| This Personal Account was received, December 11, 1999, as computer text on a “floppy” disk.
This is an 18 page account starting January 31 1943 and ending January 23, 1946 of a B-26 pilot who flew a B-26 via the southern route to the ETO; flew missions with two different Groups and was transferred to a third for return to the States after the end of WWII.
We in the Marauder Historical Society believe that every Veteran should read and heed his Forward:
I don’t read Celestine Sibley’s daily column in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution very often, but her headline on a recent article caught my eye. It said, “A great gift veterans can give their families.” A marine had written to her with a suggestion urging veterans to write about their experiences in World War II. This was to be left with their families, not for publishing, but as a legacy for future generations of the family. He went on to say that they may not be interested now, but maybe they will be later. On this note, I proceed to chronicle those days when I wanted to learn to fly more than anything I had ever wanted before.
Two formats of this accounbt are carried on this site:
A 48 K PDF file that can be downloaded
A 59 K document that is directly accessible. |