morning , on the 30th of Decm®b er, 1942 

, 

the Squadron was 

awsk ened befare ds break , shipe pre-fli ghted bomb loads , checked , and comba t crews 

brief ed 

. 

Then came the terse wait for the da rn. Dawn broke quickl 

, 

y that Decem ber marn , 

the sir was cleez , cold 

, and ba:t littl e win d 1his, . 

then, was their ds. y 

t hei 

, 

r f i r st t aet e ' c omb at . ren t he cood s l ef t t he i r pos t s t o l ine up al ong t he mudc runw y to , 

wituess the attempt ed take off h 

, ere was doubt in the minde vf 

®e , y 

, 

as t o t h 

, e capabi l i t i es of t he type B- 25 ai r es af t t o 1j . f t i t s el f t h 

, e cr ew, 

fl l l f 

, iel and bomb l oad f r om t he t ent acl e- l i ke cl ut che s of t he adhes i ve A f 

, r i c8m m d 

. 

4Pith a final ward to pflots , 

Capt ain Ferguson taaied to the upwiud end of the 

runw y , 

turned into the wind b 

, egsn to roll slowl , y , then gaining mo®ent n throttlee 

to 

, 

the peg , engines roaring defiantl g, props claw ing Prantica lly biti 

, ng into the 

crisp marning air , reachi ng forward for more power trging despera , tely to gain sufti - 

ci ent spe ed t o l i f t t he mi ght # ahi p Pr om mud t o s1gr . 

Ha ] . f t he r unwqy pas sed ts nse 

spect ators look ed and wonder® d , hoarse shout s were hea , rd along the line "Ge , up , 

get up bab , 

F : " Then two t hi r de of t he r nnw Y passed by , nos e whee l l ef t t he mud t 

, ai l 

ge ntly lowere d end with every ounce of power avail able the Caamanding Offi cer , erew , 

and ahi p , 

"DIS'N'DID'T" l ef t t he i r srudcZy ber t h and cl i mb ed hi gh above rugged mo mtain 

peake where Romans dKelled centuries ago . 

Faur other ships fallowed a t tha . t 

d yr, pilote d bg Captain Willism T 

. 

Aleas , 

nder , 

Capta in Carl A . 

P illipe, Ca;: iain 

Leonsr d A 

. 

Edc y , and Capt ai n Robert 1 . 

Thorndi ke . Targe t f ar t he da y 

, 

: Rai l r oad yarde , 

Stex, Tuais ia, a etronghold of Ra®me l's mightp army . 

Three houra l ater a lo. hum zas heard from th e eas t , a ll Pyes turne d to see 

and re joice th a t a ll a hips were ret :rning . Jus t a bave th e t ent tops they roare d 

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ower th e a i rdro e i n perlect far ma tion , circ lsd ance , and l anded i n their aea 

o f acnd . 

The i i r et mi as i on was aacoe ssf l 

.. The t arget was des t r vyed 

. 

Ro e l ts 

sappl r pr obl ea becaabe mar e di f Pi cul t . 

Al t haro al l ahi pe r efiu rne d 

, one as tise l es s . 

It nar aeems at raage t hat an entire sqva drun ooald lang h at the losa of d preciaue plane, but langh they did 

. 

C pt ai n 1ll 

. eaander rae l e a, di ng one f l i ght ov er t he t arge t It 

. ras a t ense mos ent 

!or hia hi 

, . a tirit ran , some hat ainil ar to a schoo l boy s ffrst date, when he 

stea la a kias and gets alapped bat is h py . 

Rhen bri ef ed t hat s orni ng Capt ai n JLl ea$oder rae i nst 

, ruct ed t v cr oss t he terget at 10 000 feet drap hia , , eggs and "hit the deck So he saitsd , a d iaitsd , 

and then ceae the measage fra® Ba + bardier Technica l Sergeeat James H iQcHarge . , cool 

as s ro t er an , 

"Bcdbs aw eT!" Imnedf ate l 

, 

4 Capt ai n gl 

. exander banked eharpl , g t o t he 

right and dived 

. 

Yee this , *es s Idedium Bomber doing things it wasn't .ede to do , 

di ng ear t hwar d at l , 20 mi l es per hour , i hi l e i i ad acrea ,ed t hro ngh pr opel l er s and 

over i ng$ and i nt o g tm a z l ea . Then c"aos tbe pul l out , gr a dna l y , s l ow l y , 

. 

. 

l a$ i ] , p , 

leet those rings take a aeparate cororse , or ftiiee lage bnckl e . asy did it 

, and the 

"Cobr a" l ePe l l ed oat j us t aver t he t ap of an ol i via grov® The . cre r msebera re l ga ed 

some at as they chea ked their covrse eud headed hoa eward 

, 

Sudd enly there sppeared 

fram aint of the oli e trees an aneapected er , and a d4ngero na one. Ahere eeconds 

bef or e t he ai r eras empt y t iions , anda ot bi rde noe roae di rec t l y i n t he pat h of t he 

ship . 

Ao tiaEe to pull ap to mias the. 3 .possible to bank sharp enongh to avoid 

t hem , not hi ng t o do bnt pl oe i n , and p oe i n he di d G] 

. . ae a Yl es f r o. a11 t he i ndos 

, Capt ai n g l 

, eaeu der caught on,e pi ece j us t bel ow t he e , and t o t hi s dqy . henev er 

birde are aentianed one can aee hie ae31 e and rub his right ch ek 

. 

It ia ispossible 

to belie e that tinpr birds conld do eo .nch daAage; thsy entered air inta keo , stapped 

21 e1 and pr e asur e pumps , 

bork e ehat t er- pr oof pl ci gl nos , 

t ore hol e s and l ef t dent a 

3n rings , and in gen eral vrech +ed a pertedtly good airp laae . 

Th . a t ras t he ir f i r st l oss , and t h e i r f i r st f l i g ht . Bu t more rere t o Pol l ow 

and not the l anghi ng ki nd . Capt a in Al eoran d er, too , uas to exper i ence mare seaere 

d anage a t anoth er ti me, and s till sno th er. 

I ew Year 's Da, y f vand t hi 8 gppsy Squadr oa an t he mave agai n thi 

, s t i me onl y 

s3a mil ®s soathward to Berts , c , 

Algeri a. Here the squadron ramaitied langer thap it has to date at yed in one place-- five maotbe ar d one day . 

Altbongh the Squa drom m a atill 8c*tt ered aver some 3 , 000 miles , the psreonael 

a t Bert s c f ncreased t hei r ef f or t s , uork ed ni g ht and d uad er di t f i cul t and t ryi ng 

conditians , and cantinne d d a i y opera tione aga ins t th e enemQr . 

In pa i ra , b y faura , and by p l ene loade , th e . ecabers arrived , eame l ate aomers 

f5com F g ] . aund , evme o i ' t he f l i ght eche l on f o® ah , st i l l ot her a aa t f ar a and 

wonder e d , "l ere are t hey no r't1 

Tbronghout th e aonth of Januarg 1943 tbe Squa dron parti o i pa ted fn ms r miaeioar 

against th e enea r. Dooka , ra ilhea ds , e pp ly depota , troape and a irdroees er® bl ast - 

ed over the ontire arsa held by the A c i a . At timas ahipa wou ld come liaping bome , 

b a dly b att ered , in need of ma 3or repa ir b7 the aven orked a ke3 . eton graund crsss . 

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nJor y " se e®e d t o la ow t hat each day , s ane w r f 

, ro oa sataew here aut of t he l eaden e1cy t he "1Pi l d 

, 

Pi 11i e Boys " oul d r s i n bomb a upo t he n, and f r om dawn t o dark , 

vach day , perhaps the Aais wondered "Ahere are they no r?" 

On January 14 , 1943 , atter months of waiti ng, the Rear Det acheent , c l oa ked 

in secrec r , groped throngh the d arknesa , boerded a waiting ferry tb a t qnietly 

ti p- toed da m the river , to aa awa iting troop traneport .hfc h griml y nosed aat into 

the gtl anti c, Caea bl anca bc nnd . Th ers a t Casa bl anca t hey were destinad to wa it 

tbropg h weeks to come . Trauspoart a tion li nes were emmed . Aight and d a traina , 

t r acke , a i r t r ansport s end t anka rumbl e d oat o f Casabl auoa, east rard t o 1l , I ger i a 

aa d in i ei 8, carrying precivns supp li es to aen fig htiog despera te l , y to ho ld th e 

territory ga ined . 

Through t 6e .eeka that had pnesed the 3quedron bad dealt telling blo rs to the 

enemy r withaut eaperienc ing a singl e loss Bnt 

. on February 8 , 1943 , 3 shipa departed 

o n a coordi nat ed rai d on Ga bes ai rdro. e d 

, eep i n ene qr t erri t ory . ro oi' t hose t hres 

shi pe f ai l ed t o retu rn; Fi r st Li ent enant Robert A 

. 

Caac and Fir st Li ent enant Ils l t er 

P 

. Crusp ere the pilot s. The third ahiP s P oted by First Lie utenant Brio Q 

. 

Linden lisped hcae , , riddl ed by anti -aircra ft , cannon , and machine gun rire to , 

orssh -land on hie oun field . Tbree-ship miasion two lost 

, , one demaged beyand 

rspair . 

The loss oP the two cre*s wes keen ] , y felt by sll the Squs dron xow.ver . , 

littl e talk waa heard amoag the nen but 

, 

they wondered 

, 

"l ere are thep now?M 

The Air Eche lon had arrive d froa Qran , greatl y reli eving the ow erworked personn. 

l . I ore ships c w e in , replacemen t8 were arriving daily, things in genera l 

ers goi ng re l l Ch 

. 

Febr usi- r 22 1943 

, , 

F 'at Li ent enaut Fred 1 

. 

at k3ns on, s ccoapa 

ing shipe of anoth er sqnadron on a sea search 

, eighted a freighter o the coast of Z ini 

. a . 

A 11 

, pl anes swimg t o t he ki l l t 

, o be met by i nt ens e and dccnrat e 

amt i ai rcr af t f f re i`r osm a ne arby bar ge . 

I gl y l i t t l e puf f s of s eake began t o dot 

the e direct]y ia front of the driving plaaes. This ws8 action , 

this wee fightiag 

fatr their orn lives and at the ea ae time determined to accoop li ah the aesigned 

sission at the risk a f their livea , 

leachine gnns began spitting lead , hearts beat wildly , guaners warked fnrioue ly , 

bc mbardiera t s ed by innerphane to pilota , as 

pilot s tried d®sperate ly to get "on ca rse" of the freig hter now $ ig-zagging and 

turning in en attempt to epoil the airmens' accuracy, but accnrate they were . 

500 gownd ba nb s r ai . ned f roai t he 6 pl . ane f orma t i on ont o t he deck and al oa gs i de t he 

hnge ship laden ith precioua snpp lies tor Sitler a hard presae d rik a gorps . 

llithin three miaates there was on] 

, y bubbl es ta tell that a ship once Ploa tsd in that spot 

. 

Lieutenant Atlc in8on ma de a heroio rtm cn th a t mission , from the b egivn3 . ng ot 

the dive , throughout the antire run until "bo®bs a.e " came from the nose of the 

pl ane, then he s low l y pull e d ont of farma tion , tnraed on one wing , and crsthed iato 

th e aea. gnother crew , anoth er ship los t ,.. mi ss ioh' s end ... camra dee lost ... "Ahere 

are th ey now't" ..... 

I luck seeaed to ha4e fvrasksn this aquadron coap l ete l y , b u t perh apB it 

was the . oppoaition . Febraary 23 t rro ahipe , p iloted by Captain Isonard A . Edc 

and Yrst , Lieutenant Rob ert W , hartin oined a formation campi sed of 3 other 

squa, dr ona and swept nar th we l l cut aver t he Iled3 . t er ranean and ene ehi ppi ng . 

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"Nlher e gre ?hdy 8o. rt" P age 6 

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lfi t h Ca pt a i n r od e l e a d bvm b ardi er Cap t ai n P. rry D . Pi c k e t t , a t a 11 , 1 anY 

Tezan w ho an nt merone ra ida togg l ed hi a ba ba on t with hia foot , and ea med 

his aaohine gane nith hia haads . A cool ch aracter . In th e Naviga tor'e caapart - 

ment , srith 8a4i . gatoz Firat Lieutenant Hi cholas D . Batzenb ach , rode the 23 -y ear 

old Sqna dron Cammeadar , Ya , ior I4an h . Fergnsvn , thia time as obs®rirer . 

Thirteen ea. b arges, heavil y armed , vere e i ght ed aud a tt acked , Piv+e were 

l e f t ei nki ng , and l ef t a l . e o rere t e o p ] . en ee e i ght of f i cer , and t hree enl i at ed 

fisn . Tbe Sqnadren keea ly fe lt the lose of their canregeona l ea dsr , h erd -. orking , 

h ard - lkghting , emiling ly jor Fergneoa , and randered a bout hi® , aa a boat a ll ci' 

t hoae a l r ea dy f or ced da. n , "1lher e ar e td e no r? 

Then oa Februat r 28 1943 

, , e p ' p e s bl as t ed br i dg®s , r ai l w+e rs and 

other target e in Syrant of the retrea ting A rika Borps th 

, e Rear Detacl ment arrived 

by t r aueport pl ane , vnder i a r,a nd of Hos bardi er Fi r st Li e tit enant Ol i ver E l hyard 

. , 

Jr . 

Iere , at l as t , wae t he ent i re quedr on re aasei bl ed tmder oue aaoaanand - t hat o! 

l0a j or A l 

. pheos P . lYhi t e , 

Jr . 

1 a ar YThi t 

. a was de at ined t o bui l 

yd a cri ppl ed f i ght i ng 

aachine into a far largsr unit then ever before , even to eaceed Rar Departmeat 

anthori sation insof ar as men and planes re re concerae d . 

It 1 8 a l l t o know t h e f` ramevo rk ar ound w hi ch t h e sque dr on i s f vrraed i n a rd er 

t o under s t and hou t h a, t t r emen dons ob oP f nc t i oni ng i n b a t t l e i a carr i e d oat , 

tud t h e di f f i cu l t i ee ea per i ence d i n f orni ng and re bui l di ng a cr i ppl ed f i ght - 

ing un it . 

1 Sr ch 12 19 

, , 3 

. 

Ti me 4 s30 t 

. 

Ins i de a bl i ck- otit t ent 

, 

l i t onl y bp candl e 

l i ght 

, c oodca e r e comp l ®t i ng t he ob of prepar i ng breekf ast f or 350 men . 

Thi a i ti - 

portaat t'anetiven being supervieed by Firet Lieut enant Robert D 

, 

lbbott 

, 

A , d utant 

, 

in odditian to hia mat>y other duties of admini stra tion and tnter- depertment coaa din 

tion . e Squadroa Opera tions Officer , 

Capt ain 4Pilli am T 

. 

Aa 

. ezander goee grop ing t hr ough t he darkn esa f r one ts nt t o t s nt awak eni ng ca nb at cr ex memb er e wi t h the aanovnce®en ts briefi . ng. Far tvent raiaut ee there ia a hustl e and b ustl e as men 

r o11 f r o a dsmp beds t o f i nd damper cl ot he e and shoee . A heal t b , y cur ee l re aa d 

there , a tirad yaem , end somewhere da m the line a song comea throvgh the darkness , 

acco upan ied by the pstter of rain on canvas houses . 

FY ghting airmen check pockets 

for cigarett es aad match es , and make anre t ha . t # . hey are osrrying no lstt era or card e 

wtiich coald aid the enea p if they are captured ?hea . vnt iato the night to be 

eqtod by a sharp *ind cerrying atingiag rain , and the souad of pulsa ting aotora 

being narmed np , nnd they realize that the ev®r- loyg l , trust rortJ y mechanice have been an t he j ob hour s bef ore t i 

, ght eni ng a t ttt here , repai r i ng an i nstsvment i 

, nspe 

ct i ng hol e a pat ched ai nce ye at er dqy a ehc ount ezti ri t h t he ene . Ihi l e t l a 

tremendo us ob of msiutenaace wae beiag carried out nnder the aupervision of First Lieutenant Roger F 

. 

Yan 7 rtve ld 

, 

Hngineering Officer , snd First Lieutenant Peter F 

. 

Goyer , 

Te ch Suppl , p Of f i cer . 

The Ordn$ace Depar t men t 

, coaunanded by Fi r st Li s zt enant 

Lse A 

. 

Shearouse , vae loading ehips rith "sonvenira" -- 00-pound ba®b s, and Firgt 

Lieut enant Walter J 

, 

gbplana lp and hia Armamen t section check ed guna turre , ta , 

a aeiunition bom , b raok e, bo2n bsight a and elect riaal contro ls , while First Lieutenant 

Thaase R 

. 

Rnight and his comnun ications section replace d a tube here, a connec tiaez 

there , gave Pinal iaepec tion to radios and interphonea to neure cont act foac coam 

iniaa tion while in Plight 11 

. , atua t be exact in avery respec t in order to obta ia 

reqnired reau ] - ts in comb at . 

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Ca nb at Crews t r adged t hi'au8h dr i vi ng r di n and xd t o p8as beneat h a s'twne 

atchwe y into a cobbleatone cc rtyard o f'nedieva l appearenae beyond 

, anaient Ra®an 

rnine , 

to enter s brilli antly lighteti rooa , *alla edorae d rith ma m pa cowered 

with circles of brilli ant red , ribbone of grean blue end pit k 

. gnd photoes of 

ene territory . 

Th ere to be instruc ted by Capta in Robert Penb erton aH to the 

t arget f or the der , ezpect ed appoe i t i an , r out e of t r ave l and act i aa t o t aloe i n case 

od' ca pt ure by t 3 e en . Br i vf i ng oveir , a qui ck br eakf ast 

, a t r uck r i de t o di apersal 

points Then . planes 13ae up at the end of the runv s y, enginee ticki ng over , 

awa i t i ng t ake of f t i me whi ch a t at be earace t o t he preacr i bed mi nut e Pi l 

. ot s nod 

t o co-pi l ot a , 

t hr ot t l as f orwax d , dnl l eh 8pe8 i a dawn te ear l , y l i ght move sw i f t l y aa d 

def i an t l y down t he t ake of f s t r i p i n f l i ght a of t hr ee , euad sRi i 't y di aappear i n t o 

r a i t aki es . 

( ronnd per s oa ne l b egi n t he i r d a i y r cvt S ne a f repa i r i ng r a di os , bro oan gt as , 

w h ee l i i g t`re a h l o ada of bom b s t o di apsrs a l pofnt s f or t h e re t urni ng p l anes , cens ori 

ng ma il rep l en i s hing etpp li ee of f ie l emanm ition a irp l ne parte c lothing , 7ehi 

c l e a eAd prepar i ng me a 7 - e f ur hungr r nen . hi l e he a d quart er e p eeonne l az w+ered 

l et t er s t o mot h er s and w i ves aa t o aa f e t of s aa a and hais b aad s , prepar e d payr ol l e 

and ma int a i ne d recorda , th e Squa dron doc tor vi s it e d men a t th e ir work , a rini s t ered 

oe di c inea , look ed a t .ounds , c h ang e d b snd ages, note d th e genera l h ea lth and otte d 

do ra re c a s end a t i ana f or r emedi e e of de f i ci enc i e a, and t e r a i n cont i nue d t o f a l l 

as men war k ed oa , thinki ng of comra des miesing in aotf on, an d won d eri ng, "' Yh ere are 

they now?p 

Second Li eatenant Eh in F . Sc hr tpp and crew a fter comp l eting ths da 'e 

mi ss i oa . hi ch sank 3 enes r ve i e l s and s hot daun t eo ene a i r ara f t , waa f or ced 

dof . Lientenant Schrupp it was l ater l earned , waa mede a prieoner of rrar by 

the Germass . 

