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We wa nted th is book t be dedica ted t o th s e ho have died

s o gallan tly . B ut dea th is a f lna l word ; it m eans a ces sati on of

be i ng , and t h e boys wh o ha ve f a iled to ret urn cert a in ly are not

u th a t cat egory .Th ey are s till arouud

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m ent s are to ld and ret o ld daily .The ir laughs s till ech o.

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ha ve but gone on a res t leave n d will re t rn t h e m iddle of n ext

week,

broke a nd ye l ng for t he ir m a I t was a l ays so - - it w ll

a lways be th at wa y .Old s old iers never die .

So we will dedicate t h is bo k to t hose m en but not i n a

s olem n or tra gic m an ner.Th ey a re fighte r pilot s an d p roba bly

wouldn 't s t an d for it .



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To record a nd pri nt a ll t he advent ures a nd inc iden ts be fa lli ng a figh er

auadron would be an im poss ib le t ask. Durin g th e mon ths of com bat our ad -

ven t ures ha ve been so varied th at an at tem pt to recollect our battle s a nd

m oves , our dif feren t and outst an di ng personalitie s , the tn a ny won derf ul

s tories born wi th in the ran ks , would require e nd less pa ges of des cription .

I t was m y origi na l in ten tion th at t h is publ cation would be writt en f or

th e wives and fam i es of in en of th ls Squadron wh o ha ve so ga llan tly g iven

the r li ves in t he figh t • I h oped to gi ve t he ir fam li es som et hin g m ore ta n -ible th an just im pe rs onal le t ters to repay , even in a sm all wa y ,

the sacri-i ce t hey h ave m ade .

B ut to th e m en- both pilots an d round crews- wh o

orked s o t ire le s ly for th e s uccess of t he Squadron , we a lso owe m an y

th a nks .We h ave com e a lon g wa y .

I ns t ead of t he old P -40 Warha wk we are n ow

flying th e P -47 Th un derbolt , t he bes t any Arm y can of fer f or dive bom bin g

and s traf in g .Ins tead of c lash es wit h h ordes of Germ an a nd I ta lia n a ircraf t

,ve now see an occas ion al s urprised Messers ch m idt or spot a lone G erma n

Jet Fi gh ter f lyin g h igh above our f orm at ion . om ten ts and m uddy f ox -h ole s , we are now li v n g i n bui ldin gs and h ote ls . From eatin g C rat ions f rom

m ess l nes , we now eat good food erved by It a an s i nortn as . Som e t hi n gs

rem ai n forever th e s ame .T he o ld me n of t h e out fit still sit and rem i ni sce

a bout wh en "it was to ugh " in Egypt and the Desert .It was a lways "rough "

before .Yes , we h a ve com e a lon way .

Many wi ll be ca lled upon to contin ue th e high t raditions of t he Squad-r n in th e P ac ific . As long as th e n am e "Exterm in at nrs " rem ain s in active

s ta tus , you m ay be cert a in th at it will always be kn own as the m os t colorf ul

; quadron in th e Air Corps .CHARLES C. LEAF,

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C L)l C j JO • •Early in Jan uary 1941 t h e Arm y Air Coc•ps whee ls be gan to turn and a

Iew days la ter when t he s moke h ad cleared a new P urs uit Group had beenf orm ed

.This u t , t hen ca l led t he f t y- Seventh P ursuit G roup, was des -

t in ed to play a leadi ng and a unique ro le in th e his tory of t h e Un ited St at es

rm y Air Forces .Th e act iva tion took place at Mitehe ll Fie ld

,New York on Jan ua ry 15, a nd

t he person ne l were taken from severa l s ources .A n um ber of key m en f rotn

th e Eight h gh ter Group f ormed t he Six ty - S ix th Squad ron cadre .Many

of t he m en were )' ew Yorkers jus t back f rom aircra ft m ech an ics technical

s ch ool , rarin g to go to work ; m any oth ers came f rom t h e Lone S tar St ate

wh ere th ey h ad been crew n g Arm y t ra in in g ai rcraf t.

