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This story starts as I arrive a Moses Lake, Washington. The operational training base for the new combat crews. This was the late spring of 1943.
I had previously graduated from Radio school at
Scott Field, Illinois. I had previously graduated from
the Gunnery School at Harlingen, Texas. We were here
to organize our flight crews, and start on an incredible
journey which proved to be a lifetime of excitement
and experience compressed into a time period of a
few months.
The story of these events is written in the following pages, much has been forgotten over the past many years. The only guide I have, except for my memories,
is a diary I kept while flying combat missions.
Only a small portion of the experiences can be written here. Our personal conversations and actions may be referred to only briefly, as personal choices must be respected. I have no right to explain or comment on
the private conversations and actions of the men involved here.
Just to say “we were a great crew” will have to suffice in
a non-personal commentary. As we flew these many hours in training and in combat, we developed a certain friendship and respect for each member of our crew.
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