Throvgh the ®an tha th a t fo lloeed , th e h , ard -preesed German an d It a lian arfiies 

f vught f ur i ona ]y t o hol d t hei r , t`r i can emp i re . The Al l i e d . Armed Fvras e di t erm i aed] , T 

f ought t o c aa qner , and t he E7CX 8omb ardment Squadr on f e l l f r om 1 . ai rcra f t t o ! a , i rcra 

ft . A m®ager bit to carry on an off m sive , but carry on they did , throug h da ys 

th a t looked d ark , at d wondered of praai eed rep l ace ente far arews and s hips loe t -- 

" r h ere are t he y no l " 

Fina l y rep l acements began to po . in . New p l anes and new crews b en to 

arrive a lmos t d a il r; officers and en lieted men w ith ma missions and seaeoned b , q 

e cperience wea e relievad lram comb a t , eent to th e rear as instructora !or more 

rep l a ements to come l a ter . 

The arr i va l of Y e p an d b e t t er wea t her br oug ht t he d a Armi es i n A 'i ca t o 

th e ir k nees and surrend er. The ua d ron h a d dnri ng th a t campa i g n los t 10 a irdra tt , 

? , 1 ,, of f i cer s and 20 en l i a t e d men ss i. ng i n aat i on , and h a d on h and , reac f ar co®b 

s t , 16 a ircra ft u ith coa p l e t e arews t wo more th an th ey h a d a t th e b eg in ing o P 

th ® campa i gn. 

Ctie might surmi s® that the snding ot such a diffi c lt and ighl 3mpoact ant 

campa ign rvu ld warrent a das 's rest but 

, anch waa not the case The vorn ing after t he , n-rend er of t he Ax i s i n Nort h Afr i ca, 

t he I C%Squa dr on t ook t o a copperyhned 

elq hea , ded narthward 

, ovar lofty peaks and mountainvus plateat , st dded - 7 - 

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her e aund t here wi t h em era l d- l i ke l akes , shi a®er i ng i n f he ear mornit g 's l i ght t o cr oss t he r i bbon- l i ke s andy beaches of Noart h A#`r i ca , and soar hi gh abov® t he 

bi n e Yedi t erranean t o ar op t hei r "egga" an t he i el and of Si ci 

. y . 

The wsr was bei ng 

cerr f ed r i ght i at o t he enenpr' s ho®e- - t her eby s 'eguar di ng g o'ur s at d mi ne . 

D rs ewi f t l , y sped bp , and one norni ng t he da nn br ake over l i t t l e B®rt eau c 

t o r evea l aa emp t y si r dr ome Th 

. e 3quadron hsud "f l orm b ni ght « deep i nt o 

Tuuii ai a . They set up a ne w ai r base , cl oser t o t he t oe of It i l y and bet t er f ar 

the cami ng *hot f oot N of t h e t h en waver i ng lias s o l i ni . 

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ri endl y na t i ves l oaked 

upa® a deaer te d f i e l d and wondered af t hos e c sr e- f ee Atoer i cans who da i l y l ookod 

on de at h eud ] . aughed at f at e "Where ar e t h eg now?a 

i Jnl , y 7 1943 a c al l oame f aa a aearby Squadron aski ng f ar a ehi p t o 

fill in one af h ®ir orma tions . 

Ten minutes later Firet Lidutenant James L 

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Dnrgi n r ose t o t he sk r j 

, oi ned t he Yormat i on t hat croaaed t tae Medi t erranean, deep 

iato ane®y territory to blast insts llatione at Scali a It 

, a y, and to tall p np the 

100th misaian fvr hie 3qnsdron 100 ti 

. mes the 7C Squa dron had carried the war 

t o t he enen 

, 

y i n z i ss i one rangi ng f`r o n one l one shi p t o 16 shi ps The . Axi s aever 

1Qio*s-- bat alwaYs nandere "Wh®r® are they na r ?" 

G l y a s hort year has peaaed eince this Sc , ua dron begen it s deb erkation f om 

linerican soil . But r h a t a year it has been--men and officers--aad p l anes have 

aought and worYed . In on and o4er 4 continents , 2 oceans , and 5 i s l ands , they h a e 

lost 19 a irp l enes , 32 offiaers and 33 ealiated men , either missing in action dea d , 

or pri son®rs of war. Yet new and improved p l . anes and rep l acement crews arri ed 

regnl ar ] , y and th e f a ll of the F ascist overnment in It a ly saw them stronger th an 

ever 'b e fore-- 20 a irp l anee an d crews loca t e d a t a a t ra t eg i c b ase, we ll w ithin range 

oi ' t h e he ar t of It a l y . 

Da i 1 , p t h ey f l y end f i g ht , ? „ / hour s each ds y t he i r work goes on , and on , 

taoorro* and the neat day , and the next , vntil the whol e uis maahiae cx bl as . 

they ah a ll stiddeti] appear from out of the aun to ra in dea th and destruction upoa 

the sne --aad with eaoh bo ab loa d they a h a ll ask of comra des lost in b attles goae 

bef or e , "llhera are t hey now?" 

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, "MY PILOT" , 

SB NT TO HIS 1[OTIiSft 

hSHSYILLE ]{i i ArID HIS 9KIPPSR Y[39 ING IN N TH 1FRICA 

A poew rr i t t en by T/ Sgti Jame . s H 

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II CHar ge , r epor t ed a i s ai ng i n act i on 

on the North ican front 

, was aent to hia mother , re. J H i 

. . arge of 2 1 Cumb er l and Av enue b 

, y IV rs . . x . Caac of Fox Yi 

, rg i ai a , who s e s on hf 

, e utenaat 

Robert Cas, was repo ted misaing at the same time as Sergesat iarge . 

Sergesnt lfcFI arge wr ot e t he poem "If * Pi l ot " , as a t r i but e t o Li eut enant 

Cox , pi l ot of t he B - 25 bonber on whi ch Sergeant 16cH arge was bomb ardi er . The i r 

pl aae f e iled to rsturn from a mieafon l aet F' e bruary 6 . 

3 ergeant NcHarge volunteered for service in the Army on December $ , 191 + 1 

and tra ined at Sheppard Field , Texsa; S anta 16anica, C alifornia; N a lterboro , 

S outh Carolina and Colw nbis , S outh C arolina before going overaesa i n N oveaber 

1942 He was a gra dua te o f I se Ed warde Hig h 9 c h ool in 1937 and at the time 

he ant ered t he S er vi ce , was emp l oy ed a t H arry ' a Mot or Inn . 

Ths poem bp Ser ge ant YcH arge , ent i t l ed "]I Pi l ot " , 

r Pi l ot 

i s as f ol l owe : 

Yea , he's the l eai der of the crew 

It e up to him to get u through 

If all goes we ll , we each get b ack 

e rnah to Intelli gence to o k e and w iaecrack . 

Yet off by hiim elf , looking very grim 

Ia m y pil t who flew the ahip thep couldn't trim 

He sasre not hi ng t o none of t he r est 

If we hadn't got b ack , h e 'd still d otie hie beBt . 

Th e crew, like a aelf , has never realiaed 

Or been reaponaible for aia other lives 

If F at e muet h ave i t , and cne must get ahot 

God , let it be me , but eave r Pilot . 

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Sq drn I i . s s i on ; 1 Eac ort 6 P - 38 s 

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Pickett P D N 

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2nd Lt Goh 

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A +er s , 

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Telergma Aircrome , 18 Decem ber 43 , 

Bomh Load _ : (6 x 5Q0 ) 

Bomb s Dropped : 6 (6 x 500) , 18 , 000# 

R ;ISS s Th ; abov c named 3 81 s t Of f i c er s f l ew i n ai r cra f t of ot h er s qua dr ons , 

The at t ac k ra s m lde f r om t be deck , cl i m tng us t bef or e t he bomb r un , 

round house ana the track s in the marshalling yards were our target 

, 

P'hot ographs taken fter th s missian proved the excellence of our bombi . ng . 

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T e l ergma , /D 30 De cemb er 1 ,. 2 

di t er "Sweat i ng out " aeveral bari ef i ngs and "dry runa" 

, 

t he 381et Sqtia d- r oa f or t he f i r st t i ®e i n i t s hi st ory c l i mbed i at o t he i r awn pl ane s and par®pared 

to Btart on a bombing missi oa in North AtSrica. It was the C ranps gth 

.fasion aad the target was the Sfaa Railroad Yard and A ovnd Houee . 

Dt couree , everyone was eaccited and eager to dea l "Jerry" hia first 

knockout blot. 

The enginea were started , check ed and rechecked to aake s ure that sverything 

was working properl 

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gt 12:45 the first ship rolled dowa the rtxawaT 

and the 381st was off and detez ained to "hit 'em a lick:" As the twelve 25'g 

gathered in formation and circled the field 

, 

twalve P-38's took off; our fight - 

er escort 

. 

In another few ninutee the navigator in the flight leeder 's ahip 

g awe us aur compasa heedi ag and 21 

r, of er i ca ' s f i ght i ng pl sae e and t he i r crewa 

wer e on a mi s ai on ; a new eacper i eace f or t he 381at Squa dr on D 6otvit 

. ai n peaks 

paseed below and to our eide dnring the first houra , 

then we dove do ra to the 

low lands whiab we had eagerly anticipated 

, 

for here wa knew the , 

bnaaing wonld 

begin . 

For about 15 minutes our planea were barel , y akimoming the olive groves , 

and arab huts . 

Camels , sheep , and natives ran ia all directiona whea onr thunder 

i ng i ngs .ro ul d s,roop do rn upoa t hem S 

. oon our ai r apeed i ndi c at or e wsre 

r egi st er i ng ?1 0 1[ P 

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Z'hs Fl i ght Lea der l i f t ed hi s aoee and t he ot her ahi pe f ol l owe d wi t h 

prop pitah and throttlea well forrerd 

. 

Up and up , our Bill 

, 

y ltit chell a carried 

their destructive loads . 

The target came into view and every man was patientl F 

rai t i ag t o 8ee t hat f i rst bur st of much f esr ed Fl ak gt 

. 

9 000 

, 

f eet re l evel ed 

out and maneuvera d into positi on for the bombing run . 

Bomb ba y d 

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Thi s was i t - - - t he Fl ak Fi 

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bombardier 's oice came over the interphone , 

"Bombs aw y , 

doors closed" 

. 

l1e 

started for the deck 

, 

tniating , 

turning , 

diving and climb3ag Sti11 

. 

the puffs 

of amoke were around us . 

"Couldn 't we go faster ?" I asked 

. 

I had been too 

busy to notice that the air apeed indicator wae registering 380 Y 

. 

P 

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H: Soon we were back on the deck and the flight assembl ed hesding , 

for home . 

B'Pery 

ship had gotten off the target safely and our epirita were high 

. 

Bnt as e 

were flying along on the deck 

, a flock of birds decided to teke w ng directl 

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in front of Lt 

. 

Aleasader's plane. Birde spla ttered all over, end the plane looked as if "Jerry" had really made aevera l direct hita Th 

. e windehield tras 

broken , naviga tor dome and gvnner 's dome were knocked off 

, wit gs were dented 

and engine corlings wr nkled 

. 

All ia all 

, 

the plane looked like it had been 

"throug h the milln 

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ba t the able Pilot end Co-pilot land ed it aafely and were 

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i nt errogat i on , eacc i t enent was pl ent i f b] . ae each rel at e d hi s st .o r o f hi s 

firat bomb ng aiesi on. Yft er a fina l inspection o the pl snee h ad been 

ma de , it was fou xd th s t Lt . Phillipe and Capt . Fergaaon'e shipe had been 

hi t b y f l ak . Bat t he d aasege ras s l i t comgar e d t o t he de st rnct 3 on caus ed 

bT the 12 , 000 ponnds of bonbe which had been dropped . I t er, asri a l ph otos 

ehowe d t hat t he Batnid Honae was apl i t w , d e open and t h a t q b onb8 hed as d e 

direct hits on th e R . A . Y ards and torn up hnndre ds o f f ee t o f tra . S o, 

t h e 381 8t ' s f 3r st mi ss i on was a sneces e a d Je g x kaew he had tn eaea 

t hat *as ant f ooc 'tx s inese . 

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5t Lt Thorndike R Y P 

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Eacor t 12 P - 3$ S 

20 January . 3 

Takv Of f 12 s00 Bomb Loe . d : ( 6 x 500 

Dvwn 15 :15 Bom b s Droppe d s None , 

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Sqdrn Mi s si on ; I2 Escort 11 

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21 January 43 

Take Of f 11 ,, :12 Bomb Loa d : ( 1 500) 

Down 17 :45 Bam b s Uropped : 

To t a l Ti me 3 iir s , 35 si n . 

eat h er : No cl rn uis sl i ght l ze vi s i bi l 3t y 5 mi l es . CdVU a t Sea 

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last ed for 20 minut ea, One A E109 Raa shot down into the sea bg S Sgt 

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1âke Off 10:k6 Bomb Load: (8 x 300) . 

TargEt 11 :52 3ombs lirovped : 3 (S x 300} , i , 200# 

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Take Off 13:27 Bomb Load: (12 x 120) Frag . 

Target 14 50 Bombs Dronpe d: 3(12 x 120) 1 , 320 

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lst Lt Van Divort N P lst Lt Edcy L A P lst Lt Thorndike R P 

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pl et e cov e rF ge of t h o Ai r Lr o e wi t h bombs iany . 

Enem p AfC which were on the ounc r9re hit Flak 

. : Heavy and light barrages were . 

intense over Tiuiis and the A/D Several 

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ships were hit Sgt Lockhart (379th) 

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received 

a head wound and Sgt Lun . can (428th) was critically injured in Ship #41- 13077 

. 

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Narrative by l at Lt . H®nsy B . Wig htma n 

Janus=q 22 , 19k3 . 

The 381st S quadron again had the "tail end Charlie " poeition for the 

raid . Its three ships were piloted by Lts . Nddy , Thoradike end Yan Divort , 

having beeu asaigned poaitions 16 , 17 , and lg respectivel r y . Lt . Bddy uas 

t he compet ent l ea der of our el ement and t h e great accnr acy of our bombing 

c an be a t t ri but ed t o hi a bom b ar di ar , Lt . Pi cket t . The navi ga t or i n our 

l ea d ahip wsa Lt . K atzenbach . 

Takeoff was a t 13:25 . After circling the field and picking up aur 

escort of 16 P - 38's , the 18 ahip formation headed for Tunis . Target time 

was ]1 %45 , and as we began our cli mb off the deck , Lt . B a taenb ach eaw to 

hia sa tiaf action th at th e ea ther , over the cit y o f Tunie , in th e diet ance 

uas eaccel l ent . 

$1 oui na ai rdrome i s one a i . l e eaat of R ni a on t he nor t h si de of t he 

dock area. Our auie of attack was fron the north , each fli g ht asking an 

individusl rim on the target . As we turned toward the t arget , the ait y o f 

T unis l y brig ht and aere ne in the sun light abont tea milea to the south 

of us . 3 uddenly we saw a few bursts of Fl ak . Then the uhole sky around 

u s er apt ed i n a veri t abl e curt ai n of l ar gre puf f s of bl ack e ooke . The bdrrage 

was eo heavy t h at we act us l y f l e* t hrough t h e pnf f s o f bl ack smoke t `r om 

Fl ak bnrsta hich h a d miracnl oualy misse d ua . 

Lt 

. 

Pickett in the lead ship had the sirdrome in his aights , so Lt 

Nddy 

. 

stopped his enrasive action And ve begaa our bombing run Several 

t i 

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mea Lt Pi 

. cket t 'e vi etr t hr o ugh hi s bomb si ght s was obacur ed 

, so t hi ck 

was the black amoke of the Flak burats Suddenly . 

the f ag cluatars droppe d 

irom the lead ahip'a bomb bay, breaking up immedi ately into the individua l 

bomba I 

. 

heard our o ru bombardi er y ®11 e'Bomba , awa3r" 

, and t hen ws were 

peeling off in a dive . 

Dur nose guns chattered ae bombardier T/Sgt . 

N 

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3 . 

mith ponred rouad after round into the streeta of the city . 

nesQr fightera - Six 1 - 109's and eix FW - 190' s a tt acked th e l ead fli g hts , 

but were dispereed by onr eecort . 

Ye onr speed increased from 254 to 300 to 350 , our radio nan in the tail 

reportod the slqr literall r erupting in a solid wall of Flek , nt erepereed w ith 

the red pnffs the grovnd crews use to find the range . But they were too l a te , 

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for evsn naw we w®re leveling off on the deck , ow c epeed rea ding 370 Y . P . H . 

We brea thed a ai g h o f re li ef s t onr miracu l o ua eecape , bnt a ll wae not ye t 

over . 

Ae we were fl 

, p3ng along with nothing to worrp abant 

, aome 30 milea 

We at of T mi s , 

I auddeal 

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y 8aw a l i ght f l ak gun r i ght i u our pat h . second 

l at er machi ne gune . ere f ir i ng at ua fr om e not her di r ect i oa al so . 

Lt Pt 

. clcett 

fired his fle ible gun and Lt 

. 

Fddy his fized nose gun , aad the flak poai t i on was s i l enced 

. 

If i t had not been f or t hei r qui clr. i t t ed act i on , aar 

entire element of t ee plsnea would have been endangered sa we passed within 50 feet of the gun positi ona. 

In. fortuna tely one ehip in the second flight 

, piloted by Lt 

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IcDougal 

of t he 3?9t h Squadron *aa hi t and cav 

. ght f i re . 

Gai ni ng al t i tude , 

t he covr - 

ageans pilot gave hie crew a chance to ump . 

The ahip eraehed in flamea, snd it ia believed the pilot's heroic act coat hia hi8 o.n lffe as two parachute 

did not have time to open . 

Qie guaner , T/ 3 gt . L ockhart of t he 1 ,, 28t h was f at al l y ro unded . 

we l anded at 1600 , and the eorrow over the loss of onr comrades wae 

h ard y nullified by the intelli gence reporta th a t onr bom ba h a d deatroye d 

at l eaat 20 ener a i rcra `t on t h e gro un d . 

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larg.t 12:5o Bo.b. D opped: 6(12 x 120} . 8 , 6 

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Meden i ne - J anuary 21 ; t h , 191 3 . 

lQ3 . ssion narrative by 2nd . Lt . Jackson 

O n t h e 24 . t h d y of J anua ry , 19l 3 we rrer e br i af ed on t he a i r -ome of 

edenine . It was expl a ined to ua th a t this was th e centra l po int b e t ween 

Tripoli and Gabes and th a t our t arget was very important due to the f act 

t hat t he ai rdrome ras bei ng us ed as a b as e f or enem3* a i rcr af t t hat wer e 

atra fing anr troopa . 

At 10:30 A . 1 ., 18 B - 25's f om the 310th Group took off . We sere eacorted 

by L2 P - 38' 9. The 381st flight was th e tail end flig ht . 

We f l e rr over t he mouat ai n r ange on t he wa , y do rn and "hi t t he deck " 

imrnedia telp upon arriving over the desert . L verpone gave a little silent 

pr ®r th a t h e sou ldn 't h ave to wa lk h ome w hen th e vast b arenesa of the 

desert waa o bserv® d . 

We arrived at our initial climb point a t approxima tely 12:30 hours . 

ht . Crnmp's element got behind in the climb for a ehort while . His lef't 

w i ngmau , Lt . C ox , coul d not seem t o get suf f i c i ent power t o keep up i n 

th e climb . 

Arri9ing over the target 

, 

there was some difficulty in locating the 

airdrome . 

It eas finally fovnd by the dust trail of an enem aircraft t aki ng of f 

. 

The f r agment ary bombs xer e droppsd and very acaurat el y . 