Des pit e t he ir in itia l

c las hes , m a y of which cropped up wh en someone s a id th at t he Em pi reS tate was be t ter th an Texas , th e Squadron began t o ass um e th e s em blan ce

of a we ll - ba lanced unit .At Wi ndsor Locks ,

Cnn necticut- h a lfway bet wee n Hartford an d Spring -f ie ld , Mass ach use t t a new airfie ld was be ing const ruc t ed to base t h e Fif t y -Se ve nth Group .

It was to be bui lt in th e t obacco section of Con nectic ut-a revo lut ion ary idea in several res pec ts .

Th e lan ding s tri ps , h angars , and

ins t a lla tions were cleverly cam ouflaged, and from t h e air the entire area

resem bled one of t he m any su rroundin tobacco f arm s .In Augus t the Group

m oved int o its new hom e, and a ft er rece ivin g addit iona l basic personne l w as

ready to go o work-Th e Sixt y - Six t h Squadron h ad th e ran d tot a l o f four a ircraf t . three

P - 40s and one two - plar.et ra iner.

I n t h ose peace f ul days aircra ft gaso lin eand am m unit ion were scarce and fligh ts were m ade f or tra in in g and gun -nery- f ar from a n in te nse schedule . Th e big ques tion in everyone 's m ind

was ,"When are we going t o get some aircraf t "; a nd th e general opin on

was th at a ll P - 40s bein g bui lt were be in g sh ipp d to Ch in a for Genera l Chen -nau lt 's "Flyi ng igers ."

if e on th e bas e was dull and m on otono us but t hc t wo cit le s o f Hart ford

a nd S prin gfie l d becam e a l ure t o everyon e durin g of f - duty h ours . Th enum erous ins urance firm s in Hart ford employed th ous ands of irls , a nd

m ost o t h e me n in t h e Squadron were wined an d din ed ni gh t ly by th eup - to - t hen lone ly quee ns .

On several occasion s ,dan ces sponsored by th e

, various i nsura nce com pa es were h eld i n t he exc l us ive Hart ford Club an d

- the F f t y - Se ven t h Group virt ua lly h e ld th e key to th e city .Sum m er fa ded in to aut um n an d th e m an euvers be gan .

The Grou p

, aircraft le f t th e ba e (now called B radley Fie ld a nd h eaded tow ard Rtver-

1 side ,Calif orni a .

Enrou te ,inc lem ent weath er brough t d s aste r t o t he for -

m at ion and on ly two out of t wenty- f ive a ircraf t reach ed th e destin ation .A group of A- 20 m edium bom be rs lew into B radley F eld from Savannah

,G eorgi a Ai r B ase a nd m an y oi th e Six ty -S ix t h 's f gh t m ech ani cs ass is ted i nt he ir m ain tena nce t o escape the enforced idlen e s .

Th e ris ing tens ion i n t he P aci fic com m an ded everyon e 's a tt en tion an d

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th e m en : everywh ere n ative l abor crews were s tac kin g im me nse piles o f

Am erica n corned b ef , workin g un de r foremen wh o carried lon g ,black

whips whi ch t h ey used f ree ly on th e go ldbric ers . T he s tores of t in ned

tneat were t rem endous ,but n o one in t he S uadron re a l zed t h at in t he year

to com e ,th e m en them se lves would cons um e a large percen tage of t hose

.t hous n ds of cas es .

A day la ter th e m en were on th eir w ay to Pale st in e ,t rave li n g v ia

r gyptian Rai lways- a n experic ce unpara lle led anywh ere . The seats in t he

rn isn am ed coach es were si m ila r t o Am erican park bench es , which were

cert a in ly not built for com fort.

Af ter th ree days of ounc in g th rough coun -

ry ra ngi ng f rom en dless Egyptian Desert t o citrus grove covered Holy La nd

pla ins , t h e Squadron reach ed its cam p area at Be it Da ras , Pa les tin e on

Augus t 19,

1942.

Waitin g th ere for th e pas t t h ree weeks were t he "Lucky 42"

wh o com pris ed t he air eche lon .Th eir t rip via Pan American Airways was a

t uris t 's drea m ,flyin g by Cli pper over Brazi l an d the heart of Af rica in a

te n day trek en di ng in P ales t lne . T he reunion of t•h e two part ies t h at

Evening lasted far in to th e n ight .Orien ta tion fo llowed during th e n ext f ew weeks : dri ll

, rif le prac tice ,an d routi ne dutic s , whi le t h e Squadron 's P - 40 alrcra f t f lew trai ni ng missi onsf rom th e s t rip near camp .