They 

c aught an enen ai r craf t t aki ng of f and he cr ashed . 

lihen t he bombs wer e 

dropped evsryone was at5raid that they ere goiag to be hit by the ones 

coming from abave It looked 

. a8 if someone hsd thrown a large handftill oY pepper into the sky . 

Ene r flak was bnrsting all around us bnt it was the most inaccvrate encountared so far. The defleotion was e xtremely poor We h 

. azarded the 

guess that the gun crews were Italian . 

llhile the formation was diving oPf the target at about 360 D P 3 1$ 8 

. . ., -26's were coming in with their bomb 

load At first 

. we thought they were l 's which scared us until we real 

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ized they were the "Flying Coffina" 

. 

The B 

-25'a flew on the deck all the 

rra q acroas the desert and climbed up only to get over th 

. 

e mountains E 

. raryone 

had a wonder fl 

. 

il opportunity to see haw l 

. 

o. they could get as we passed 

over a large dry lake S 

. ome d3d alright . 

Pe arr i 4 ed at Ber t eaw c at 1 4 

. 

: 30 

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J a ot her s uc c e s s fl i l 

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mi s s i on behi nd 

u s . e reported at interrogation and then proceeded to take a little reat 

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Sqdrn l i ss i on #16 Escort 18 P - 36' s 

28 Januaryr ! 3 

Ta k e Off 12:45 Bomb Load: (8 x 300) . 

Tar get ]1 ,, : 32 Bombs Dr ooped : 6 ( 8 30 0 ) . 

Down 

16 :00 

Tot a l Ti me : 3 Hr s . 15 Nii n . 

t r: En route C6VI , 4ver target , 9f10 coverage at 6 , 000 t o 7 , 000 feat . 

C R E S 

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lat Lt 

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Niartin R f 

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P lst Lt , Edd 2nd ht Sindeles . , 

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CP 

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lst Lt Fhillips . , 

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2nd Lt Sc . h Sgt 

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Schave , 

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Pickett P D B 

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2nd Lt . Gyers 

S/Sgt 

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Thomas J P 

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Katzenbach N D 

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S/Sgt 

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Kiel , f . H Sgt 

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Bus 

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Taylor , 

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Lev ris , 

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T /Sgt Da 

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S/Sgt 

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Boone , 

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2nd Lt 

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Froelicher P R CP 

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2nd Lt 

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Wilson , 

F 

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2nd Lt 

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Gollnitz , 

F C 

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S/ Sgt les . si ngal e J T G 

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T/Sg 

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Jacksom X C 

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T/Sgt 

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Caron J B 

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The ships flo8n by Lta . Linden , Martin and Thorndi . ke received sma ll flak holee . Four 

lQe 109 ' s and t wo F4 1 190 ' s at t ac ea . One te 109 ws a dest r oy ed , and one pro babl 3 d e ; r. 

stroyed . Cne P - 3$ Pilot . ale d out l miles from the target . His 'c hute opened . One 

B - 25 made a belly landing in E emy territory , la . nding at 10 02 E; 34 57 N , in a 

m ud l alce . The crew ret urned saf el p on 31 J z'9' 43 . 

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Ta r get 10 : 3 5 Bombs i r c ped : 6 ( 8 x 300 ) . 

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Flak : Heavy light . 

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. 3nes Filoted by Lta . 

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Sqdrn :: ission 19 Escort 12 P - 3S S 

1 February 43 

Take Off 12 : 5 3omb LQad s (6 x 500) 

DoRn 16 : 30 Bombs Dr opped : ?1'oaze 

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Tar get 12 s1 0 Bombs Dr opped : 8( 12 x l 20) . 

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with modera. te accuracy. The atern of Lt Phillips . ship had 26 holea in it 

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The "Ga bes [i as i on" pa oved t o be t he f i r8t ma 

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or set - back f or t he 381et 

Squadr on sAd our Croup It 

. was t he Sqnadron 's 23rd mi s si on and t he C ro inp 's 

4 h 

We , bei ng br i ef ed on t he Gabes ai rdr orne , set out t o a dd anot her " S und y 

punch" to the Jerries . Prior to this raid we had lost no men and only one 

ship . C onaequentl y this wag 3ust saother ra id to ue . 

This Gabes miesion was different to s ll o f us in th a t we were t o use 

"B - 26" t act i c s i nst ead of aur o rn "hi t end r " s et ho d . 

Eighteen B 

-25'a took off at 11:00 hours eacarted by 1$ P 

- 

38'o . 

This 

being a caordina ting attack with 8-26's we folloyed them to the target 

. 

E - 

route 1 

, 

P 

- 

38 's and 3 8 

-26's retnrned to their base due to mechanical diffi - 

cultiea Otu . spproach to the target wae mad e at 11 000 t 

, eet 

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1 full 24 iautes 

b®fore Re were over the target we cauld see Rommel's fighters; of the 

t amous "Ye l l ow- No ee Sque dron " 

, we f ound out l at er ; s t i r r i ng up s t r e aks of 

du st on the desert as they took off to meet aur attack 

. 

There were bet eea 

3 0 and 50 J er r i e e t o gr e et us and t hey wer e c i t e un. e l c o ae C 

. one i der i ng 

t hat we had onl y ]l 

,. P - 38 ' 

s as e s c or t f or our 33 bomber s , we had l i t t l e det 

ense ccept aur owa gim s From this . point I will relate s o rn personal 

ea per i ence We . wer e f l pi ag i n "PO'1 CH 

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Gg L00P" on t he r i ght wi ng ot "DIS 'N 

D ID 'T" piloted by Lt 

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Bitep " Crump and "Bitsy 'aN left tingman was Lt Cax . 

in "Y R gBIAN" O 

. rer the tsrget we ren into a great amovnt of tlak and 

"POTCH 

-h-CAI r 

00PM received a direct hit in the bomb bs r. Because of this we 

h ad t o ea l v o t he 12 r acke of our f r e gment at i on bombs We . al s o l o st otir - 

draulic system due to this hit is . we left the target Lt Crump 's . ship was 

a l s o badl , Zr hi t 

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He made e at eep r i ght bank 8nd "pe l l ed of f " f r om t he f or - 

mation t ith Lt C 

. oa going along with him . 

6t thie tims I was abave 'B itsy" 

and he aad i t C 

. ooc passed under our ahip It 

. wae the last time I saw either 

s hi p I he l d 

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nQr po s i t i on on Capt . 

Al l en ' s f l i ght end t ur ned aut t o be "t ai l 

end Charlie " All hell broke loose . as one fighter after another made passes 

at "POTCH 

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GAL40P" Dn . ring these attacks we lost aur air speed indicators , 

emergency landing mechanism , and the lo rer turret was put out of commission . 

One derry p aid the price for this dsmage by coming within range of S/5gt 

. 

Hnghes' guna A few . eeconds later these guna became inoperative too . 

t e scare and clvse call was when , on the way home , a flak fragment 

ehat t ®red l ef t wi ndoR but f ai l ed t o penet r at e t he gl as a. B; noir we Imew 

we had lost two of our other planes , piloted by our friends in the 3$Oth 

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Da n 15: 30 Bombs droppeds 2{6 a 500) . 6000 

Total Time 2 Nrs . 55 ja . 

a ran t e az d o rer w t er i 4i si bi l i t y 8 t o 15 mi l e® . F n aut s 

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Down 

17:45 

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and Sgt . Bueh . 2t6 x 500 b omba ere returned to the b ase. Y achine gun fire 

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a punch in th e aoes and yaa gavQ it to hiie , .arking ane of the .ost event - 

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, Ot h of aur S quadr oa . 

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flight . Onr ehip was on the right wing and Lt . Kearna , pilot , and Lt . Roach , 

'co-pilot , were on ths other . lle were rather ae. at the game with two d aaione 

under onr belt and aearne aad xouch had abont eight . The aecond ele- 

.ent a l eo had one aowparativel , green oreR. 

We t ook of l a l i t t l e af t er de ybr eak and h®aded f or t he aoast Ther . e 

wae a co.parative2 

, y lo. oeiliag , alo ng with some ground fog and a lot oi lo. eaattered acud 

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By the tiwe we pnt out to eea , 

the lo. etuff was go ne , 

bnt the oeil wsa still about 1500 feet 

. 

Foarteen eseort ehips wars with ne . 

lfe crui aed al ong f or abont aa honr oYer ene r wat er a , aad f i nal l T t m'ned 

on a n heading toward 3ici] 

, Y , when right on the horison in t`ront of na eat 

a nice uiay aoavop It looked 

. aa it there wae oae .erch a Tesael with an 

eaeaart veeeel on eaoh asde I 

. rsallp didn't know what to ezpsct l5roa the 

looka of it 

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becaus to e , Rho had never seea an ything larger thnn a 7 000 

, 

ton treighter at close range , 

thie thing looked like the Qaeen Yary . 

?here le no thrill ia the world to aonpss e with piling into a bnnch of 

ahips at sea . 

llhen th® leader gives the aiganl 

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of attack 

, all the aotara 

start to roar in an sffort to gain epeed and the fightets get ea cited aad 

start bobbing in and aat like a nch of ohicks around eta old hen , awery- 

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thing gets pretty good . Then when you get aboert 250 a . p . h . and all the 

ships etart bearing dorn on ths kill at 200 feet altituds and the escort 

veeae le apot yon and start throw in ' those big five inchee ont in th e wa t er 

t o make sponte in an ettort to clip eomeone 's w ing and thro. ont hedvy tlak , 

and your guaaera atart snswering back with . 50'a , there is a lot ot lead 

tlyrin ' and thinga are pretty hot in geaera l . Just aboat that tise , sooe 

ene r tightera popped down out ot the slQr and ao.e o! oar bays in the P - 38'a 

apot 'en and atart up after 'en . 

In our ahip I called the bomb ardier as we etei , rted on onr run snd told 

him to gst eet and thea called ttie gunnera and gsve them their target position . 

I *anted the to take e eryt hing they aonld tiad at the right ot ne . 

Jaet when getting tithin hat I thonght waa range , 

I hollerad 

, 

"Let 'er go , 

and damnit , nelt thoee guns right off the turreta . 

" Boy , 

they did The . 

gunnera both tired ahea d of the plane but every thing tell short at tirat 

and the boobardier let go with hia gan and a lat ot lead atar ted to fly . 

I tired a tev bnrata out of the pilote gun u et before we got to the target 

and broke the daaaad thing and he waa really "bro*ned oif 

. 

" The gunnera 

neTer let up , and the la rer turret ( which everyone had sdid was no good) 

, 

manned in our ahip by 5gt I'`rank A 

. 

Dittmar , put nore lsad on the decka ot those two leading escort easel . e t6an Carter has pills kaocking , out two 

gun po$itions . 

Juet as we appreaeh our target with enreryboc throwia' lead , thoas 

baet arda threr np two bsrrage b a lloona on the large erahant v®sael bnt 

not one ship gav wa y . Ederyane bore ri g ht . oa down an d a ll boaba hit on 

th e bvs , brea king th e ahip in halt . 11e drove right oa o er and dodged and 

dncked tor a long time until ont ot range . 

Here ia a good place to aention the work ot the first pilot oY onr 

ship , Lt . D . S . Rert . Being on the aide of the rormation oppoaite the 

b a lloons , and aa th e l ead ahip heeded for the bor ot the ahip , he worold 

have been t orced entire] , y o tt th e b oa t , if he h a dn 't done soe e cool , quick 

thinking . Hs raieed about l , A feet hig h er than the tormation , fell direatl , T 

in trail of the leadar until the bombardier dumped hia load . Thie foroe d 

him a littls out of fornation , he avoided giving Jerry a bell ti y ahot by going 

r i ght da m t o t he de ek and i nt er cept i ng t he t or eoa t i on a f ew 8econd$ l a t ear . 

Aleo , I think Lt . Thorndike deserves ch cre dit for lea ding hia firat 

a tt ack on ehipping so snocesatlil . l y. 

Ao we left the target I lookad around for the other element and oae 

ahip was dragging behind . His bombay doors were open and hia lcw er turret 

was eatende d . Ae looked to be in bad ahape , ao we took it easy on the way 

b ack . 1lh ea we gv t vwer l and , he f e ll , f ar behind and we thoug ht he w as going 

into another airport . He came home ahortly after we did and arashl ande d on 

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th e field . Both pih ota , and a ll the crew Aere ix ure d , but the, were h ome 

a 11vs and sa f e . The p l ane h a d over 150 hol es in it . 

h et had happeaed to him ae thia . He had been unable to get betwesn 

the b a lloon ca bles and th e plane next to him so h e went to the l e ft 

of the b a ll oons and dropped his egga on anoth er ship , which ank . But 

wh en h e bro k e f orma tion , a coup l e of snem fighters spotted his and daPe 

right through their om flak and ehot him up prettp badly . 

Some of the bomba overshot the big merchant ship we wers on and hit 

a ssaller merch snt .essel on th e oth er sid e, a® tting it on fire . So th e 

report brong ht back wae th a t 6 8 - 25' s san k t wo merc h ant vessels and l e ft 

one barning . The repart read th a t onr ships hit a convoy of three nsrchant 

vessals with an eacort of ane aruiaer , two destroyers , and fi.e 

swaller nava l oraft from 200 feet . In epite of iatenee fl a k causing 

hundreda of holes in aur aircreft , and peraona l in ury to two officer$ 

and t hree enl i at ed men , al l omc a i r cr a f t r et nr ned aa f e y a f t sr e r unni 

ng f i g ht wi t h t hr ee l 109' s , one ll 110 and one Jti 88 . O ar f i ght er 

e acor t sbot d v+rn one l 109 au d st r a f f ed t h e es cor t veese l s . 

All of aur planes brought back battle ecar® . 

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Sqdrn Mission 50 Escort 28 P - 38 a 

T a k e Of f 11 :1 , 4 Bomb Load s 6 x 500 

Down 15:55 Bombs Droppe ds 5(6 z 500) 15 , 000 

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s Ba mbs rre r e dr opp®d on t he l an di ng gr aun d -f r a m 8 , 800 f e et . No pl s a ®e or 

a ct i ' i t r re re obae r ved on t h e f i e l d . 

Flaks Heavy , mod era t e, xith fair acc uraoy . No E'semy aircraft . 

Thi s Mi ssi on ras combi ned xi t h Sc dr on Mi s si osi 53 . 

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Graap Mieeion 76 Flight 12 B - 25 s 

Sq dr. i aei aad 55 Ee cort 21 + Spi t e , 6 P - l ,r0 e 

Take Of Y 15:30 Bo b T oad s ( 12 x 100) 

Ts rget 16 : SO Bombe Dr oppe d : 2( 12 = ]AO) 2 , l 00 

Doua 

1 . 8 :00 

Total Time 2 Hrs . 30 Min . 

eath _ r _ : Nigh avervast rain and a hov:ers , lTiaibility b t a ? niles . 

C R E f S 

- 1 (g) 

, 

l '2 94 

80 (E) 

l st Lt 

. 

Pex t 

, 

D 3 P 

. . 

2ad Lt 

. 

IQarl o r , 

J 

. 

F 

FIC . 

. 

Hvughtalia8 , 

g A CP 

. . 

F/0 

. 

Burt N 

3/S . . 

gt Rogers . , 

L 

. 

C 

. 

B SfSgt . 

Dcroglas , 

E 

T/ Set . 

. 

Df t t mar , 

P' A 

. . R Sgt Whi t 

. e J E 

S/ Sgt . . 

. 

Bo s tlen S D 

. . 

G SrSgt . Budd s 1 

, . 

H 

. 

s 2 , 1 00 b v:abs wer e dr opped on t he laxLdi ng grcw:d , or ' heat f'1el d" . 

hl a k : Heavy , m oderat e , aad i nac curs . t ® , exaept f or one amal l pi ece rvhi ch Uroke 

a wia, d ow ia Lt . Marlow s ahip . 

No ie: y ai rcrat`b . 

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CP 

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Qr A

T H IS PA G E D E CLA SSIFIED IAW E O 12958 

, 

TEBO xB RoeD auNCZZON , oxiszA 

26 Apr i l , 3 

Granp ldi . s si on 78 Fl i ght 12 8 - 25 's 

S q drn lrti eei on 56 Sscort ] ., 1 , Spi t s , 23 P - I , Ote 

11 ce Of f ll f sl 5 Bomb Load: (12 a 100) 

Target 16 s20 Baa:bs Dr opped s 5(1 . 2 a 100 ) ; 6 f 000 

Drn m 

1? : 20 

Tot nl 1ì . e s 3 Br s . 05 l i n . 

Nea 

,_ _ g : Yiaibilitp b to 8 miles , ceiling 12 000 Ft 

, , at Targe t , Scatt ered shower s en ro at e hame . 

C R E II S 

, t (C) 

' 

41 _ 

- 1307 _ l (A} - 2 l st Lt llert D 3 P 

, , . . 

(B) 

C apt Nhi t 

. e , 

A 11 

. . 

0 2nd Lt 1 

, arl F/ 0 fl 

, cyught e 7 

, 

o r J F 

, . . 

P 

H . A . CP i . et Lt Thorndi ke . , 

R R 

. . 

3f Sg t Roger . a L C B 2nd Lt Dnr 

, . . 

. gi n J L 

, . . 

Sgt Idarral l R R l 

. , . . s 

P 

CP 

F/ 0 Burt R A 

. , . . 

S/ Sgt 

. 

Do ngl as E 

, , 

CP 

B 

t Lt . Ai c an, J G 

. . 

8 

N S/ Sgt lfhi t 

, e J 

, . 

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. 

G 

/Sgt Bd+rden 3 D G; lst Lt Snpp 

. , . . 

. le G J 

, . . 

T 

B T/Sgt Bndde R 

. , 

H 

. . 

R 

/ Sgt 

. 

Boaae E 1 

, . . 

s/sgt 

. 

Molnar R a 

, . . 

R 

G 

(F) 

_ 

1 1 (D) 

- 2 

F 0 Col l i 

. ns , 

G D P 

. . 

l at Lt Coddi 

. ngt an , . 

(E) 

E . P n+ d Lt . Dent 

F 

on , 

R 

. 

D 

. 

P 

/ 0 Wi 

. rt h 

, 

T F Jr CP 

. . , . 

d Lt Rameey T U CP 

. , . . 

2n d Lt . Donno4an 

T/ 3g t 

. 

Ee l l ey D C B 

, . . 

2nd Zt Hormmg R R B 

. , . . 

, 

G 

. 

H 

. 

S/ Sg 

CP 

t . Hdrt 

?f Sgt Roger . a LD R 

. 

T 

ae l l 

, 

J J 

. . 

B 

/ 3/Sg 

Sgt Thoaiae Q 1 R 

. , . . 

T/ Sgt Pot 

. ol slqr , 

G 

. 

R 

t . Dees P G 

, . 

S/ Sgt Mo . y , 

O L G 

. . 

S/Sgt . Miller F E 

, . . 

G 

RF 

, 

EARKS s I ni p 'e e8i v+e t arget ldost 

. of t he bombs hi t acros e t he hi ghnra , V and rai l i'ced 

to the Eaat of the actual target 

, while a few landed in the to n Yodera . te] beavy 

. 

t ] 

. ak f r o f orur posi t i ans en rdnt e Y 

, oe whi ch no demage re sul t e No Ene . ni rcraft 

were eeen . 

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29 Ap ri l 43 

Groap Miseiom #80 Flight 15 B - 5'e 

3q dra Mission #57 Escort 21 ,. P - 38 e , ! , with bosbs . 

lhke Ot 't 07t10 Bosb Loads (6 a 500) 

Da.n 1I:10 Boabs Drapped: Name 

Tot e l ?i me ! , Hr s . 

W the : Vver eea , 5 , 000 ft . avercaet , with visibility 5 to 10 iles . 

C R E W S 

(La FLi Bht ) 

(1 

l s t Lt Rouch l R 

, , . . 

F/0 Stagner H C 

. , . . 