Everyon e was p roud of th e epic - m aking t rip th e

plan es had m ade when th ey were carried across the At lan tic and launch ed

from t he f li ght deck of th e Navy's "R n ger." R um ors concern in g th e dis-posi tion of th e unit were ple ntif u l,

but t he genera l opin on was t h at the

Squadron , wh en prope rly acc lim ated, would f ly wit h t he Roya l Air Force i n

F gyp t.

Mean whi le t h e m en learned e veryt hi ng about li vin g fn th e fie ld .No

provision had been m ade for Am erican rations or s uppli es an d t he B rit i h

rations were h ardly com pa rable t o garris on rat ion s back in the St ate s .Th e

Squadron cooks did t he ir be st to cam ou flage t h e few st aple item in to t as tydis h e , and everyone rega in ed t he weigh t los t comi ng overseas as we ll as

acquirin g a h ea lt h ful s un tan . Durin g t he ir of f - dut y d ays m an y of t h e

m en m ade t ri ps to some of th e fa m ous towns in th e Holy Land : Jerus ale m .Hai fa , Te l -Avi v ; and prac t ica l ly every af ternoon a tru ck le f t c m p t o dr ivel n m iles to th e Medite rra nea n f or s urf - bat hin g e.n

t h us ias ts .Fi na lly on Augus t 27 , m os t of the t ech nici ans an d m ech ics le f t P al -

e tine in B - 24 Liberators an d se t up at Mariut , a s uburb of Alexandria ,lr ypt .

Unde r th e guida nce of t he RAF .t he S uadron pilo ts learn ed form a -

t lon an d com ba t ta ctic s in th e sky , wh ile preparin g for act ual en gagem en t

with th e powerf ul Luf tw af fe . On Sept em r 16, t h e res t o f th e Squadron

oved from Pales t ine an d th e unit se t up at t he base about t wen ty m les

uth of Alexandria .The procedure of bui ldi n g an airi ie ld ln t his count ry was unique .

One- of the numerous leve l areas n ear a high way was sim ply m a rked off by gas -

lin e drums at each of th e four corners , a wi nd s ock was erec t ed , and t hefie ld was ready for bus in ess .

Th e Squ adron ten t area covered a considera ble

am ount of s pace due to t he d spersa l o f th e ten ts . To concen trate an th ing

h ere - - rcra i t , gaso li ne , am m unit ion or person ne l- we to in vit e dis as ter.

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T e Blue Move O er!

When the bettor s id "Bet onc Pound" no one rea zed that lt wasn't adollar but rather four times that amount .

Th e Squadron w as un der th e adm in is tra ti ve con tro l o f th e 9th U . S . A rForce but under t he operat iona l com m a nd of th e fam ed e ert Air Force .Thi was t h e first Am e ica n fight er group to go in to com bat in t he dese rtand th e Group mot to " irs t in th e B lue " re fers to th at fact in B ritls h s lanby wh ich " blue " m ean t t he Wes tc rn De e rt , ra th er th an t he Am erican con-n ot ation of th e word

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., at t hat tim e dw arfed by t he powerfuli .uf twa ffe , h ad a t wo- fold m iss on : to elim in ate t he enem y Ai r Force a nds im ul ta neous ly s upport t he B rit is h Eigh th Arm y on t he groun d. A b t terprovin g ground for a Tact ica l Ai r Force t ha n Af rica could not h ave beeni ound. Here , we re a ll t he e lem en ts of th e greater bat tle s to be f ought la ter ,and th e m is t akes m ade here would n ot be too cos t ly .

MaJor Ch arles R . "F uzzy" Fairlam b was the Squadron Com m ander dur-ing th is period and h is un t iring ef forts se t a criterion for a ll to fo llow. Hiswas t h e tas k of teach in h is pilo ts t h e necess it y f or close f orm a tion andfight er es cort an d t o learn t h e peculiarities of Germ an planes an d t h e irwea kn ess es . Flyin g m is s ion n um ber on e on Augus t 31, 1942

,th e Squ adron

soon f e ll into t h e s win of a we ll co - ordinated un it an d by t he t ime th eof fens ive a t El Alam ein began ,

th e Six ty - S ix t h Squadron w as ready .On e great problem was t he n ecess ity of keepin g up wi th a fas t m uvin g

fron t . T he RAF h ad perf ect ed a un ique plan a nd taugh t t h e Yan ks itselem en ts .

Th e procedure was s im ple an d ef fect ive .The Squadron woul d be

s plit i nto h a lves wit h an equal n um ber of in ech an ics , arm orers , radio tech -n ic ians , cooks , t ruck drivers an d s o f orth in each p arty . The part y wh ich

would m ove f orward f irs t would be call ed " " party , th e rea r ech clon "B "

- party .As s oon as t he ground forces s ecured a s it e for a for ard airf ield

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part y w s to m ove forwa rd, carry in g h alf o th e Squadron 's equipm en t an dra tions , to es t ablis h servic in g fac ilit ies on t he n ew airfleld . Mean wh ile th e

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t rucks ep t u terva ls o f one h un dred ya rds be tween th em so that an enem y

s t raf in g a i rcra ft would n ot accoun t for t h e dest ruc tion of too m an veh ic les .All t he pers on ne l ridin g at op the t rucks kept th e ir rifles a t h an d for su ch an

occurrence an d every fifth vehie le m ount ed some kin d of m ach n e gun

aga ins t a t tack g a ircraft .I t w as ext remely da ngerous to st ray f rom th e

road or track, as G erm an Te ller Min es were planted every h ere . Alt h ough

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m ovin g convoy ,it would sudden ly blow up in a geyser of s m oke af ter h it tin g

a m in e - and dis courage an y furt her s hort - c t s around t h e con voy .At night th e con voys st opped lon g t he road an d t h e m en t ried to e t

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- cot ou t in t h e open , Je rry a ircraf t o ft en dropped flares a .lon g t he road an d

s t raf ed an y concen t ra tion of veh ic les observed. One n igh t in al f aya Pass ,on the Egypt - Llby a border,

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_Six ty - Six th 's con voy and everyon e adm i ted Lh at th e m ulti - co lored t racer

bullet an d ant i- a ircraf t bursts m ade an a e- in piri t ,t hough deadly ,

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t h e m ove could not be foun d.

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Gen era l St ricklan d s a id t ha t th eF if t y- Sevent h would be em pioyed in t h e Tu n ian Cam p aign , and th e m en

gritt ed t h e ir t ee th and m oved wes tw ard.

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part y cross ed in to Tunisia on March 2, an d alt h ough th ey se t up cam p d ep

in side the border, a Ger an counter- at t ack f rom th e Mareth Lin e forced

th em t o re treat over 40 m iles to Ben Gerdane .A f ew weeks la ter th e Squadron was flyi n g f rom El Dj em L. G an d on

April 18 m ade t he f am ous "Palm Sun day Mas s acre ." Th e F ift y - Seven th

Group in t en m nu tes sh ot dow n t he as toun d g tota l o f s even ty- f ive Germ an

aircra ft f or t he loss of s x Wa rh awks .This ex m ple of Y n kee plan e - t rading

broke t h e arch of t he aeria l bridge over wh ich t he Germ an s were supply ingt hc Afrika Korps- w hich w as like pum p n g blood in to a corpse .

Th e"Ext erm in a to rs " account ed for t he dest ruct ion o 25 a rcra i t an d dam aged11 oth ers .

T hat n ight t he In t ell igen ce Sec tion worked unt il m idnigh t t o

s ort out th e c la im s , and a party w as la id on t h at will never be forgot ten .T wen t y- five da ys af ter t h e P alm Sunday Mass acre th e Ax is in Africa s ur-rendered.

Th e Fi fty - Seven th was ordered to prepare for t he im pending in va isi ono f Europ e , w it h S ic ily as t h e f irs t s tepping -s t one , an d `'A" pa rt y m oved toB ou G rara .