P 

CP 

i g 

Capt llhi t 

, e A f 0 

, . . 

let Lt Thorndik 

. e, R N P 

. . 

(L 

l s t Lt Lewi 

. e B E 

, . . 

2ad Lt Stecher R R 

, . . 

P 

. CP 

3/ Sg t Groe . s i F L 

, . . 

T 

B 2nd Zt Durgi 

. n J L CP 

, . . 

T/ Sg t S i t h R A 

. , . , 

B 

/Sgt 3waneoa W M 

. , . . 

S/ Sg t Pont 

. 

e t E A Jr , . . , , 

A 

G 

lst Lt Hiclcasn J G N 

. , . , 

l at Lt Snpp . 

3/Sgt 3tarnes C B 

. , . . 

R 

l e G J B 

, . . 

T/ Sg t Bocme S lf R 

. , . . 

3/ Sg 

S/ Sg t Ge . orge 11 C 

, . . 

G 

t ldo , 

l nar J G 

, . . 

(0 

- osr 2nd Lt 

. 

Denton R D 

, . . 

P 

(x ) 

lst Lt Coddfng , 

1 = ` Z (P) 

. ton E P 

, . . 

F O Co . lline 

2ud Lt Dannovan G 

. , 

[ 

. . 

S/ Sgt Aart 

, ze l l J J 

, . . 

CP 

B 

2ad Lt Raa . s eg T I CP 

, . , 

2n 

G D P 

, . . 

F/ 0 lti 

, rt h T F J 

, . . , r CP 

. d Lt . Hortrnng f 

, 

R B 

. . 

T / T/ Sgt Pot 

. ol s l4r G 

, . 

R T 

Sgt Ke l l 

. ey D C 8 

, . , 

/ Sg t Tho . s 11 Q R 

, . . 

T / 8/Sg 

Sgt Roger . 

e i D R 

, . . 

t , Miller F E 

, . . 

G S/3gt ldoxey O E G 

. , . . 

S/Sgt Dses P G 

. , . 

s Siz 1 - 109 's attacked the formatioa , ionr of which were sho t down by the 

P - 38 sscort , gnother was sho t down ointl , y by S / Sgt , Paul Dees aad Sgt , F . E , l[111 er . 

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GTOap 6i sei om 1 Fl i ght 18 8 - 25' e 

9q dr n Yi s si am 58 E. aos t 1! + 8 p i ts , 18 P - 40 ' e 

T ne Ot f 12 s30 Ba b Loe ds (12 z 100) 

Target 1I s 10 Bo bs Droppeds 1(L2 z I00) ; 1 , 200 

Do*n 

15s20 

Tot el ? i s e 2 Hr a . 50 I i n . 

ll 

t , e 

(C} 

l st Lt lli 

, ght an H B P 

, . . 

F/ o, c ook 

, 

F $ 

. . 

cP 

3/ Sgt 

. 

( o]1 1a , 

J F B 

. . 

S/9gt Porter L G Jr B 

. . ., . 

8/5gt Fox F J G 

. , . . 

: Yi si bi l i t y si c i l oe . Bs . se . 

C R F 1 B 

9 , 000 f 't . aei l i ng . 

: Fl a k s Hea . 

v r 

, , aacur at e , e rt r es el y i nt enee . 

E re r y o ne of aar 1B ni r or a f E 

were hit , one of t more thaa 50 ti.ee . 

Three nen received alight in 

. 

uries . 

Lt A i B 

. . . ea t l t om' e s i r cr af t (379t h) ms de n ] . nndi ng nt t he 3pi t i ì el d i n or der t o 

i nepeet f he c da age bef or e r et ur ni ng t o t he Bnse Lt 3ul i 

. . . an ' s a i r ar af t (379 t h ) 

f ai l ed t o r et m n Twro ' 

. abat e e we re eeea t o open . 

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3 ' 43 

F7 . i ght 2 - 25's 

9qdra ] i s i o i 59 Escort 3pi t a a d 1 -r C , fl $ 

Ta Ce Of f 12 :35 omb Lo ad : t12 a . 100) 

T arge t 1 . l t:00 B bs Docopped s No s 

Daha 

15 . 

20 

. 

Total Tim®s 2 H rs . 45 Min: 

_l ea t 9ery ha y en rout e # o and f om t ie t arget . CA1/0 4t t ar get 

. . 

- 

G A E A S 

: 3 (p) 

4 x3 - 

P l et Lt 

. 

4 Di ro r t 

, 

R J 

. . 

P 

_ 

l 4: Cc+ok W E 

. . CP Ff 0 

. 

C tpba l l 1 . H . C'P 

l 

, _ 

N 

l t Lt . A ght man , H . B . 

I BJS gt : Gtt l i 

. c , 

J 

. 

F B l 

. 

st Lt i 

. okman J 

, . 

G. 

. 

- 

Tf S : Port er L 

. 

G . , Jr . 

A l st Lt 

, 

l rer s J 

, . 

H B 

. 

- 

- 

. - 

S ; gt . F'vx , 

P J 

. . 

G T / Sgt . Gh af i ns , 

R . 

R 

- 

3gt N 

. eleon F 

. 

S . 

G 

, 

. , 

I 

- 0 (g) 

( 1 tR ' I 

, - 

= ' ' 

l at Lt Rert 

. , 

D 

. 

3 P l 

. 

at Lt Phi l ] i 

. . ps , 

C 

. 

A P 2nd Zt 

. 

. r l ow J F" P 

. . 

I 

;F O ht 

. el l i ng CP d Lt 

. 

D sul ay , 

C 

. 

G 

. 

CP 'f C 

. 

Bus t 

, 

T 

. 

A 

. 

er L . C B T/ 

. 

. De 1 

" . , D . J . 'B : / 

, 5gt + uga 

. as E . ' H 

8 e 

Y 

T/ Sgt 

. 

Ditta F 

, . 

A R T 

. 

/ Sgt 

, 

Nichel aon , 

R 

. 

C . 

R TfSgt Budd , .8 R 

. 

. Bo dea S 

. 

D 

. 

G S / . B zo r i c 

. h , 

I 

. . 

G / 3gt t e , 

'J' 

. E 4 

3Ct 

: 

. 

- 

, 

i n ur ed . 

s Ho bombs . rer e dr . 

opped by t hi s f l l ght xo Enemy . 

ef r crat`t are e:asa t ered 

,. 

3 . J Ri d 

. a 

(379t b r ) k311 ect f l ak , 

s nci t r ee ot her m n re r e al t l , 1 

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. 

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- 0 6 5 T 

Orov . p Mi a i on 63 F'Li ght 18 8- 25r s 

. 

' Sqd Mi ss i oa '60 EBCar t 26 R 1 A s . 

ake Of 1 s50 Bomb Los d: 1 c 1. 

, 40) 

Target ].5 t40 Bo bs Dropped s 

_ 

11{] a 

. a 

- 

. 

_ 

, 

l U0) ; 13 20 

Do*a 17:10 

. 

, Tot a, l Ti me 3 Er a. - 0 M3n . - : 

Aea 

er s Qi si bi l i t y 6 t o $ a i l . e e a t t ar ge t . CAW r tnt t + . - 

C R E 1f S 

5 

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1 ? t 3 €B) I 

l e' -Lt . 

Rouab l 

, . 

R P 

. 

Col 

. 

Ri demott C 0 l 

, . st Lt I 

. 

sy . E P : 

. 

I / a 

. St a ner H 

, . C Cp 

. 

Ma, i . l i t e , A:F . 

P d Lt 

. St ec ex' 

, 

1 

. . 

CP 

R Sgt 

. 

Grc s a ., F . Z: B l s Lt . rnc i ke , 8 . f . CP f Sgt 9rai 

. 

t h 

f 

1 B 

. . : 

$gC , 

. a aso , 

1[ M 

. . 

R 18t Lt : gi olaaan J. (# 

. 

N S I t Gs , 

Orge . 

C 

. 

C 

:; 

. 

f t : Pa t t 

, 

$ 

. 

A 

. , r . 

G l s Lt 

. 

"- l e , 

4 J 

. . 

B SJ Sgt . btarnea, C . P p 

. 

R 

B Sgt 

t 

bc 

l a 

, r , 

l: J : G 

T / Booae 

- , E . . 

A 

. 

- F) ' - 1 0 (D ) 1- 2 

, , 99 ( 

" - 

. 

F 0 : Col l t 

, 

na, C 

. 

D- P l et Lt Qod 

. 

d3 

. 

n gt 

, . 

E . P d Lt : i c o , 

R 

. 

D P 

F/ 4, 1l3s t h T F dr 

, . . : CP 24d Lt . Ra ns ey , 

T U CP 

. . 

zud Lt : l b 

, 

ova y f} 

. 

1N C ' 

. 

T / BRt : ge11 

. eT , 

D C 

. . 

`B d Lt 

. wag , 

R 

. 

R 

. 

B t3 , 

Sgt . ze11 J J 

. . B 

g/ 9g ti 

. 

Aoger 's , . 

D 8 

. 

T / Sgt . Tbos ae , Q R 

. . 

81 3g . 

lili l ] 

. er , ' 

. 

E G 

. 

9 

, 

/ . D e a, P , 

( 8gt . 1Vb cey , 

O . R . 

G TI SBt Po't l 

, Q . 

8 

a t x. s , p - 

3 ' ° . C . } . 

l st 

. man , Lat Lt ' 

. . n t 

. vort 

, R . 

P Lt 

. 

Therr i ea , . 1R 

. . P 

F / Q 

. 

Cook F 

, . 

E . GP F / 4 

. 

Campbe 7l , l . H Jr 

. , . 

CP d Lt 

. 

Dw , J . I . CP 

l . 

i 1Pe1 ah 

, 

R J 

. . 

B Lt 

. 

br bes , 

R L N 

. . 

, gj f g g „ . D Bki 

, 

S. 

. B 

I $g . , F . J . G l et Lt 

. 

I y'er® , 

J 

. 

H 

. 

$ / Sgt 

. 

9 

, E B 

T 

. 

/ 3gt 

. 

P+ort er L G J 

, . . , r . 

R Tf 3gti 

. 

C a f '9 

. na , 

R , R / 

, ggt l i m 

, 

L . 

4 

` Sgt 8eleon , 

F 

. 

S G 

, 

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lat Lt Wert D S P l 

. , . . 

st ht Phillips C 

. , . 

g P d Lt Msr 

. . low J F 

, . . 

F / 0 

. 

Hought e71 11'ig Ii 

, . 

A CP 2ad Zt T)au 

. . l ey , 

C G CP F 

. . 

I G 

. 

B 1 A 

, 

S / Sgt 

. 

Rogers L 

, . 

C B T 

. 

/ Sgt . Daly D J B S 

, . . 

/ Sgt Dovglas, E 

. 

T/ Sgt Dittmar F 

. , . 

g R T 

. 

/ Sgt NicY:e . laon R C R t 

, . . f5gt . 

Budde H 

, . . 

S / Sgt Bovi . den S 

, . 

D G S 

. 

/ Sgt Bo . zov i ch , F' . L . G S/ Sgt 

. 

' hi t 

: e J 

, . 

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. 

: 

' : 2 5 t o 3 5 I i emy ai r cr af't we r e wel l di sper s ed ov er t he l axldi ng gr ound , and 

several were hit No fl 

. ak or Enemy fight ers +ere encovntered 

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Group ? , lission 5 2 Flights 1$ 8 - 25 a each 

Sqcar n I :i s s i on r 61 v s c or t l b P - 3 ' s 

T a k Q Of f 0 ' : 30 3 omb Loac?: ( $ x 300 ) 

Tar et Time 10:50 Bombs Dro p©d : 12 (3 y 30G) , 2 , SOOi 

vo n 

13:00 

To t a l Time l , Hr s . 30 I ii n . 

' , cat h er : C 1 3 on r out e a nd ov er Ta r et . 

C R E W S 

l s t Fl i ht 

Cl os ed i n or _ r et ttr n , 

1 

2 

, 

- 2333(F) 1 

. , 

1- 1 052 (P3) 

- 1 2 l s t Lt 

. 

' ' i bht r 

.. 

an H B P 

, . . 

F/ 0 Cool 

. c, :7 E CP 

. . 

l s t Lt Van Di 

. v or t R 

, . 

Ff O Cai . pb el l I ' H 

, . . . 

P 

CP 

( 0) 

2nd Lt Th 

. e r r i en R 

, 

'r 

. . 

F 

F/ 0 Hought 

. e l i 

. 

n 

. , H . A . CP 

S/ Sg t ± 1 

. a 1s h R J B 

, . . 

T/ Sg t i 

, or t cr L G J 

, . . r R 

. 

?nd Lt For he . s R L 

, . . 

l s t Lt I::ye . 

N S/ a t Dombkocvsk i S L B 

. , . . r Sf Sgt Fox F 

. , . 

J G 

. 

s J 

, 

H 

. . 

T/ Sgt Chaf f 

. 

i n s , 

R 

. 

B 

R 

S/ S t S 

. zyr 

. 

, i k 

, 

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. 

S / S 

: ;t Ki 

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D G 

. 

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, s on i S 

, . . 

G 

l l - 1 Oo" (S) 

- 

( ) 

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l s t Lt „ , 

P l s t L+ 

. 

Ph i l l i 

, s , 

C x 

. 

F 2 n c' Lt 

` 

. re r t L S 

, . . 

2 n d Lt 

. Du r g i n J L 

, . . 

S / S g t i 

, o e r s L C 

, . . 

T/ S g t 

. Di t t ma r F 

, . . 

. S/ 

i, S'o t J 

. OZYC j f ' n v 

, . . 

i 

, ta r l o :; J 

, . 

CP 2 n d Lt D 

. a u l e y C G Cr F 

, . . 

/ 0 3I 

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r t i : 

, . . 

B T/ S t Da . 1 ; i: J 3 S 

, . . 

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s i 

, . 

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1'!j t @ , . ;: . . 

2 n d F l 

1 

, . . 2- "73h1 ( C) 1 

. . .. 1 - 13061 ( ) 2 ( 

- 3) 

l st Lt Rouch 

. , 

: : R P iaa j 

. . . 

or ' ii t e , . :; CP l 

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s t Li: Levri 

. s , 

I' L P 

. . 

F / 0 St 

. a gner , 

: 

. 

. CP 1at 

. . 

Lt Th 

. or nd i k e P nd Lt 

. 

5 t 

.e ch er R '1 CP 

, . 

S/ SCt 

. 

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Gr os s i F L 

, 

B l 

. . 

s t Lt : Ii 

. ck : a >>, . 

T G IJ T/ 

. . 

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ii t h `:7 

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T/ . 

S t Si . an s on ; I 

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s t Lt S 

. 1p. l e G J H S/ 

, . . 

;: -;t St 

. ar ne s C 3 R 

S/ S t 

, . . 

Pont 

. ot L : 

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S t Ge . . 

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S/ Sot 

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F/ 0 

. 

Wi rt ia T F Jr , . . . 

Tf$gt 

. 

P 

CP 

lst Lt 

. 

Caiddington , 

E P 

. . 

2nd Lt 

. 

Ramsey T U CP 

, . . 

. 

2nd Lt Denton . , 

R D 

. 

2nd Lt Doamaovaa G 

. , 

M 

. 

P 

CP 

, 

° 

, 

K®lley D C 

, . . 

T/ Sgt Roger . a , 

k D 

, . 

S/ Sgt 

. 

Dees , 

P 

. 

B 

R 

G 

2nd Lt Eornung . , 

N R 

. . 

B 

T/ Sgt Thomas . , 

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. 

W 

. 

R 

S 

Cpl 

. 

S ith 

, 

M 

. 

F: 

T/ Sgt 

. 

Pot ol el r , 

( 

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B 

R 

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Tske Off 09:15 B omb Loa d: (3 x 1 000) 

Target Time 11:28 Bombs Droppeds 12 (3 x 1 , 000} , 36 , 000# 

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' eather: CAVI . Visibility b0 miles , Sli t haze over target , 

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lst Lt Lewis K E 

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missions occasionally as observers , so wren Lt F 

, . ouch asked me to go in "Punjab" arith 

him today I 

, accepted; and after a 06 :45 breakfast re met in the briefing room to learn 

- all of the up to the minute facts about the r:nemp flak and aircraft situation plus the 

usual and important deta3ls about bombing , radio formation , and eather (by the be st 

damn weather man in North Africa C 

, aptain Cole ) . 

This was to be anotber coordix ted 

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attac c ith 98 B 

-17's, 38 8 

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26 s, with their 

escorts and our escort of 24 F 

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38's, It wa s a be aut i f ùl morni ng , 

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j u st coot er . ough f or a l eat her j acket , wi . t h t he v i s i bi l - 

ity over 50 miles , an d only an occasional small cloud Nell to t . he ivorth . 

Melvin wouch ma de one o f his typica l , smooth , in forma tion take-offs , w ith 

Lt , Th orndike our Flight Leader , and after a few I i nutes climbing and circlin ; , the 3b 

biitchells crossed the field , on course , in two nice 18 ship formations , On our way to 

the coast the mountains , aL eys , ls . kes , villages and live stock seemed to creep by , 

although Pre were indicating 200 miles per hour at 7 , 000 feet altitude . 

The f i r s t s i t of 3 one and t he . Cedi t e rran ean di dn 't s how any a ct i v i t y , but s oon w . e 

were a ble to see the por t crow ded w ith a ll kinds o f shipping and the a i r fi elc's rr here aur 

I' - 3g' s and P - 40' s and Spits are based , . 

By this time , 10 :45 , v e were over the sea and a nervous convoy of 6 freighters , one 

xith balloons flying , and an escort of 5 small navel craft put on speed and zig-zagged 

as they saw us approaching . However , as we held to a steady course to one side of them , 

no recogn ition signals were fi red . 

At least 60 vessel s were seen in all ; :any in and aroutid Tunis an+ d Bizer t e h arbors , 

three other Allied convoys and mar y destroyers natro lling bet reen Sicily and C ap B on 

vPhere t he l s st of t h e b at t l e f or cont r ol of t he cont i nent was bei ng f ought 

- - - re coul d 

see two large columns of smoke well to the Sou h --- probably burning tanks , 

Our target was now only 40 milE s to the North - E ast , ar d although We couldn 't see 

them , we knew the B - 17' s xere turni n o ff thei r b ombing run because smoke and dust was 

bi l l owi ng up f ro m t h e hart :or a re a , 

I had just returr . ed from the bombardier ' s comp artmerl t in the nose , R hen Rouch 

called my attention to the flak bursting in front of us , He was enjoying himself ima:ensely 

and I began to understand why he complained so vrhen he wasn 't scheduled for one 

of t h es e mi s s i oc s . He want ed t o be i n on ev ery one o ' t :em . 

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odi ng b omb s ti°;er e t r or . i n , up s mo k e t ha t c ov e r ed l arge s ect i ons of t he ci t y , guns 

wer e f ? as hi ng al on t h e be a . ch road , bl a. c k s moke i n roun d puf f s Y oul d sudd enl p appear on 

all sides , above and below us , there were ineu y sea pl anES to count in the cove just 

Tdo rt h of our t a rget ; Thorndi ke t s bomb s vrere on t he i r w y do ;n , and at t hat po i nt 

Punja b gave three jolts as our 1 , 000 pounders were released by S/Sgt , Grossi , from an 

al t i t ude of 10 1 00 f 

, e Ft at 11 :2 9 Hour s . 