L. G ., Tuni ia , t o wa ter- proof veh icles an d equipm ent for a n

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j eep or t ra iler. and th e m en in t he S quadrons oon were rid in g around in e igh t- cy lin der reco n aiss ance cars an d Renault

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in g w it h co ld fo r t h e fir s t t im e in yea rs . Af t e r t wo h ot s u m m er s ,fir s t in

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c lot h in g wh ich. a l t h ou gh h a r d ly r egu la t ion ,

kep t h im wa r m .On on e m ission ove r Y ugosla via t h e "E xt e r m in a to r s " up ped t h eir t ot a l

o f v ict or ies by dest r oy in g s ix St u k a d ive bom ber s in a fa st f ive m in u t es of

a c t ion ,t h es e be in g t h e fir s t en em y a i rc r a ft des t•oyed ove r Yu gos la v ia by

a n Am er ican f igh t e r un it . Lieu t en a n t W illiam P . Ben ed ict , on e of t h e m os t

co lor fu l [igu r es in t h e un it ,]ed t h e m is ion a n d d est r oyed on c of t h e J U - 87s

h im s e lf. T h e n ext da y Ge n e r a l Doolit t le decor a t ed seve r a l of t h e G r ou p 's

p ilot s .On c of t h e Squ a d r on 's ou t s t a n d in g p ilo ts , Lieu t en a n t Ch a r les C .

Lea f, r ece ived t h e h igh ly cove t ed D is t in u is h ed F lyin Cr oss du r in g t h e

, ce r em on y .. Aft e r a s uccess f u l s u m m er of ope r a t ion s u•it h ou t a s in g le a ir m a n lost

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sever a l p ilo t s wer e lost in a ct ion ove r t h c h ea vily de fen d ed en em y t er r it o r y .

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year a ld policy which h ad s tipula ted th at t he enl s ted personn e l could h ave

n o liquor on Ch e pos t .He gave th e m en perm is s ion t o h ave bar in t he Glub

ten t an d t hey built a bar wh ich was a work of art .Th new T hunderbolts f lew several s h akedown m is sions w ith t h e n ow

obs o les cen t P - 40s and on one of t hem t h e Squadron Ope rations Off icer.Firs t Licutcnan t Leaf , s hot down a Mess ers ch m id t 109, th e s ix ty - secon d ai r-c r a f des t royed by t he 'Ex term in at ors ." Ch ris t m as D ay the Squad ron w asre leas ed a t 1400 hours aft er t he th ird m iss ion landed

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an d th e Enli ted Men 's Ba r was open ed.

All h ad a good t im e and th e s ec -ond Christ m as foun d th e m en i n good s pirits , con fiden t t hat t k is .would beth e ir las t Yulet ide overs eas .

New Year's D ay brought ra in and a gale t ha t t ore m os t of t he tents to

s hreds and thorough ly dren ch ed everyone 's beddin g an d equipm ent . Cans

of co ld C- rations were passed out a nd com prised th e holiday m ea ls inste ad

of th e turkey an d pie din ner wh ich h ad been plan ned . Th e aircra ft fa red

t he w eat her we ll, except f or t he Squadron 's G erm an Fies]er S torch wh ich

was badly dam aged . T he f ie ld was a huge In u d puddl e w h ich can ce ll ed f ly-in g•

bu t t h e t im e was not lost as it was s pent in dry g blan ke ts and clo th tn g

a ud s e ttin g up more ten t s .Th e s now o th e moun ta ins eas t o f cam p w as an

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cam p becamc m ore elaborate , The o ff icers built a brick buildlllg which th ey

used a a com bin at ion In ess h all an d clu b, and t h e enlis ted men acqu ired

two Niesen h uts for th eir mess and recreat ion room .A war weary B- 25 was

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s upplies an d liquor for th e en tire Grou p, for a l Squadron m otor t rans porta -tion was curt ailed to com ply w ith regulat ions . Too , n o lon ger were th e m enf orced t o perform th e od ious a nd un pleasan t det a il o f kit chen police as a