Rouch said "Eob do 

, , ou see those tr o 109 's jus t ahead?R I did , and the ship 

shook as Grossi opened up ith his flexible 0 in the nose Hi 

, s shots fell short for , 

the 109's were diving at the flight ahead of us and doing four or five hundred miles an 

hour However , , e saw one of three go do vn smoking and le ter learned that S/Sgt Dozo- 

. , 

vich and SfSgt F 

, ox, gurmers in Lt Phillips . ' and Lt tirightman , 's ships , eae each 

officially crFdited ;. ith the destruction of an Lnem3r aircraft , In the meantime --this 

all happened in a matter o ' seconds as e ere diving off the tar et --- three 

mo re hte ' s at t a cked t t E r Ea r of our f o rmat i on but r;ere dri v er : of f by our gun nE.rs and 

t he s pJ 

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Dne of our shi ps tas l os i ng ul t i t u de r a r, _ i dl y 4nd v:as s c on l os t t o our v i ew but 

, 

we did have time to see the P-3g's circling around him and ;eaving that beautiful 

pattern of lazy eight 

. s v hich offered the best ressible protection for the crippled P 

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itchell 

, i hasty look back at thE target shov ed us that the pilot-bomb ardier teams 

had r ea l l y "hi t t he rop a wal l op " , 

During a11 this our ship and Lt Lewis 

, ' , on Bob Thorndi 

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e's right / ing had 

, never 

m ov ed 

, rel at i v el y "r , om t h ei r s nug "V" f ormat i on 

, v hi ch of f er s such de s t r uct i v e f i re 

power a ga i nst an un :el corre v i s i t or . 

The return journey s;as uneventful ; evervthing vras calm and so peacef l that 

F/ 0 St 

, a gner :ov e d out o " t he Co- Pi l ot ' s s eat ar 

_ d i f l ew ( d . t h as s i s t anc e f rom Rough ) 

f or a whi l e , x hi ch Rras qui t e a t hr i l l af t er a ye ar ' s l a; ol' ' - - - prev i ous l y I ha. d 

flown small grasshoppers v ith Horsepower ranging from 55 to 220 --- whil e 3 H F 

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responded to these throttles . 

Shortly after landir . G Lt Therrien 

, . 

slid in for a crash landing on one vrheel 

--his 

hydraulic system 

, 

radio and fuselage having been shot up by explosive 20 hI /b] shells 

f r om one of t he :nemy f i gh t er s P 

. art s of t o of t he s e shel l s are now s ouv eni er s whi ch 

The rr i et; : i l . t . ak e home at s ot e f ut ur e dat e Hi 

. s s hi p al s o caught f i re - - - 

t wi ce - - - 

but t Y e cr ew t ook car e of t hat 

. as s moot hl y a s t hey pe rf o r ,Ed t h ei r ot h e r dut i e s . 

Aftcr the interrogation forms had been filled out --- each rnan having reported to 

t he S 

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, and vrhen he saw i t 

- - - we al l gat hered 

in the court yard for the good hot coffee and delicious doug}inuts which the Fed Cross 

gi rl s s e r ve af t er ea ch r: i s s i on I t 

. - a s t hen t hat r ord was r e c ei v ed t hr t Lt , Ti amae r - 

man and his crev had crash landed at Bone (This was the t a tchell that ve had seen 

l oos i ng al t i t ude ) Ea , ch o `' t he 5 ,a s bad7 

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y shot up t y f l ak a nd Jer ry ' s ma chi ne gun 

bullets but they , were all safe , 

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Group Yission 99 3 Flighta 6 B - 25'e eaah 

S qdrn lfi eef an 73 Nscort 12 P - 3B s 

T a ke Off 12:45 Boa L oa d: (3 = 1 , 000) 

T arg et L , :27 BoObe Dropped: 6 (3 x 1 , 000) , 18 , 00a 

Do.n 16 :00 Average ltitad e: 9 , 000 F`t . 

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Take Of f OS :20 Rom b Loe . d : (6 x 500 

Targe t 10 :32 Bombs Dropped : 1? . (6 x 500 , 36 f 00 . # 

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Target 1Os28 r aoo rt ?1 M P - 38 

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Tot a l Ti ae , 8rs . 0 lti n . 

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ob of ba. bi ng t he l andi ng area , e ren t hara ane el e®ent acci dent l y dropped i t a 

bo abe 3 ad] . es ahoar t of t he t ar get P'hot 

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Ta . OdY 14 sz0 1 '3 . i t 36 E - + 25' 

Target 16 s 13 Eeaaa t 16 P - 38 . 

Do m 17 : 55 Bos b Lca+ d : ($ y 300} 

Total Tiaet 3 Hra . 35 l 8odbe Droppvdi 12(S : 300) , 28 , 800 

?ot al . 3o 'Ci s a t 565 Ar sraBe l . t i t de : 9 , 150 

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L CP F/ 0 Yi l l i 

. 

a ava L o CP 

, . . 

B 2nd Lt Opeka . , 

J X 3 

. 

/ Sgt 

. 

Da,t bi o:reld S E B 

, . . 

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. , . . . 

8$ymi]t , 

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, . . . . 

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Sai t h 11 1 B 

. . 

3 / 3gt 

. 

Li cht enst ei n , 

H R 2a 

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, 

8 s1t H F H T/ Sg 

, . . 

t . 5 anaon Y Y 8 

, . . 

Sgt Powe11 C P G S/ SgE 

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. 

Fode 'ar o , 

A R S/ Sg . 

t fi 

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Sgt 

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C A G 

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2 Lt 

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Dan1eF , 

C 

, 

G P 

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l at Lt 

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Le l 

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2 d Lt 

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Doa noRan G 

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li P 

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2nd Lt Zvtmg . , 

C A CP 

. . 

2nd Lt 

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DaeeY E P CP 

. . 

2ud Lt . 

l arrq , 

11 1[ CP 

. . 

8 / 8gt 

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Csapbal l 

, 

11 8 B 

. . l at Lt . For bea R 

. 

L 11 

. 

8/ 3g't 8o . er e L 

. 

C E 

. 

Sgt 

. 

R ea 11 L x 

, . . 

l st Lt 14rera J H B T/ gg . , . , 

t , Di t t :oar F l 8 

, . . 

S /Sgt 

. 

Cass a C F G 

, . . 

TfSgt 8taraea C H 8 

. , . . 

S/Sgt 8o . .de S D G 

, . . 

S Sgt 

. 

Geaacge , 

II C G 

. . 


T H IS PA G E D E CLA SSIFIED IAW E O 12958 

S 

? ef + - 

: - - a z- 

2ad Lt r'1 

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eke x X P 2dd Lt fi t t 

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. . 

. , . . 

2 d Lt Lneovm X A CP 2 

. , . . 

nd Lt Ar 

. . ncyul t H B CP 2nd Lt 

. . 

. 

Sheet e B L CP 

. . 

Sgt Dot 

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, , . 

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, . . 

. , . . 

Sf 3g . F'i mdecel 

, 

1 F' R l 

. . at Lt 

. 

! 'a ard O E 8 3/ Sg , . . 

t . Pel lcq J a 8 

, . . 

3gti Yarvi 

. n , 

L H Q Sgt Sobfi 

. . 

. . dt , H . E B T/ Sgt 

. 

. 

RaRm . s G T G 

, . . 

Sg t 

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fi ro h] 

. 

man , 

O C G 

. . 

: T'ti e l eadi ng ars s , r anw yrs ati d di sper aa l ar eae of t he a i rdr ame ere hi t . 

l er ona ba rb bi t s ver o b aor ve d amoag 20 - 25 ene qr ai r cr a Pt di epers e d on t he gr oamd 

. a d s ong asarby bn . t . l di nga . 

t enae , very aacurat e hea t l at encaaat ered a. er t he t e r g et . Yoa h f1a l c 

o f t e se e de acr i pt i on ezperi enc ed el l t be y aut t o t 6e coa , at . T nt y- oo e ot 

aur ai r cr a i 't er e hi t , r ean] . t i ng i n . er y al i ght d nmage . 

llo enoount era r1 . t h enem r ai r cr a f't . 


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' 

12 3b1T 43 

Sqoadr aa lii ss i v 92 Gr vap Iti sei o , 12S 

Tak e QCP 09:15 Fligbt 36 B - 25' 

Targe t 11 :1 3 8scos t Spi t a l r a . lfd l t a 

Down l l , t00 Boab Loe d : ($ a 340) 

Tot al Ti e : l , Hr s . 1 5 1li n . 

Ba bs Dr opped : 12(B z 300) , 2$ 800 

Tot al Sor t i ®s s Sl7 Jlverage l t i t uds : 9 , 000 

e th rs CaYQ . 

C a E 1f S 

l st Fl i ght 

;a- b 4 - a r ; o - - P 

Cap t 

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Phi l l i ps C 

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. erri en B 

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II P F 0 Ca®pb®11 

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Y H 

. . 

P 

2ad Lt 

. 

Dargi n J L CP F/ 0 Yi l l i 

, . . 

aaeon L Y CP 2nd Lt Bai 

, . . . sch L Y CP 

, . . 

2 d Lt Opek 

. a, J l 3/ Sgt 

. 

. 

Doabka aki , S , F . B S/ Sgt 

. 

( oesi F L B 

, . . 

2ad Lt 

. 

Col l et ea J C B T/ Sg Ssymi lc , . . 

. , 

E A Sj Sgt 

. 

. 

St sndi eh B 

, . +t A 

. 

T/ Sgt 

. 

ii o t el s a , 

R C 

. , 

x T/ Sgt 

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Rau i 

. s , 

T J 

. . 

G Sgt 

. 

Si gat oos , 

J F G 

. . 

Sf 3gt 

. 

Bosovi ch 

, 

Y 

. 

L G Cpl 

. 

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Pumni l l B P 

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F 0 Cook 1P S P l 

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, . . 

. . e Y P 

, . . 

2ad Lt 

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Yea. er C H CP 2od 

, 

Lt 

. . 

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, 

B CP 2 

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, ois e , 

f H CP 

. . 

S/ S t Yi 

. cks H B B 2ad Lt Vi 

, . . 

. at aac J G U S/ 3gt 

, . . 

. 

I al one D B B 

, . . 

8/Sgt 

. 

Lichtenetsia , 

H A let Lt 

. 

Fs rd O E B 

, . . 

3g Yarahbara . , 

J T 

. . 

B 

Sg Poae11 

. , 

C 

. 

P 

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G Sg . 

Sehai dt H 

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a 3g . 

L J 

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F/ 0 lti t chel l 

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Tf 8gt 

. 

Sai t h 11 A 

, . . 

T/ Sgt S. . raas on W l 

, . . 

S/Sgt Poatet E 

. , . 

d 

. 

2nd Flight 

P l st Lt 

. 

Lewi s , 

K 

. 

E 

. 

CP 2ad Lt 

. 

Dnae]c , 

B P 

. . 

B l st Lt br bea R L 

. , . . 

8 l at Lt 

, 

l ner a J H 

, . . 

G T/Sgt . Stnraes C B 

, . . 

S/ Sgt 

. 

Geor ge , 

1l C 

. . 

- 

, , 

/ i 

P 2ad Lt 

. F1ake , 

A Y 

. . 

CP 2nd Lt 

. 

I nec , 11 . 1 . 

1 Sgt Dot 

. p J K 

, . . 

8 3/ Sgt 

. 

Fi tsnece l , A . F . 

A Sgt raririn L R 

, , . . 

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CP 

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, 

B P 

. . 

F 0 Jvn+ea , 

1f 

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E 

2ad Lt . 

. 

Stosb er, L R 

. . 

CP 2nd Lt 3awaon . 

G D 

, . 

CP 

. 

F/0 dac , 

C 

S/ Sgt Yi l l . 

. er , 

F C H 

. . 

l st Lt 

. 

Col l i ne , 

V 

. 

A H 

. 

S/ Sgt 

. 

3z i t h P 

. , . 

F 

S/Sgt . 

. 

Shoemaker , 

C D 

. . 

R 2nd Lt 

. 

Feinglaa8 P B 

, . 

T/Sgt 

. 

Clarh T 

, 

g 

Sgt , , 

. 

1Le qr onne , 

11 

. 

B G 

. 

T/ Sgt Por t 

. er , 

L G R 

. . 

Sgt Heas . o n , 

R 

. 

P 

Sgt . 

, 

Col l o F C 

, . . 

G 

., 

$ : Bostbs scattered over aad arauad the target 

F/0 

, 

Cook a e3rcraPt waa ao badly desaged b eneqy fYg htera and f ]c that 

S/ Sgt 

. 

Li cht enst ei n and Sgt Po. . el l 

, r adi o- gamDer and upper t urr e t gt er bs , 

i l ed out 

near our linea . 

Two Ye -10 9 a wer e deat royed by aur ba aber e ; one bY Sgt 

. 

Ly an , gunner i n 

F/ 0 Rol l s a ehi p Sgt 

. . 

Co ] . l om cl ai ma one Me -109 pr obabl y de st ray ed 

. 

S/Sgt . Licht ensteia and Sgt . Powell returned to the Sq , uedron at 15s3o on 

15 J`til y l 3 :ri t h t h e f ol l owi ng st or y : 

The flak had punched a big hole in the f'uselage th 

, e lawer tvrret 

k 

wae 

nocked aut by an explosive shell 

, part of the tail was misaing , and Sgt 

. 

Paaell h 

been t hr 

ad 

own a at of t he t ur r et ri t h a pi e ce of fl ak i n hi s heel and anot her us t be l 

the knee 

rn r 

, plus abaut 30 cuts and scratches on hie legs . 

S/Sgt 

. 

Lichtenstein receive d 

three msnor Plak cute a , a d hurt his kaee . 

P+o ell waa nament arily dazed 

, ao Lichtenetein 

helped him on with his tchute aad then bailed out 

. 

Looking arotm d Po , e11 sax the 

open hatch and no radio opera tor , and decid ed he wvuld hit the silk too (F , / 0 Cook 

had not eounded the alarn nor ordered the to ump ) 

On t h , 

e :ray down a lKe -109 banked over t owar ds Li cht enst ei n but 

, a Spi t t ook 

care of the situation --- decisivelpl 

Lichtenstein landed three miles north of F'l 

. orid3 a near some Iriah i soldiere 

n the f ont linea Rho gave him food and first sid , and later sant him doAn the 

nountain in a Bren Carrier to Siracusa. Po rell landed in a chicken yard three miles south af Floridia Britia . h 

aoldiere took him to a field hoepital and thence to Briga de Headquert 

. ers at Siracuaa 

w , 

here he net Lichtenstein , 

The Ger sue bambed the town all that night -. one plaae every 10 or 1 

minutea . 

The next morning both men Were sent to the hoapital four miles to the N 

. 

W 

t o rar de Anguet a . 

. 

Ldt er t he r r et ur ned t o Si r acusa and boar ded I S Transpo . . -t 

, 21 , 8 18 at 

:00 hours . 

That eveni ng they sailed Par Souase . 

The next day they board ed a 321 

. st l[itc hell at the lzth Bo®b Graup s Airdreoe :rhich took them to their home be se , 

- . _ . . 


P 

CP 

B 

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- . . - . , 

3quadron Yiasion # 93 Group Yieaion # 127 

Take OPF 07 sl 3 Fl i ght 36 B -. 25's 

Tsrget 09t10 ESaort 21 ; P - 38 s 

Dom 10 :l , 0 Ba b Load: (6 a 500) 

Tot al T3 . me : 3 Hr o . 25 Yi . n . 

Total Sorties: 588 

eather: CA4I 

cR E A s 

l et Fl i ght 

r 

Bo b s Dropped : 11 (6 a 500) 31 , 000 , 

l Bombe returae d 

A.erage Altit nd e: 10 , 050 

- s - c -i o7 - A t - z - B 

F 0 Camp bel l 

, 

Y fl 

2nd 

, . 

Lt Bai 

. ach J Y 

, , , 

3/ Sgt Groeai 

, , 

F 

. 

L 

. 

S / Sgt 

. 

St an di 8h B 

, . 

R 

. 

3gt Sigafoos . 

J 

, 

F 

. . 

P Capt 

. 

Coddi ngt on , 

N 

. 

E P l 

, et Lt 

. 

Therri en H 11 P 

CP 2nd 

. . 

Lt 

. 

Ramsey , 

T I CP 

. . 

F/ 0 Wi l l i ama o n L Y CP 

B 2nd 

, . 

Lt . 

. 

Rant on , 

W C 8 

. , 

Sf 3gt 

. 

Do. bicawa ki , 3 . F , B 

8 l st Lt Ho . rnaing W 

, 

R B 

. . 

T/ 3gt 

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G T/Sgt 

, , 

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Thosaa, Q W R T/Sgt 

, . 

, 

Roim is T 

, 

J G 

S/ 5g 

, . 

t . Bozvv f ch 

, 

Y 

. 

L G 

. 

- 2 - D ' - S 

l at Lt 

, 

l i ght t sn , 

H B P 2nd 

, , 

Lt 

. 

1 'l ake , 

R Y P 

2nd Lt 

, . 

. 

9amson G D CP 2 

, . . 

nd Lt Raectat , 

N 

, , 

d CP 

ls 

, 

t Lt . Collins 9 

, 

A g 

, , 

3gt 

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Doty , 

J 

. 

S B 

2ad Lt 

. 

. 

Fei ng aes P B 

, . 

SJSgt ì 

. nnecel 

, 

A 

. 

I' 8 

T 

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fSgt . 

Porter , 

L 

, 

G 

, 

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Yarvin , 

L 

. 

R G 

Sgt 

, 

. 

Col l a4 , 

F C G 

. . 

Cpl 

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Pmm i l l 

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F 0 Cook 

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Capt l 

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2nd 

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Lt Beaver , . 

F' 

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P 

C H 

. , 

CP 

. . 

Lt 

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3sntter C I CP 

, . . 

gJ0 Ititchell 

3/ Sgt , 

L C 

. . 

CP 

Yi 

. ch H B B 

, . , 

l at Lt For bea R 

, , 

L ll 

. , 

T/ 3gt 

. 

S ti t h N g B 

S/ Sg't , , , 

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Jereb 

, 

v a 2nd Lt Ni t h 

. r o J B 8 

S . 

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Sgt 

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Schoen E G G 

on W 

, 

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S/Sgt . . 

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Foderar o 

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3gt . 

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Yqyronne , 

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Sr ooske p , 

P 

. 

J 

. 

P l at Lt 

. 

Deat on , 

R D 

. . 

2nd Lt St 

. oeber L R CP Ya i 

. . 

, 

a r l t t e A 11 

. , 

S/ Sgt Yi l l 

. er F C B 2 

, . . 

ad Lt Sc . hnt t e iY G 

, . . 

S/ S 

. Shoenaher C D 8 2nd 

, . 

Lt 

. 

. 

Leaeur e O B 

, . , 

Sgt 

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ltayvew , 

1 

. 

G T/ S t 

. 

P ot ol el 

, G . 

S/ Sgt 

. 

lti l l ar , 

F E 

. . 

I ' L 

P 2nd Lt 

. 

Rol f e , 

11 

. 

Y P 

. 

CP 2ad Lt 

. 

Cr ni es 11 8 CP 

. . 

B S/ 3gt Yet] 

. . one D B B 

, . . 

B 3gt llar . shbnrn d ? x 

, , , 

x 8gt 

. 

Ly ooa J R G 

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s ad al ao i Yt t he t o n of B nna aad i n i t e 

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Bo enea aircraft .ere encauntered 

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3qnadr oa I i as i on 

9 . 

. 

. Y 4 

, 

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16 dn1 . T ! 3 

Tske Oi 07 s1 , 0 Fl i ght 36 B -ti 25 e 

Target 11 s01 Es cort 21 F P - 3$ s 

12$ 

Durm 13 s 58 BaQ b Lve d : (6 a 500) 

Total Tive: 5 Hrs . 1$ ltin . 

Ba®ba Droppeds 10(6 = 500) , 3G , C00 

Tot al 3or t i es : 599 Aver age gl t i . t ude : 11 , f , DO 

C x E W S 

2nd Flight 

6 

' C - C'1' g - - B 

l at Lt 

. 

Th erri ea R W 

, 

P Capt Phi 

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. . ps C 

, , 

A P 

. 