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Rum ors s wept t h rough th e cam p rea like brus h fire - th e Squadronould re t urn to th e S tate s , s h ip tv Engla d, go to the Far Eas t , move back

t o It a ly , or rem ain in Corsica .A sh ort t ime ter the S uadren kn ew it was

cs capi ng the con ines of Corsica to re turn to It a ly , and at noon on Sep-lem ber 9, A Party h ad le f t the area ,

bound for a load [n g bert h ne ar Calvi .A s urpris e awai ted t hem th ere wh en ,

for th e first t i n a, t h ey boarded a shi p; an ned by t he Uni ted St ates Na vy . Loadi ng t h e org an iza ti on 's equi pm en t

t ook all eveni ng a ud at 0230 ho urs in th e m orning th e craf t le ft Cors ica ,f ee ng its wa y care f ully t h rough t he heavily m in ed waters of f t he Ca pe .Af ter an hour or t wo of rough sa ili ng ,

t he s hip se t a sm oot h pace t h roughhe "m illpon d " Mediterra nea n , an d daybreak was a pe ace f ul an d in piring

event . An unus ual t reat was af forde d th e m en . Th e t hree me ls servedaboa rd we re de li ious and nourish in g , a far cry from th e us ua l cans of coldC ration eaten duri ng every m ove .

Late in the a fternoon th e lan din g cra ft reached Piom bino , It aly , an dfter un loadi ng th eir t rucks and equipm en t ,

t he uad ron was soon drivi ngsouth over e xception a lly ood h igh wa ys to Gross e to .

It w as dark wh en t hec ity w as reached n d rat her th an ride around in circle s h unt in g t he pro-pos ed new cam psi te , th e convoy st oppcd in a fie ld an d everyon e had a re -f res hi ng s leep un der th e be autif ul s tar -s t udded s ky . In t he m orni ng t h econ voy drove a s hort dist ance a nd se t up cam p in a grov vf j ack pines ,a bout ine m iles south west o f Gross e to . Th e a irfie ld , ca lled Om brone Land -ir.g G round

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roup and a f ew days la ter t h e res t o f B Party boarded an T i n B as tiah arbor an d s a iled to I t a ly td jo in the S uadron .

The landin g fie ld a t Ozn bron e ,fl ooded a ft er every ra in , s oon becam e

a ea of m ud , de fin ite ly groun din g th e a lrcraf t . Arm y engin eers a ttem ptedt o const ruc t a dra ina ge s ys m aroun d th e fie ld but it was ev ident th t

• the strlp wuuld never he satisfactory for operational il ing. Finally onSeptember 25, the aircraft were flown to the main landing field at Grosseto.This field, still showing signs of being pummeled by the Alli ed erial as-

- ault in Northern Italy, boasted a concrete runway which facili tated flyingdespite the nightly rains .

Although t o reach t he a irf ield a ride of severa l mi le s was n ecess ary .th e Squadron re ta ined its ca m p are a at Grosse to Marin a , and t h e u ual im -provisin g and e laboratin g of recreation a l room s f ollou ed. Th e o ficers s e t

p a pre ten tious barroom in a large villa and spent m an y enj oyable h oursth ere be t ween sch edu led fligh ts . o t to be out done , t h e en s t ed m en c leanedup a nd pain ted a th ree - room h ouse n ear th eir cam p area , an d in st a lled abar an d card ta ble s .

Th e h uge f ireplace i n t he cen tra l room sent out wavesf h ea t to break t h e ch ill o i th e Aut um n evenin gs .

In stead of arm ed recon n aiss an ce o f th e Po Va lley , t he Squadron beganf ly ing c lose s upport m iss ions .

T hese ope ra tions were first used by th eDesert Air Force in Novem ber 1943

, and th e Squadron becam e adept at t hemquickly . Th e plan consis te d of a con tro]ler on t h e ground

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armored car at an adva nt ageous spot overlooking t he fron t li nes .Upon

th e approach of th e aircraf t , th e cont rol ler , ident ii yin g him se lf as "RoverJoe ," directed th em by radio t o a t arge t , eit her one of his own choice , orone given t o him by t he Arm y .

Th e results o f t h e e "Rover Jce " missfons were exce llen t . The con -t rollers w ere of ten experien ced ligh t Leaders from th e Sixt y -Si xt h whocould read ily se lec t s uit able a t arge t and determ i ne the bes t met h od ofdestroyin g i t . It soon beca me cus tom a ry to hear t he round controller s ayuve r t he radio t ran m itte r, "Good sh ow , Jackpot , you h ave h it your t ar - •ge t ." Anot h er inn ova tion was t ried w ith th e T hunderbolts .

An ex tern a lgaso n e t ank was carried under each in g filled wit h gas ol ne th ickenedt o the consis tcn cy of j e lly .