F 0 Ca pbel l 

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Il 

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x P 

F/ 0 Wi l l i . 

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D B CP 2nd 

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Lt 

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Bsi sch 

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CP 

Sf Sgt 

. 

Dv. bko aki S 

, 

F B ? 

, . xl Lt 

, 

Opeka , 

J 

, 

li S/ Sgt 

. 

Grosei 

, 

F L B 

T/Sgt S . . 

. , 

yfi k 

, 

E 

. 

R 2nd Lt 

, 

Colleton , 

J C B 

. . 

S/Sg . 

3tandiah B R R 

S/Sgt , , , 

. 

Ei 

, 

D 

. 

G T/Sgt 

. 

Nickelson R C R 

, . 

Sgt 

, . 

3ig Poos J F G 

S/ Sgt Bozavi 

, . . 

. ah 1[ 

, 

L G 

. , 

F 2 - D 

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2n d Lt 

, , P . J . P l st Lt 

, 

Wi ght 

. me , 

H B 

. . 

P F 0 Janea , 

H B 

2nd Lt St . , 

. oeber , 

L R CP 2 

. . 

z d Lt 

. 

Samaon , 

G D 

. . 

CP Ff 4 Hods on C 

S/Sgt , . 

, 

Niller , 

F C 

, , 

B lat Lt 

, 

Colline 9 g 

, 

N S/Sgt Saith 

. . 

. 

P F 

8/ Sgt , . . 

. 

Shoems]cer , 

C 

, 

D 

. 

R 2nd Lt 

. 

Fei ngl aea P B 

, , 

T/ Sgt 

. 

Cl ark T 

, 

P' 

Sg 

. , 

. 

B ytieR W B 

, 

G T/ 

, . 

Sgt Po . -t er L G R 

, . , 

3gt Ha=man . , 

R P 

Sgt Collo® 

. . 

. , 

F C G 

. , 

' I 1 

, 

2- 1 - G 

2nd Lt 

, 

Dsul eF , 

C G 

. . 

P l at Lt 

. 

Le rS 

. a g 

, 

E 

2nd Lt Yowng 

. . 

. , 

C 

. . 

CP 2nd Lt 

. 

Dns ek E P 

S/ : . 

Sgt 

. 

Cempbel l 

, 

A B B 

, , 

l st Lt 

. 

Forbes R 

, 

L 

Sgt . , 

. 

R ,ea li 

, 

L 8 

. . 

l ot Lt 

. 

1 ' Yard C 

: 

E 

S/Sg 

. . 

t . Deea P 

, . 

G T/Sgt 

. 

Stdrnes, C B 

. , 

S / Sgt 

. 

Geor ge , 

11 C 

. . 

P 

CP 

li 

8 

R 

G 


P 

CP 

B 

8 

G

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, 

lterl ow J F 

, . . 

2ad Lt bwrt 

, $ J A CP 2nd Lt Rsaiaey T I 

, . . 

. , . . 

g/Sgt 

. 

Do lae , 

E B 2ad Lt 

. 

. 

Heitenn O C 

, . . 

S Sgt 

. 

Shapi ro , 

Id L R 2nd Lt Lhral t I F 

. . 

. , . . 

3/ 3gt fi 

. e ckBhi r e J R G T 

, . . / Sg'ti 

. 

Btxdde H S 

, . . 

9/ Sgt 

. 

ilhi t e , 

J 

. 

E 

. 

P 2 d Lt 

. 

Fl ake R Y P 

, . . 

CP 2 d Lt Baec'tmt 11 A CP 

. , . . 

X Sg t Dotp J b 8 

. , . . 

B S/ Sgt . Fi u ecel A F A 

, . . 

R 9gt Yar . vi a L 

, . 

R Q 

. r 

G CR1 Pm . mi l l 8 P 

, . 

s A ei a ho ur t r i p t o t he t oe of It al y i a t he s ont ]i coas t oP lie l t a i 

, n acrder 

to sTOid aur ehipping Th 

. e t4ission paid big di4idends , aa all bo bs hit in th® target 

area deetroying , mar of'the 50 or sors airorait parked o the airdreme Baildi 

. . n88 

and heagars were eleo hit aad aerveral oil tires reare etsrted 

. 

Cs pt F'hi l l i 

. pa obaer ved t hat t hey real l y gs e "l[uneo" t he "hot t oo t " 

. 

Cspt 

. 

Phillipe Lts Lewie , . and Wight man, e . nd T/5gt I icholaon . ca leted 

t hei r 50 t h s i esi ons t ode y . 

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1[oASFiAT . i . TI G 

_ 

17 Jt l y , 3 

Squadr on Yi aai an 95 Gr oap lti . eei oai 129 

Tak e Q Pi 13 : 58 Fl i ght 3b B - 251e 

Target 1b : 38 Eeca rt 36 P 38 a 

Do aa 18 :53 Bo b Lo d : 6 z 500 

Tot al Ti ez l Hra . 55 Yia . 

Boubs Dropped: 10(6 a 500) , 30 , 000 

Total 3ortiea: 609 Average Altitude: 11 , 150 

A -ather: 

CA iith ellght hase. C R E IP S 

HST FLI C iT 

l 

. 

- 1 l g 

- N _2 - 0 

. Capt Coddi 

. ngt on, 11 E P 

, 

FJO Joae . e , 

N 

, 

S 

2n 

. 

d Lt . Rameey , 

T I 

, . 

CP Ff 0 Hadeo , 

C 

2n 

. 

d Lt . 8ent on , 

li C 1 S/ 

. . 

Sgt 

. 

Sni t h P 

, 

P' 

l 

. . 

st Lt 

. 

Horatm g , 

R R B 

. . 

T/ Sgt 

. 

C1erk T 

, , 

F 

, 

T/ Sgt 

. 

Tha a Q W R 

, 

3gt 

. . 

. 

Haxm ab R P 

T/Sgt 

, . . 

Rounia G T G 

. . . 

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F 0 Wi rt h T 

, 

F P l 

. . 

st Lt 

, 

Bi t t er , 

I S 

. . 

P F 0 Coaat W E 

F/ 0 Yi t . . 

chel l 

, 

L C CP 2t:d 

. . 

Lt 

, 

graoul t H B 

, . . 

CP 2ad Lt 

, 

l eav e r C H 

T/Sgt , . . 

. 

Smith 

, 

i 

, 

A B 2nd 

. 

Lt 

. 

Yictor , 

d G N 

. . 

S / Sgt 

. 

Yicke, H B 

T/ Sgt . . 

. 

S aaeon , 

W l R lat 

. , 

Lt 

. 

Fayard O 

, 

E B 

. . 

S/Sgt Jere . b , Y S/Sgt . 

. 

P ontet E A G 

, . 

Sgt 3chmidt 

. 

. 

H E R 

, . 

S/Sgt Schoen . , . 

E G 

S 

, . . 

, t ,t, C . C . G 

2nd F7 . i gbt 

2- 6 

- P 1_ - - 1 

2t:d Lt 

. 

Fl a1 e , 

R Y P l 

. . 

et Lt Itarl 

. o:r, J F 

2nd . . 

Lt Hnecun . 

W 

, , 

!! CP 2 d 

, 

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. 

Sheet a, A L 

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. . 

t . Doty J g 

, 

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. . 

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, 

Collins 9 

, . 

A 

, 

Sf Sgt . Fi umecel 

, 

A 

. 

F 

. 

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. 

E re l t 

, 

i F' 

Sgt 

. . 

. 

lfarvi n , 

L R G 

. , 

T/ Sgt 

. 

Budde , 

11 H 

. . 

Cpl 

. 

Pu nill 

, 

E 

. 

AP S/Sgt . White J 

, . 

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. 

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2r d Lt 

, 

llol f e , 

R 

. 

Y 

. 

P l at Lt 

. 

Dent oa , 

A 

. 

D 

. 

P 2ad Lt 

. 

gre n skasp , 

P 

. 

J 

. 

P 

2ad Lt 

. Croi ee , 

i 

. 

H 

. 

CP 2t d Lt 

. 

Boat on , 

J 

. 

lf 

. 

CP 2ad Lt 

. 

St oeber , 

L 

. 

R 

. 

CP 

S/ 3gt 

. 

Yal 

. ane , 

D 

. 

B 

. 

B 2nd Lt 

. 

Schut t e , 

lf 

. 

G 

. 

N S/ Sgt 

. 

Yi ] l 

. ez , 

F 

. 

C 

. 

B 

3gti Ysrehb 

. u n J T R 2nd Lt Leaaure O B B S/ Sgt Shoemaker , . . . , . . 

. , 

C 

. 

D 8 

. 

Sgt Lyon J R G T/ Sgt Po . , . . 

. t ol sk G R Sgt lte , . 

. yhem A B G 

, . . 

9/ Sgt 

. 

1 3 l l 

. er , 

F E G 

. . 

: Thie target had baen hit all thraug h the de , y; fira t by the hesviea (3 separat 

e t l l ght e of B - 21 + ' s ) ; t hen by t he B - 17 ' e ; t h +®n tyy 3 gra ipa oP B - 26 's ; t h. a by 

eome more B - 17 1a ; f ol l owe d b y our Group and t h e B -v 25' e of t h e 381et . O+rer l ,, 00 bar be s 

i n al l . 

FZak wae soderate , heavy ith aTerage aacurscy . 

Three t o f i ve oa y f i ght er B at t scked hal f hesrt edl y and ran bef ar e our 

gune and those of ow r ascort . 


,


CI 

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- . . . i : . - , 

I 

' I . 11 : 

. 

, R _ OM E , 

ITALY 

19 Jul y 1 , 3 

Squs uron Mi saion 96 Group l+fi ss i on 130 

Take Off 10 :00 Flight 72 8 - 25 s 

Target 12 :59 k acort 36 P - 38 cs 

Down i5s33 Bomb Load : (6 x 500) 

Tot s l Time: 5 Hrs . 33 n . 

Bombs Dropped: 18(6 x 500) , 54 , 000 

Total Sorties: 62? Average Altitude: 10 , 1 ,. 00 

We 

_ at her : Yi s i bi l i t y 7 - 8 mi l e s , c e i l i ng unl i mi t e d , h s ze . 

- 2 g - C 

F 0 Campbel l 1 A 

, . , 

2nd Lt Saut t 

. er C U 

, , , 

S/ Sg t Gr . os s i F 

, . 

I 

: , 

T/ Sgt 

. 

Standish L R 

, . , 

S/ Sgt Si 

, gaf oos J F 

, . , 

Cpl Pumm ill E 

. , . 

lst Lt Sh 

, rader D A 

, , , 

C R E W S 

3 rd Flight 

! 

, 

1 

- 

1308 

- A 

_- 2 - B 

P Capt Coddj 

. ng t on , 

1 E P l 

, . s t Lt Ther . r i en R 1 P 

, . . 

CP 2nd Lt Rams , ey T I CP 

, . , 

Ff 0 ' Ai l l i ams on L V CP 

, 

B 

. . 

2nd Lt 

. 

Rent on Y C N S/ Sgt 

, . , 

Dombk 

. o rs ki S F B 

R l 

, . . 

st Lt Nornung W 

. 

R B T/Sgt 

, . . 

Szymik L R 

G 

. , . 

T/ 5gt Thama . . s V1 R S/ Sgt K 

, , , 

. m D G 

, , 

AP T/Sgt Rounis . 

G T G 

, . . 

0 

- 0 01 - F - 1 07 - D 

- E 

2nd Lt Yol f 

. e W Pl P 

, 

Ma . . 

or YJ}ii t e A 1Y P 

, , , 

2n d Lt Kr , euz kamp P J P 

2nd Lt Crui 

, . . 

. se, H CP 2nd 

. , 

Lt Dusek 

. 

E P CP 

, , , 

2nd Lt Stoeber , 

5 CP 

S/ Sg t M , , , 

. al ane D B B 2 

, . . 

nd Lt He i t 

. man O B N 

, , , 

S/ S *t lf i ] l 

. . 

er F C B 

Sf Sgt T 

, . . 

, ar shbur n J T R 2nd 

, . , 

Lt 

, 

Fei ngl a s s P B 

, 

S/ Sgt Shoema . ker C D R 

Sg t Ly 

, . . 

. on J 

, 

R G 

, , 

S / gt 

. 

Shapi 

.. 

r o 1 i L R 

. . 

Sgt hlayhew W B G 

S g t Bl . , . . 

, a cks h 

. r e , J . R . G 

- 1 061 - J 

- 1 D 2 - G 

- ' 7 - H ( , , z 8t h Shi p ) 

F 0 ri r t h T F P Capt Al 

, , . 

, ex ander VP T P 

, , . F / 0 Cook W E P 

F/ 0 P t , , . 

chel ] L C CP 2n d Lt Bai 

., . . 

. sch J CP 

, . , 

Lt 4eaver C F 

. 

CP 

T/Sgt Smith , , , 

. 

A B 2nd It Victor J G N 

, , , 

. , . , 

g/$gt Mick 

, s, H B B 

T/ Sgt Swans 

. , 

, on , 

+ > ; N R 2nd I t Wi t hr . , 

, ow J B B 

, . . 

T/ Sgt St 

, ar ne a C E R 

S/Sgt , . . 

. 

Pontet 

, 

i: A G T/ 

, , 

Sgt 

. 

Foderaro A R 

, . 

S / Sgt George , , 

4Y C G 

l s t Lt , . 

, 

Ma s on J J Jr 0 S/ Sg t b'layr , . . , . . onne C A G 

, , . 

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. 

P ) 

- K - K - 2 00 - L 

Capt Eb 

. a 

. 

ns G M P l 

, . , 

s t Lt . Dent on R D P 2nd 

, . , 

Lt Daul 

. ey C G 

2n d Lt Bur 

, , 

. r s J / CP 2nd 

, . . 

Lt Bos t 

. on , 

J N CP 2nd 

, . 

Lt 

. 

Yaung C A 

2nd Lt Schutte 

, , . 

. 

f'Y G B 

, 

2nd 

, . 

Lt Opek 

, s, J 

. 

N S/Sgt C 

. empbell W B 

Sf Sgt J , , . 

. er b V 

, , 

R 2nd Lt Col l 

. et on J C B Sgt Rea , . . 

. 

OP L 

S/Sgt 

, . . 

. 

Schoen F; G G 

, 

T/Sg . . 

t . Poto sky G R 

, . 

S/Sgt Dees P 

. , , 

S/ S t t 1i 11 

, . - 

er F E G 

, . . 

2- 64596 

- P 

2nd Lt 

, 

Fl ake R 

, 

I 

. , 

2nd Lt 

. 

Knecum , 

17 A 

. , 

Sgt Dot 

. y J R 

, . . 

S/Sgt Fivmecel 

. 

A F 

, . . 

Sg t . Marvi r L R 

, . . 

- 2 84 - N - 2 - 0 

P l s t h t 

. 

1{dar l ow J F P 

, . . 

F 0 Bur t 1 ' 

, 

A 

CP 2nd Lt 

. , 

`Nar . r en F; M CP 2 

, . . 

n d Lt Kur . t z J A 

B l 

, . . 

s t Lt For , he s R L N 

, . . 

S/ Sg t Dongl 

. a s E 

R l 

, . 

st Lt Fay . rd C r 8 T/Sgt 

, , , 

. 

Porter L G 

G 

, . , 

T/ Sgt Buc de . 

T H R 

, , 

S/ Sgt 

. 

. oz ovi ch 

, 

b2 L 

. . 

S/ Sgt 

, 

w'hi t e J 

, 

' G 

. . 

- - S 1 , 2- - R 41 

_ , 3 03 56 - R 

F 0 J one s "t E P l 

, , . 

s t Lt D t t 

. . 

er I S P 2nd 

, , . 

Lt Hanna . 

l C P 

F/ 0 Hud , , , 

s on C CP 2n+ , , 

d Lt , , 

r n oul t H B CP ?nd 

, , , 

Lt 

, 

Shee t s R 

, 

L CP 

S/Sg 

. . 

t . Smith P F B lst 

, . . 

Lt Coll ins V 

. 

A N 

. , . , 

S/ Sgt Treveth 

. an, G R B 

TfSg 

. . t . Clark T F 

, , 

R 2nd 

. 

Lt 

, 

Ewa1 t N 

. , , 

F B 

. 

S/Sgt Pelkey J 

. 

R R 

S , . . 

gt Hannon . , 

R P 

. . 

G Sgt Scbmidt 

. 

H 

, , 

L R 9/Sgt 

, 

Camagn . a C F G 

Set Bruhlman 

, . . 

. , 

O C G 

. . 

R ` M = R 

. : Th3 

. r t y- f i ve ai r craf t were di sper sed on t hi 

, s ai rdrome ; t en pl us are bel ei ved 

to have been destroyed Bomb 

. s also struck among hangars and housing areas atarting fires Th 

, e center of the 1e . nding area was h it 

. --- hardd No boM1nb s atruc k in the cent er 

of the city , 

s hot down , 

Ene Aircra ft : Seven were observed ., t wo att acked aur forma tion anc one wae 

Flak : h;oderate , heavy , inaccurat e flak was encountered en rout e and aa th e 

return from th e target area, 

G '1 ; 'r , ; _ ., » ,., ry 

w , . . . , ; : , 


P 

CP 

B 

R 

G 

p 

CP 

B 

R 

G


- - 

Yo ! g 

20 3 1 . y 0 , 3 

Squadrvn lti asi on 9? Gr oap lfi s si on 131 

Take Ot! 11:35 FliBht 36 H - 25's 

Tar got 1! t s08 Escor t ? . . P - 38 ts 

Da. n 16 : 3'! Bwn b Loed s (72 z 20) hrags . 

Tot al Ti me : 5 Hr s . 02 l i n . 

Ba be Dropped : 11 (?2 a 20) 1 5 

Tota l 3ortieas 639 A .ernge ltitt:de: 10 850 

thars CAYQ with alight h ase d 2fi0 high cir=u s . 

C R E W S 

l e t Fl i ght 

- - C - 1 0 - L ! _2 f 

_ 

- B 

F 0 Caapbell 1 H P Capt 

, . . 

. 

Coddington , 

11 

. 

E P lat 

. 

Lt 

. 

Therriea , 

R 

. . 

P 

2nd Lt 

. 

Saut t er , 

G I 

. . 

CP 2 d Lt 

. 

Ras eey , 

T I 

. . 

CP F / 0 lti l l i 

. a aon , 

L 

. 

F 

. 

CP 

S/ Sgt 

. 

( roaei 

, 

F 

. 

L B 2nd 

. 

Lt 

. 

Rent on YI C H S/ 

, . 

Sgt Doabkowski 

. 

. , 

S F H 

. . 

T/ Sgt St 

. an di ah B R R l 

, . . st Lt Roratm . g , 

1P R B T/ Sgt 3zya:i k E R 

. . 

. , . 

3fSgt 

. 

3lga toos J 

, 

F G T/SgL Th 

. . 

. a ae, Q W R S/Sgt bi D 

. , 

. , . 

G 

T/ Sgt 

. 

Rou ni s , 

G T G 

. . 

- F - D - 2 0 - E 

2tid Lt 

. 

Hsana , 

Y 

. 

C 

. 

P lat Lt 

. 

Dsnton R D P 2nd 

. . 

Lt 

. 

Daulsy C G P 

, . 

2a d Lt Sheet 

. a R 

, 

I 

. , 

CP 2a d 

. 

Lt 

, 

Boat an J 1/ CP 2ad Lt Tanog C CP 

, . . 

. , . . 

S/Sgt . Trevethan G x B Znd 

, . . 

Lt Opeks J 

. , . 

8 8/Sgt 

. 

CaBp bell B 8 

, . . 

S/Sgt Pslkey J 

. , . 

x 

. 

R 2nd Lt 

. 

Colleton , 

J C H Sgt 

. . . 