Two ign iters ins ured t he burn in of th e de adly m ixture upon i m pactwi th t h e ground and t he f l m es roared 50 feet in th e a ir com ple te ly con um -in g an ythin g in th e large burnin g area . Th is e f f ecti ve weapon , ca lled aF ue l T an k In cendiary Bom b

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, m eas ura ble va lue in driving the erm an s f rom the ir G oth ic L n e pos t on s .As ide from its des t ruct ive power , t he bom b had a dem ora lizi n g e ff ect onenem y personne l

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person ne l an d wit h Rome on ly h undred mi le s sout h of th e fie ld m a ,y of

t he m en were a ble to enj oy t h e splen dors of th e Eterna l Ci ty .T h e a t o -

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expres sed a desire to re turn t o Rom e af ter the war. Ra iny weathe r h am -

. ered op ra tions con siderably and th e cam p area was a f oot decp i u m ud .om etim es t he aircraf t braved cloudy weat her over th e base ouly to find

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as a da n orth of Gross e to broke and flooded th e ent ire valley . Th e Si xty -Six th cam p area was iso la ted an d by m idni gh t of Novem ber 2, the grou nd

tvas inu ndated One of th e m en ,Sta f f Serg a nt Geor e Coyle , p rocured a

f is h in g boat , an d by riggin g up a cable crossi ng po wered by a t ruck winch,

: s ist ed in evacuat in g e veryon e f rom th e flooded area . The cam p area waabandoned a nd the o ficers ave up the ir vi llas on th e beach

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.Leaf flew h is two h undred th mi s ion ,

the great es t .t um ber f lnwn by an y pilo t in th e Group an d one oi th e hi gh est records inth e th ea er, des troyi ng a ra ilroad bridge n ear Cit tacle lla wit h his expe rt divebom bing .

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it ua ti on m aps sh owin g t he dl posi tio of a ll arm ies i n Europe and th eAllied s it uation in the Pacif ic . Th ese maps were chan ged daily and m an y of

th e Squadron and Group pers on ne l dropped in every day for a look a t th e"big pict ure" and a few m i nutes of exp lanat ion o th e pha es of curre nt

r a t egy .Aircraf t recogni tion con tests were h e ld t o uncover t he ch ampion

non g t he pilo ts an d t he cei li ng o t he room w as covered wit h m inia t ureircraf t in f li ght . Here was the meetin g place wh ere each day 's e i forts we re

r corded an d t abula ted f or h igher h eadqua rters and f or pos terity .Th e Arm y began t o s t ress "In form at ion an d Educat ion " program s , t o

ins ure t h at every m a u kn ea wh at he w as figh t in g f or an d w hat his pos t - warproblems would be . Wee kly t a l ks on curren t even ts an d War Departm en tfil s becam e com pulsory an d th e m en soon adm it ted t h ere was a lot m oret o t h e war t h an ust m aint ain in g an aircraf t . The Squadron or an ized abas et ba ll t eam whi ch th rash ed every com pet i or In G rosse o an d wen t onto f in is h high am on g th e w inn ers in t he North I ta ly Lea gue , as p oo f t h at t he

ix ty - S ix th w as on top in s ports as well as in com bat.

D urin g t h e las t f ew weeks of w in ter, t he rout in e four and five da ly

, m iss ion s to th e G erm a n "Li fe - lfn e" t arge ts becam e mon oton ous and eve yoneh oped th at th e lon g- aw aited Allied spring off ens ive would open soon .S om etim es locom ot ive hun tin g was f ruit fu l

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res erve of ]ocom otives .On severa l occas i n s th e Squ adron w as ca lled upon

to escort m edium bom bers deep in to Aus tria , an d despit e t he dist an ce to t hetarge t an d back, th e Ext erm in ators n ever lost on e of t h e ch arges un der th e irprotection.

Th e F ift h Arm y of f ens ive began ea rly in April, a. d th e Six ty - S ix t h flew

t en m iss ion s da y , st rik in g en em y com m and pos ts an d h eavy art i ery ,pos it ion s preparatory to t he groun d troops p us h . Th e f i h t line becam e a .bee - hive of ac tiv ity f rom dawn t o dus k every day , an d th e groun d crews , aswell as t h e pilot s , worked wit h renewed vigor, s timula ted by t h e fact t h att heir work was s h owing an gible res ults . All oth er Squadron activit ie s were _sh elved wh ile the m en proved t h at t h ey could keep t he ai rcra ft operat iona ldespite t he enem y's t en acious f lak defens es .