Rea , 

YI 

. 

L 

. 

R 

S /Sgt 

. 

Casegna , 

C 

. 

F 

. 

G T / Sgt 

. 

Potolek 

, 

G 

. 

R Sgt 

. 

Colla . 

F C 

. . 

G 

S / Sgt 

. 

Mi l l er , 

F E G Cgl 

. . 

. 

Ptts®i l h E 

. 

1 P 

- I - 2 - G 

- H 

F 0 Coo k , R . E P Cspt 

. 

. 

Al ez sader W ? P 

, . . g 0 1Pi r t h T F P 

2 . . 

n d Lt Wes. . er C H CP 2nd 

. . 

Lt 

. 

Hs i sch J M CP 

' 

. . 

F/0 Yita hell L C CP 

S/ Sgt , . . 

. 

Yi cka , 

H B 

. . 

B 1$t Lt 

. 

Hi cl aa J G 

, . . 

N g/ g 

, 

g , 

g 

T/Sgt 

. 

Stdrnea C B R 2ud Lt 

, . , 

. 

llit rcw , 

J B B 

. . T/Sgt 

. 

3wanso® li 

, . 

M R 

S/ Sgt . 

. 

Geor gre li C G 9/ Sgt 

, . . 

. 

Shapi r o 1d L R 

, . . S / Sgt 

. 

P+o tt et 

, 

S 

. 

A 

. 

G 

3/ Sgt Meyrr . onne C A G 

, . . 

I 

, 


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, 

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- E 92 - L 

2nd Lt 

, 

llol f e , 

W Y 

, , 

P 2nd Lt 

. 

Fl ake , 

R lt P 2nd 

. . 

Lt 

. 

Hrenzk8mp , 

P d 

2 . . 

P 

nd Lt 

. 

Cr ni ee , 

;Y 

, 

H 

. 

CP or Whi t e A 

, 

1 CP 2 

. . 

d Lt 

. 

St oeber , 

11 H 

. . 

CP 

S/ Sgt 

, 

l6al cne , 

D 

. 

B 

. 

B 2nd Lt 

. 

Hei t nan 0 8 

, 

N 

, , 

S/ 3gt 

, 

ItiLl er F C H 

S/ Sgti , . 

. 

I arehbur n , 

J T R 

. . 

2ad Lt 

. 

Fei ngl as $ P 

, . 

B 8/ Sgt 

. 

Shoe onker , 

C D x 

3gt . , 

. 

Lyon J 

, . 

R 

. 

G S/ Sgt 

. 

Pi t ecel 

, 

g 

. 

F 

. 

R Sgt l;e . rh ew, 1 8 

. 

G 

Sgt . 

. 16stwi n , 

L 

. 

R Q 

. 

t Tbia t e one of the most effective f sg ra ide to dat e. Photoa ahawed rn rer 

90 covernge of the ldodi ng ground , dieperssl areae nnd hangara , Althaag h th ere ras 

ao apprecie , ble enemp opposition f'rom t`lak or 4lrcrafC , t.o of th e Groap s aircraft 

f ; 8 379th etircret't craahed beside tbe h sngara, at d a 384th aircraPt 

ad e a good sea laading 20 milea off the Itali sn ooae t . These accideats . ere prob ehlT 

caused by ba b e eapl odi n i n t he b b b a, p , or by hi t a f i om our orrn bo bs , 

., . 

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Sqnadron lti aai on 98 C caup lti sai on 132 

Te ae Qt t 0? s30 Fl i g t 2! ; B - 25 a 

Target 10:05 Facort 26 P 38'e 

Doan 1 . 2 : 22 Baoib Loed : (6 x 500) 

Totel Times 4 Hra . 52 n . 

Bos b a Droppe d : 12(6 x 500) , 36 , 000 

Totd1 . Sartieas 651 lverage Altftude: 10 300 . 

Wea th ers CA9U with a light ha$e --- relativel . T emooth air . 

C H E W S 

Znd Fl i ght 

.. - C 0 2 - g 1 - H 

F 0 Coa C , 

W 

. 

E P Capt Al 

. 

. es aader W T P F 0 Wi 

, . , rt h T F P 

, . . 

L 2ad Lt 

, 

lleaver C H 

, . . 

CP 2a d Lt . Baf ach 

, 

J N CP F/ 0 Mi t 

. . 

chel l L C CP 

, . . 

S/ Sgt )li 

. ake H B B l 

, . . 

at Lt 

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Ai clcean J G DI S 

, . . 

f Sgt 

. 

RoRer a , 

L C H 

. . 

Tf Sg t St 

, ar ne s C B R 2nd Lt Ni t hr 

, . . 

, 

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, . . 

. 

Bwaa eon L N R 

, . 

BfSgt George 11 C G TJSgt Foderaro A R S/Sgt Pont t E A G 

. , . , 

. , . 

. , . . 

S/ Sg 

, t . 11(s y r onne C A G 

, . . 

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Bi t t er , 

I 

. 

S P 2od 

. 

Lt Hantsa . , 

II C 

. , 

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Ff 0 Hnd s on, C CP 2nd Lt 

. 

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l rad il t 

, 

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. . 

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3/ Sgt Sai 

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, . . 

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Col l i ae V A N 

, . . 

S/ Sgt 

, . 

Tr svet han G R B 

, . . 

T/ Sgt Cl 

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C 

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Yarloe , 

J F P 

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F 0 Bqrt B A P 

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, . . 

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Aarrea , 

E 

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f 133 

Ta ke Off 08 :55 Flight 36 B - 25'a 

Target 12 :01 + Escort 24 P - 38's 

Do rn 1 5:00 Bomb Load : (6 z 500) 

Tot al Ti ,e 6 Hr s . 05 lli n . 

Boieb s Dr opp®d : 3(6 a 500) , 9 , 000# 

Total Sorties: 654 Average Altitude: 1 050 

We ther : Scettered ci:muloue at 2 000 fee 

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_ A ' nR S: Hite were made on the landiag area , the h engars an d facilitating buildinga . 

Of the 25 - 30 e3 . rcraFt in the target eres , at least 12 are believed t o h ave been deetroyed . 

Considex able smoke and satne firea ere ob8erved i ssuing t`ro the hit b uildings , 

Two enemy fYghters rere sighted near th e t arget , but did aot attack . 

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Take Of f 0 : 3 . 2 Fl i ght 36 B - 25 e (1 r et ur ned sar] , F ) 

Target 11 :10 Esc ar t 30 P - 38 s 

Donm 13 : 38 Haob Loa d : (b z 500 

Total Ti me: 5 Hr. . 06 Nin . 

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Ta k e Of f 08 :05 Fl i ght 36 B - + 25 s 

Target 10:26 Escort 21 P - 3g a 

Dorrn 12 :35 Ba nb Load : 6 z 500 

Tot a l Time: l Hrs . 33 Min . 

Bomba Dropped: 12(6 x 500) , 36 , 000 

Total Sortiea: 6b6 Av erage Altitnd®: g , 650 . 

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: Capt . Peaberton F1eR as o b ser er in F f 0 Bnrt e ahip . . 

TL0 boabing eas only fair --- eeveral strings did atrike i n the center o! 

the lending area , bat othera were short snd to the sidea . 

Flak: Approx i aa t ely 20 burs t e Per behind the formation . 

heam r a i r cr a t t : ] one i n t he ai r - - - appr o:d . t el y 25 ob4er ved on t he t ar get . 

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Sque . dr on Ni s ei on 103 Gr aup lti ss i o n 138 

Take Uf P 12 : I f 0 Fl i ght 36 B - 25te 

Target 15 t00 Escort 21 , P - 3S s 

Do n 17:20 Bomb Loa d : 6 a 500 

Tot al Ti me : h Ar $ . 

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Boabs Dropped : 12(6 a 500) , 36 , 000 

Tota1 Sorties: 690 ATerage Altitnde: 9 , 650 , 

^ lle : Good 7isibility , acatter®d cloud s en route , 

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Yleaver , 

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T/Sgt Smith , . 

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T/Sgt S , . , 

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Nlithrow , 

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B T/Sgt St 

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Pontet 

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Foderaro , 

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George , 

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Stoeber , 

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Cruise, YI H CP 

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Niller , 

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S/Sgt . , 

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Shoemaker C D 

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Feingl ass, P 

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B S/Sgt 

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Narshburn , 

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Yarlou , 

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Dargin , 

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CP 2nd 

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Borb es , 

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Shapiro , 

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Collom F C 

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Budde , 

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Lt Arnault H B CP 

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Collins Y 

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Schmidt H 

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Flak: Approximately 8 bursts , low and behind the formetion . 

Bridge area coveored , tut no direct hits observed due to dust and smo k e. 


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11 Angus t l ,, 3 

Squadr on l i s si on # 104 Gr oup Yi s si on # 11 , A 

Ta ke Of f 09 :05 Fl i ght 36 B - 25' s 

Target 11 : 1 5 Eecort 2l i P - 38 'e 

Dorrn 13 a 0 Bomb Load : 6 x 500 

Tot al Ti me : 1 Hr a . 05 Ei n , 

Bombs Dropped : 12(6 x 500 , 32 , 004 , * 

Tot a l Sorties: 702 Average Alti . t ude: 8 , 200 . 

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Therrien , 

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2nd Lt Stoeber 

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Lt Hornung . 

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Lt Young C 

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T/Sgt St 

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. 

Foderaro A 

, . 

R 8/Sgt 

. 

George , 

W C 

S/ Sgt Ma 

, , 

. yr onne C A G 

, . . 

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H E P 

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2ad Lt 

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Eurlingame J H CP 2 

, . . r d Lt 

. rnoult H B CP F/G HAdam C 

, . . 

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2nd Lt Sahnt t 

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, . . 

st Lt Co . l l i na lf g N 3/ 3g 9ni th P 1 B 

, . . 

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Li cht s aet ei n N R 2a . d Lt , al t 11 F 8 T/ 9g , . . 

. Cl ark , T . F . H 

3/ 3gt 

. 

Dee a P 

, . 

G Sg . Schmi de H 

. , . 

S R Sgt 8a: . 

. osa R P G 

, . . 

Sgt Bruhh 

. an 0 C G 

, . . 

s The 3 at a t ar get Ras t he R R Bs i dBs . . , 

i l e t e 380th bad t he hi i e y 

bari dQe , 

lleat her nade di r eat bi t a ca t hes e t s r get s di ! l i cul t 

. 

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al omg t he Nort horn coast of Si d l y . 

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13 auguat 1 , 3 

Squsdron ll . sai on # 105 Grdup Mi sai on 1 . 1 ,, 2 

Tal e Of f OS s 50 Fl i ght 36 B - 5 te 

Target 11:55 Eacort 24 P - 3S e 

Do n Ll i s05 Bomb Load : 6 x 500 

Tot al Ti me : 5 Ar s . 15 Li . n . 

Bomba Dr opped s 11 (6 x 500) , 33 , 000 

Tot al Sort i ee z 713 Average Al t i t a de : 11 , 900 , 

ea th er: Hdse , 8 - 10 miles viaibility , acattered clauds . 

C R E R S 

lat Flight 

- 2 - P 

- OS - N 

2n d Lt 

. 

Semaon G 

, , 

D 

, 

P Capt 

, 

Coddi ngt on 1f 

, , 

E P 

F/0 Burlingame 

, 

, 

J H CP 

. , 

2nd Lt 

, 

Ramsey T U 

, 

CP 

2nd Lt . . 

. 

Schut t e F 

, , . 

B 2nd Lt 

. 

Rent on i1 C N 

S/ Sgt Jereb , , , 

. 

9 

, . 

R l at Lt Hor , anng , 

W 

, 

R 

, 

B 

S/ 3gt De . ea P 

, . 

G T / Sgt 

. 

Thomas , 

Q 

. 

W 

. 

R 

S / Sgt 

. 

Ioxey O 

, . 

E G 

, 

2- 2 0 - S . - Q 

- R 

2nd Lt 

. 

Daul ey C 

, . 

G p l 

, 

at Lt . Dent vn, R D P 2nd 

. , 

Lt Donnavan , 

G 

, . 

I 

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, 

A CP 2nd 

. , 

Lt 

, 

Bo®t on J 

, 

W CP 2nd 

. . 

Lt 

. 

Burr i o , 

J 

. 

W 

. 

CP 

S/Sgt 

. 

Campb ell W C 

, 

B 2nd Lt 

. , 

. 

Yictor , 

J 

. 

C N 

. 

S / Sgt 

. 

Rogers , 

L 

. 

C 

. 

B 

Sgt 

. 

Rea W 

. 

L R 2nd 

. 

Lt 

, 

Colleton , 

J C B 

. . 

T/Bgt 

. 

Ditttiar , 

F A R 

Cpl Sen liagar 

. . 

. , 

C 

, 

1P G 

. T/ Sgt 

. 

Potolsky G 

, . 

R S/Sgt 

. 

Bo den S T G 

S/Sgt 

, . . 

. 

Mill er, F E G 

. . 

2nd F'l i ght 

47 

. - - P - . 80 - N 

2nd Lt 

, 

Durgin , 

J L 

. . 

P lat Lt 

. 

Narlow J 

, 

F 

2nd Lt Dusek 

. . 

, , 

E P CP 2nd 

. . 

Lt Aarren . 

D B 

Sgt Doty J R 

, . , 

. , 

B lst 

. . 

Lt 

. 

Hickman J G 

S/Sgt , 

Shapiro 

. , 

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. 

L R let 

, 

Lt 

. , 

, 

Fayard O E 

, . 

S/Sgt 

. 

Blackshire . 

J R G 

, . 

T/Sgt Bu . . dde W H 

, . . 

S/ Sgt 1Phi t 

. e J E 

, . . 

. ., ,. 

- 2 - 0 

P F p N . , 

p 

CP Lt 

, 

Aurtz, J 

, 

1 

, 

CP 

N SfSgt 

. 

Douglas , 

E 

. B 

B T/Sgt 

. 

Porter , 

L G 

. 

R 

R ggt 

. 

, 

Collon , 

F C G 

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2nd Lt Wol f 

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d Lt . Fl ake R P 2nd Lt Kr , , . 

, eu akamp P J P 

, . . 

2nd Lt Cr . ui se W H CP 2nd 

, . . 

Lt Knecum W 

. . 

A CP 2 

. . 

nd Lt St 

. oeber L R CP 

, . . 

S/ Sgt 

. 

Idal one D B B 2 

, , . 

nd Lt E 

. val t W F N 3/ Sgt h i l l 

, . . 

, . . 

er F C 8 

, , . 

S/ Sgt ltar , shbur n J T R 2nd Lt 

, , , . 

Fe i ngl as s P B 

, , 

S / Sgt 9hoemaker C 

. , 

D A 

. , 

3g t Ly , 

on J R G S 

, . . 

/ Sg t Fi 

. 

ume cel A F R Sg t lday hew , 

I B G 

. . . , . . 

Sgt Marv i 

. n L R G 

, . . 

: This mission Was part of another combined big push by the NAS F to tie up 

rail traffic to sad f om Rome 106 

. 

B-1?'s and 168 B-25's a B-26ts took part --with 

145 P-38's as combined eecort 

, sll of which returaed safely at'ter destroying 

5 enea r f i ght er s . 

The individual missiona rere instructed to radio "Bo®bs awa3r" for for.arding 

to trorld wide news commentators . 

Fls k: . oderate intensity --- inaccurate . 

na my aircraft: 6 - 8 Ye-109's sad R ,e- 2001's were engaged by the fightera . 

One &fe -149 br oke t hrcrugh t o at t ack Lt 

. 

Kr euzk$mp 'e ai r craf t 

, aad Sgt 

, 

i ayhew cl ai ma 

its proba ble deetruction . 

Result s: Visv , al 

. 

observa tions ere obstructed by dust and emoke . 

One 1 

, 

28th flight returned early due to engine trou ble which develope d in 

the aircra ft of its l®ader . 

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Take Of f l l j s35 Fl i ght 2$ B - 25' 

Target 17 :03 Eecort 21 P - 3S' e 

Doen 19s12 Bo®b Loa d: 6 x 500 

Total Time: 1 , Hrs . 37 dlin . 

Bombs Droppedt 1(6 x 500) , 3 , 000# 

Total Sorti®es 71 A erage Altitude: 8 , 700 . 

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_ the _ r _ s Ha$e and intervening clvud s ob s tructed vision a t the t arget , 

C R E W S 

' 2nd Flight 

S : Lt . Dnsek filled in as a apare . Results uncertaia . 

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l st Lt 

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Dttaek 

, 

E 

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P P 

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F/0 illismson , 

L 

. 

Y CP 

. 

S/Sgt Da® kowaki 3 F B 

. , . . 

T/Sgt 3 ik 

. , 

E R 

. 

S/Sgt Him D G 

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17 gnguat 1 3 

Squa dron Mi aai on # 10? Group lti sai on ` 1 . 1 , 1 ,, 

Ta ke Of f 11 :30 Fl i ght 36 B - 2 e 

Target l . l F:00 Eecort ? _ ! } P - 3g a 

Down 16 : 08 Bomb Load : 6 x 500 

Tot al Ti me : 4 Hr a . 38 ll i n . 

Baa:be Droppe d : 11(6 a 500) , 33 , 000 , # 

Tot a l Sorties: T25 Average Altitud : e: 8 , 650 . 

ther: CAVI entire trip . Smooth except over Sicily . 

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C R E WS 

lst Flight 

- A 

.' = - B 

2a d Lt . Samson , 

G D P 

. . 

Capt Codding*ton . , 

W E P lst 

. 

Lt Therr . , ien R W P 

2nd Lt 

, . , 

, 

Burl i ngame , 

J H CP 2 

. . nd Lt 

. 

Ramsey T U 

, 

CP 

, . 

F/ 0 Vfi l l i e . ue:on h 9 CP 

2nd Lt Sc 

, . , 

, hut t e YV G B 2nd 

, . , 

Lt 

. 

Rent on W C N 

, , 

S/ Sgt Daaabko , 

. r8ki S 

, . 

F 

. 

B 

S/Sgt 

. 

Lichtens tein N R lat 

, , 

Lt 

, 

Horrn u:g , 

W H B 

, 

T/Sgt 

, 

. 

Szymik 

, 

E 

. 

R 

3/Sgt 

. 

Dees 

, 

P 

. 

G T/Sgt 

. 

Thomae Q 

, 

IY 

. . 

R S/Sgt 

. 

Kim D 

, . 

G 

Cpl 

. 

Pimmai l l 

, 

E 

. 

AP T/ Sgt 

. 

Rouni s G T G 

, . , 

- - F -1 0 2 - D 

F 0 Cook , W . E P Capt 

. 

, 

Eb e . ne G 1P 

2nd 

, , , 

Lt Knecum . 

P 

, 

A CP 2nd 

, . 

Lt Sheet 

, e , 

R 

. 

L 

. 

S/Sgt 

. 

Nicks H 

, , 

B B 2nd 

. 

Lt 

, 

Victor , 

J G 

. . 

T/Sgt 

. 

Starnes , 

C 

. 

B R 2nd 

. 

Lt 

. 

Leasure , 

O 

. 

P 

. 

S/Sgt 

. 

George C G 

, . . 

SfSgt 

. 

Jereb V 

, , 

S/Sgt 

. 

Schoen E G 

, . . 

- - J 5 

2- L 

, , 

- G 1 

, 2_ ! ' 

- H 

F 0 Bur t N 

, , 

A P l 

, 

et Lt Dent 

. on , 

R D P 2nd Lt 

. . 

. 

Donnov an G l 

2nd 

, . . 

Lt 

. 

Arnonlt H B CP F/0 

, . . 

l itchell L C CP 2nd Lt Burrie J W 

, . . . , . , 

Sf Sg t Daugl 

. a s E B l 

, . 

at Lt . Hi ckman J B N 3/ 3 

, , . 

g t 

. 

Roger e L C 

, . . 

T/ Sg t Por t 

. er L G R 2nd 

, 

Lt Col l 

. . 

. et on J C B S/ Sg t Bowoden , . , 

. 

S T 

, . . 

S/ Sg t , Bozovi ch I L G T/ Sg t Pot 

, . . . ol s ky G R T/ Sg t Di t t 

, . 

. mar F A 

, . . 

Capt Pembe . rt on R 0 S/ Sgt 1 i l l 

, . 

. er F 

, , 

E G 

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Dur gi n J 

, 

L P l 

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st Lt Bi t t 

, er , 

I S P ' d Jone . . 

s , 

1 E 

2nd 

, . 

Lt 

. 

Dusek E P CP 2 

, . . 

nd Lt Kur . tz ,. J . A CP 

, 

'/0 Hudsan C 

, . 

Sgt Dot 

. y J K B 2t: , . . 

d Lt . Hei t a O C B 

, . . 

S/ Sgt 

. 

9mi t h 

, 

P 

, 

F 

. 

S / Sgt Sh 

. api r o , 

d L R l 

. . 

et Lt 

. 

Col l i ns , 

V 1 

. . 

N T / Sgt 

. 

Cl ark 

, 

T 

. 

F 

. 

S / Sgt fi 

. ackehire J 

. 

R G 

. 

Sgt 

. 

Schmidt H E 

. . 

R Sgt 

. 

Hannon , 

R P 

. . 

Sgt 

, 

Bruh] 

. 

man O C G 

, . . 

$L!' : A "1[ilk Run" . No fl ak , no fi ters and no dir®ot hits on the roa d . 

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19 gugust 1 , 3 

Squadr on Yi ss i on # l OS Gr oup 1 [i ssi on # 11 , 5 

Take Of f 11 :30 Fl i ght l , $ B - 25's 

Tar get 13 : 5 Es cor t 24 P - 3S s 

Do.vn 15 :50 Boa b Losd : b x 500 

Tot al Ti me : ! , Hr s . 20 Mi . n . 

Bo®bs Dropped : 11 (6 a 500) , 33 , DDO 

Total Sorties: 737 gverage Altitude: 10 , 200 . 

Weather _ : Ceiling unlimited , visibility 4 to 6 miles , 

C R r f S 

2nd Fl i ght 

- 0 1 - C l - A - 2 - B 

2ad Lt 

. 

Durgi n , 

J 

. 

L P l 

. 

st Lt 

. 

Narl ov J F P 

, . . 

F 0 Anrt N 

, 

A 

2nd Lt 

. . 

. 

Dusek 

, 

E P 

. 

CP 2nd Lt 

. 

. 

Kreu$k emp, P J CP 2nd 

. . 

Lt grnoult H B 

, 

Sgt Doty J H B l 

, . . 

. , , . 

st Lt Farbea R 

. , 

L N 

. . 

S/Sgt 

. 

Dvuglas E 

S/ , . 

Sgt . Shapi r o ( L R l 

, . . 

s t Lt Fay , ard O E B T/ Sg t Pvrt 

, . . 

. e r L G 

, . , 

S/ Sgt Bl 

. ac ks hi r e J R G T/ Sg t Bndde , , . . 

1 H R 

, 

S 

. , 

/ Sgt Bozovi 

, ch 16 

, 

L 

. . 

S / Sg t l tti t 

. e J 

, 

E G 

. . 

' - F 4 59b 

, 

- D 12 bb7 - E 

F/ 0 Y i rt 

, 

h T F P 2nd 

, , . 

Lt 

. 

Fl ake R M P 2 

, . . 

nd Lt 

, 

Wol f e W 

, 

M P 

2nd Lt Boston 

. . 

. 

J W CP 2nd 

, . , 

Lt 

. . 

Weaver C H CP 2nd 

, . . 

Lt Cruise . , 

N H CP 

S/ Sg 

, . 

t . Isi l l er , 

F C B 2n . . 

d Lt . Er al t 

, 

W 

, 

F N 

, 

S/ Sg't 

. 

Mal one , 

D B 

. . 

B 

T/Sgt 

. 

S anson , 

W 

, 

M R 2nd 

. 

Lt 

, 

Feinglaes P 

, . 

B S/Sgt 

. 

Larshbura , 

J T 

. . 

R 

Pvt Pont 

. et g g G 

, . . 

S / Sgt 

. 

Fi umecel A F R 9 

, . . gt 

. 

Ly on J R G 

, . . 

Sg t Marv i 

, n L R G 

, . . 

' J 

F 0 Campbel l 

, 

3B H 

, , 

2nd Lt 

, 

Saut t er C U 

, . . 

S/ Sgt 

. 

Gr os s i F L 

, . . 

T/ Sgt Sts . . 

ndish B R 

, . . 

S/ Sgt Si 

. ga f oo e J F 

, . . 

-1 OS - G = 1 

' " 2 ' H 

P Capt Coddi 

. ngt on 1N E P 

, . . 

l s t Lt T'herr i 

. en , 

R P 

CP 2 . . 

nd Lt Rams . e y T U CP 

, . . 

F / 0 lli l l i ameon , 

L Y CP 

B 2 Lt Rent 

. . 

. on VP C N 

, , . 

S/ Sgt Do®hkoe . s ki S F B 

R lst L t Hornung N R B 

, . . 

, , , . T/Sgt Ssymik E R 

G T/ . , . 

Sg't Thomas Q 

. 

YY R 

, . . 

S/ Sg t . Ki m D G 

T/ Sgt Roun i 

. 

. . 

s G T G 

, . . 


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B 

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y t - o gb - [ .- 2 - - . - L 

2nd Lt . Hanr,a , 

I C 

, 

P l 

. 

st Lt 

. 

Bi t t er , 

I W 

. , 

P F 0 Jone s i 

, . 

E 

2nd Lt Sheet . 

. s , 

R 

. 

L 

. 

CP 2nd Lt 

. 

Burt a, J A CP 

. . 

F/ Hndson , 

C 

S/Sgt . 

. 

Trevethan , 

G 

. 

R 

. 

B lat Lt 

. 

Collins P 

, 

A N 

. . 

SfSgt Sm . ith , P , F 3 Sgt . 

. 

Pelkey , 

J R R 2 

. . 

nd Lt Heit 

. man, O C B T/Sgt 

. . 

Cl 

. ark , 

T 

. 

J 

S/Sgt , 

. 

Camagng C F G 

, . . 

Sgt Sc . hmidt B E R 

, . . 

Sgt 

. 

Aannon , 

R P 

Sgt 

, . 

. 

Bruhl man O 

, 

C G 

. . 

T/ Sgt 

. 

Burt 

, 

li C 3 

. . . 

RF= I S : 0 ] . y average bomMng resul t s . Accurat e , moderat el y i nt ense f l ak cauaed oz:e 

3gOth aircraft to land in the wa ter 25 niles after the target . Also , Lt . Jamea Fleming 

Co- Pi l ot of e; l , 2Sth ai r cra f t was a t al ] . y i n u r ed . Al l t hr ee of our ehi pa i n t he l st 

elemen t received hits . 

No ene aircraft attacked . 

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23 Auguist 1 ,, 3 

Squadr on ti . s ai on # 109 Gr aup BQi eai on # 11 ,, 6 

Ta k e Off 11 :40 Flig ht 36 B - 25'B 

Tar g et 13 :55 Eacort 28 P - 51 s , 

Dom 16 :03 Bomb Load: 6 x 500 

Total Ti e: ! Hrs . 23 Mi . n . 

8 P - J + 0 e 

Bam b s Droppe d : 10(6 z 500) , 30 , OOG# 

Total Sorties: ?! ? Average Altitude: 8 , 650 . 

Wea 

_ , ther: Haze en raute . 

Good viaibility at the target rith 1 /10 

, 

evma l us at 6 , 500 Peet . 

C R E W S 

lst Flight 

l 

, 1 . ' - N 1 , , 

1- 0 - 0 

lst Lt 

, ar1oR , 

J 

. 

F P 2nd 

. 

Lt 

. 

Durgin J 

, . 

L P 

. 

Capt 

. 

Cometh I 

,. 

CP 2nd Lt 

. 

Dusek 

, 

E P CP 

. . 

l st Lt 

. 

Forbes , 

k 

. 

L N Sgt 

. 

. 

Dat y , 

J K B 

. , 

l at Lt 

. 

Fayard O E B S/ 

, . . 

Sgt Shapfs . o , 

d L R 

. . 

T/Sgt Bndde f H R S/Sgt Bl 

. , , , 

. ackahire J R G 

, . . 

S/Sgt White J E G 

. , . . 

- S 1 0 2 - -1 061 - R 

F 0 Cook 

, 

1V E 

. . 

P Capt 

. 

Al e vder , 

W T P F 0 wi 

. . rt h T F 

. . 

2nd Lt 

. 

Weaver C H CP 2n , , . 

d Lt . Baisch J M CP 2nd Lt Boaton , . . 

. , 

J W 

, , 

S/ Sgt 

. 

Mi cks H B B l 

, , . 

st Lt 

. 

Col l i n9 V 

, 

A N S/ Sgt 

, . 

. 

Mi l l er , 

F C 

. . 

T/ Sgt St 

. arne s C B A 2nd 

, . . 

Lt 

, 

i t hr vw J B B T/ Sg , . . 

t . Swanson , 

W M 

, . 

S / Sgt 

. 

George , 

W C G 

. , 

T/ Sgt 

. 

Foderaro , 

A 

. 

R PQt 

. 

Pontet 

, 

E A 

. . 

S/Sgt Nayronne C 

. , 

A G Cpl Scott I D 

. . . , . , 

2nd Flight 

- Q 

- R 

2nd Lt Kreuzkamp P J P 

. , . , 

nd Lt Samson G D P 

. , . . 

2nd Lt Stoeber L k CP 2 

. , . . 

ad Lt Burlingame J H CP 

. , . . 

2nd Lt Victor J G N z 

. , . . 

nd Lt Schutte W G B 

. , , . 

2nd Lt Leasure O B B S/Sgt Jereb V R 

. , . . 

. , . 

S/ 

. Pel key J R R S/ Sgt De 

, . . 

. e s P G 

, . 

Mayhew , 

W B 

. . 

G Cpl . Punm i l l , E AP 

. 

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, 

P 

CP 

B 

R 

G 

AP

P a e 2 uadr on 1[i 

_ 

2 

- P 

2nd I t 

, 

Donnavan G 

. 

M 

, . . 

2nd Lt Rams . ey T U 

, . . 

S / Sg t Roger . e L C 

, . . 

T / Sgt Dittmar . , 

F A 

. . 

S / Sgt Bawden S T 

. , . . 


i on # l Os . 

, ; 

- N 2 - 2 00 - 0 

P l s t Lt . Dent on R D P 2nd Lt Da , . . 

. . 

ul e y C G P 

, . . 

CP F/ 0 lldi t ch el l L C CP 2a d Lt Yw , . . 

. 

n g C A CP 

, . . 

B 2nd Lt Opek 

. . a J N 3 

, . 

f Sg t Campbel l W B B 

. , . . 

R 2nd Lt Colleton . 

J C B Sgt 

. . . 

Rea W L R 

, . . 

G T / Sgt PotolsDgr G R Cpl Sentlin 

. , . 

. gar, C W G 

. . S Sgt U9111er F E G 

. , . . 

: No fl ak no t ighters , no bomb strikes on the target . 

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GR6Z7 , NI SE EO E , 

I TAL Y 

26 Augns t ! , 3 

Squadr on Nti asi on 110 Gr oup Ni s si on l . 1 ,, 7 

Ta k e Of f 11 t2 5 Fl i g ht 36 B - z5 !e 

Target 13: 30 EBCOrt 36 P - 36 e 

Donn 15:25 Bomb Load: 6 x 500 

Tot al Time: 1 Hrs . D i9in . 

Bomb a Droppe d : 3(6 x 500) , 9 , 000 

Tot a l Sort i es : ?50 Average Al t i t wde : 10 , 1 50 . 

Neather: 6/10 atra to-cumulua cloud coverage at the target , 

- M 

F 0 Jones W E 

, , . 

F/0 Hudson C 

. 

3/3gt 

. 

Smith P 

, 

F 

. . 

T/Sgt 

. 

Clark T J 

, . . 

Sgt 

, 

fl a . nnon , 

R P 

, . 

. 

C R E WS 

' lst Flight 

- 21 8 - E 

P 2nd Lt 3amaon G D P 

. . , 

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S/Sgt Bozovic . h , M . L . 

: Th e a b ove three crews Were spares and filled in . 

Flak : Slight . 

Etlemy AircraPt: 6 - 8 obeerved in the distance . They did not attack . 

Results: Bomb strikes on NYI and SE ends of the airdrome observed . Coaplete 

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Bamba Dropped : 12 t6 Y 500 

Total 3ortiee: 762 /lverage Altit u d es 10 050 . 

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B r Cap t . Rober t Pezn ber t on , Observer in the 9th 3hip , l at 18 . 

The Briefing was aalled for 9:00 for the Navigators and Bombar diere , and 9 s15 for the Pilots and Co-Pilots . 

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Beaides the reguler check of the tlimaies Air- , Sea Reaeue and I F F instructions . . , , 

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t he Co g-, uni cat i ons Of f i cer advi sed t he l at ai c ai rcraf t on meki ng r gport s vn ene ' 

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shippiag Capt Cole . . gave hia usuel preciae weath®r report in detail Lt Cul 

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Gr onp Operat i ons Of f i cer , st r eased t he necesai t y f or keepi ng 

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ca u ee Tlie . enemy f l ak pos i t i ona and f i glit er st r ength wer e gi Tea hy t he S- 2 Of f i cer 

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wf t h t h e warni ng , 

f or t h e gurmer e , 

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t h a t t he enen , q ai rcraf t i n t he vi ci ni t y of t he 

t arget were both nua erous and aggresive . Col . Hunter cavered all det aile of the 

aisaioa th orvag hly an d or d ere d th e lower turre t a down at th e s t ar t of the d in b . 

The 36 B-25's stnrted takin8 off at 10a00 haurs oined uP srhile cird in8 the 

field 

, an d at 11s00 hours and 3 300 feet 

, altitude started on caurse in a cloe® form- 

a tion , with th e si c apares, none of w hic h were needad , close b . The .eatber pre- 

dictiona proved accurate and nothing caused the flight to alter ita 30° canr'ee to the 

msinland North of Naplee . 

. 

Thirtq-sevea minutes out , on the deck , ai . g s worle were aesn ia the water wh3ah 

might have been nade by a crash - diving sulsoarine , 

, 

Bo tt om turre t s were lowere d an d the climb was s tar t ed a t 12 :13 . All our a ircraft 

were in good forma tion , c lim bing 500 to 550 feet per ninute a t 170 mil ea per 

ho ar . 

At 1 2 s1 , 0 s mal l bl ack puf f a of f l ak andf or s el f e=pl . adi ng aanaon s hel l a wer e 

aesn bnrating 100 yards to onr leFt at cur e . ct altitude ; 6 iteil 9 's were attacking - ' 

th e rear of aur forioa tion and th ree more were spira ling up from below . One oP aror 

aircra f`t caught fire in th e left engine and peeled o f ; seconds l a ter fire b ro k e out 

in the rfght engine of Capt . Benne th Y . Jobnson s ship and as the 50 'e crac ked ont 

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and tracers flew towards the attacking ene 8lrcraft two , chntes were seen to open 

from Job naon s plane . 

The Yire apread whi le the . plane flew streig ht aad level; the 

ri ght pr op was f eat her ed t hen just 

, 

bef or e t he a ir craf `t f eh of f wi t h t he f i r e 

covering the wingt one more chut e opened 

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The attacks continued fro® l 6 $ 

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12 0'clock thirty , or more in all ia , , it they met th® concentrated fi 

. re of our gunnere 

who were s 

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hooting in earnest 

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Ae the target came into view , th e s hi p8 level e d out be hind Capt , alter E . Codd - 

fngton , the ba®b b ay doore opene d , and jus t a fter the 8 - 25 s from the 321at Graup 

crosaed below us , a t 12 : 1 6 , our b ombs were away , There waa little visual observation 

of the bomb atrik®s , b ut p h otos later showed xcuch destruction to the track age, parr 

ticul arly at b oth c bake points , and heavy black amoke comi . ng fram the repair s h ops . - 

The formation turned right and a ade a gra d ual dive whicb t oved the air - speed 

i ndicators up to 260 miles per h our. Ten minutes later another right turn was made 

and at 12:SB we crosaed th e coas t South of Salerno "to the deck" trith more flak Prom 

th® vic . nity of Ba ttipaglia /D burating off to one sfde , i 

Our escort of 26 P-38 from the 82nd Fighter Group rejoined us here after a Pree 

far all iu which they destroyed one 109 d 

, e, magea two others-and unquestionably 

kept me . ny a German pilot from press ng home his attack 

. 

Th e return trip was uneventlU 1 , alth augh tRO pilot s a topped of a t Sicily to 

re e l , and 31 itehells buszed the field and landed a t 1ha , 2 , 

® the interrogation progressed more and more claims for deatruction d enemy 

aircraft came and were verified 

, until the total came to 13 Ie- 109 s 1 Re- , 24d1; and 

one hos t i l e P- ! 

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0 de s t r oy e d and 3 Me -1 0 9 ' s and 1 ] a - 202 prob abl y des t r o3ed Th 

. r e e of 

our bomb ers of the 379th Squadron are miasing . 

Cl ai ms f or t he de t r uc t i on of enemy a i rcraf t by gunnere of t he 3gl et uadron 

are s e f ol l ows : 

Claime for probable deatruction : 

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T/ Sgt 

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Cl ark 

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1 lle -109 S/ Sgt 

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Camsgna C 

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1 Me-109 S/ Sgt . Si gaf ooa J 

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Sqnadr on ti ss i on f 112 Gr attp h i ssi on l , 1 ,. 9 

Take Off 09s 50 Flig ht 60 8 -, 25' s 

Tar get 12 s19 Escar t ! r 8 P - 38 ' s 

Down 1! *:30 Bamb Lo$ d : 6 x 500 

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Tot al Sor t i ee : ?78 g rer age Bl t i t nde s 10 1 00 

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W t Heavy cumulus lox atio s araund the e3rdrawe during take ot`f , 

but CAW et the target . 

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Hickman J G N 

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T/3gt 

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Starnes , 

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ilithrow J B B 

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Geor ge l 

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T / Sgt 

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Foder ar o A R 

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Sgt 

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Dusek E P 

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1Parreti D B CP 

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Dougl 

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Forbes R L N 

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Sgt . Doty , 

J R 8 

T/ Sgt . . 

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Por t er , 

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Fayar d , O . E B S/ Sgt Sh 

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2nd Lt Shee . t a ft L CP Znd Lt gurt 

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. ngame J H CP 

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revethan G R B lat Lt Collins V A N 2nd Lt Sc 

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Lichtenstein , 

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Camagna , 

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Schmidt 

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2nd Lt Dauley C G P lst Lt Denton R D P 2nd Lt 

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Donnowsn G M P 

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. 2nd Lt Young C A CP F/ 0 Mi t chel l 

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3/Sgt Cemp . bell , W . B B 2nd Lt Opeka J N S/Sgt Roger® L C B 

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J C B T/ Sgt Di t t 

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C W G T/Sg . , t . Potolaky G R S/Sgt Boniden S T G 

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g/Sgt Ida , ] . one , E . B , r B 2nd Lt L 

. easure, O B B S/Sgt 

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Smith P F B 

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S/ ggt Mar . shburn J T R Sf Sgt Shoemaker C D R T/ 3g 

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Sgt Lyan J R G Sgt 

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t . Hannon R P 

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heavy f1 ak , plua a lot oF light flak Rhich fell ahar t . 

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