On Apri1 21, proof w as s how n th at th e t errific cos ts in a irm en and aircra ftdurin g th e con t in uous win ter ra il in terdict ion h ad not been in vain .

Th eGerm ans in I ta ly began t h e ir wit h drawa l toward t he Aus t rian border , and

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from the ba tt le o f El Alam ein to th e capi tu -la t ion of t he enem y f orces in T unls ta a nd i n Sicily . This group, ope ratingf rom advanced landin g f ie lds d rec tly behi nd the front li nes un der t hem os t dif ficult o f desert weath er a nd terrai n condi tions , ca rried out con -tin uous and devas t a tin g di ve bom b n g and s tra fing ra ids aga ins t enem yairdrom es , round i ns t alla tion s , troops , and s upply lines , as we ll as m an yfigh er pat rol and fi

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T H IS PA G E D E CLA SSIFIED IAW E O 12958

vV1gU, Ceferlno, P. O. Box 78, Aguilar, Colo .V ent , Albert H., R . R. 1, New West M n ter, British Columbta .Vallfere , Maurice F. W., 6kowhe a , Maine.Van e, obe O., 80 Golden Hlll Ave ., G shen Orange, N. J .Vo l t e r . C a r l J r .. 346 V a n W a n e r P la c e ,

W lli is to u P a rk . L . L . N e w Y o r k .V o s b u rg h . te p h e n . , A u s ta Ho u se , A u g u s ta , M a in e .w

W a ls h , D a v 1d H ., Lo n g H tll o a d , G ro t o n , o n n .W a rd , Ed w a r tl R . , K e n a e b u n k , Ma 1n e .W e r h u t , F re d A . , Bo x 138 , Bo d e n v i lle , P e n n a .W a s se n , C h a rle c , 650 a h a t t a n A •c . ,B ro o k l y n , N c w Y o rk .estbr ok, John L., Box 448, Wich ita Fall s , Teaas.Werner. W nston H.. Lee v le , Louls la na.W e rt , W a r re n W

., R . . D . ] , Bh a m o k ln , Pe n n .W h lte ,J o se p h F . , 3 1- t5 2 4t h A ve . , As t o r la , N e w Y o rk

.W ilc o , R o be r t F., 8 r ., R o u t e 3 , W l at o a - S a le , N . C .W i ll la m s , I ll sw o r t h . J r ., 83 La fa y e tt e S t re e t , N o r w ic h 1 e w Lo a d n n ) Co n n .W a t o a , P a u l H

., R . F . D . 1, L i m to n e , a e .Wh lte , Forrest W., 3247 Jeffer on St ., Kan s Cit y. Mo .W t ner, Floyd ., Warren , New Ham psh tre .'lll am , Melvin H., 806 Myrtle St ., Parkers burg , W. Va.Werdo, Wllliaa , 177 Derby Avenue, Seym our, Conn .W ll Ua m s , Ho w a rd W ., 4 18 W . P e l a o n Av e . ,Y o u n g to w n ,

h io .W li l fa m s , M r v in L., 132 1 S p a u l d in g S t ., S an A n g e lo , T e x .'Uk n s , R e n da l l R., B o x 3 9

, W s bo ro , N.

Y.hite, Ber ard W., 1 48 8W . Colum b 8t ., Portland, Oregon .Wal , Joseph J., 80-27 246th t ., Beilerose . Lang Island. N. Y.llliam , George J ., 231 Reese 5 treet . cran ton , Penna.W ll o n , Jo h n T

. , 190 5 Ag n e s P la c , M e m p h ls , T e n n .Z

Zda n o w le z . Ed w a rd C . , 6A6 M e t ca lf S t , G e o rg e to w n , P e n a .Z u z z . S t e p h e n A . . 18 13 Av e . " T " , B ro o Klyn , N . Y .Ze 11e m , M ic h a e l , x 136 , L 1s t 1e , P a .Zim m er, Joseph P.. 6 8 N. Rur l St ., In dlanapoli , Ind .


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