The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-17
Two SNUG nARR0l
FOR PLANES AM
men IN DlSIRE,',
BY ROBRIN co

piece e': of military real t sst,,. bly,
Its It's all Of America Y.
South, East and west,~ ~ Non,
weary wear and red-eyed for NAY A.. s'e
sleep from the monster o l,,. 4
Let's meet a few. Essay
s-Sgt. Harold Brenn,r .
ton ton Pa Pa. It's the s7th mi is Wy
our plane, and 18th for ,-l n,s d
first 7 time we've had to W. ~, Go
lwo-no, it's trip 70 u u s s'' i
we re not home yet. "'' 4
Tor Tor Cpl; R. G, eagle Of c., NJ
sllle, Fla.' and Capt. j,n S..s|
Shumate of Phoenix, Arj1 "s
It's the 18th missioa-i,
months-for End 1t. Tbon,,
King Yonkers, N. Y. He, ,a..
but eager to get on S' asl
Tinian. ''3
superfort crews aren't ,.,|
stltlous-of course not b,' ~
don't mind a few sow
charms. S-sgt, Jerome NJ p.,]
OF Brooklyn, N. Y, is custo5in
the Little Irishman," a roSs s \
charm sent the plane by Ii. "
per's wife. It's a Chinese d,r Y
nickname eing stricty "
sequitur, and-"you rub +, n
for good luck says plstkn v y
can see he's worn a BIZ 4
there" He is.
There's a thing anon, 4
crews, too, about their hat, NJ
lover is a FIRST Lieutenant i,
but the cap he wears still hn II
gold bar OF a second.
Crews of Fleet Air 1855 sal
planes prefer to fly the hot N
tors along and sometin. A.
Japan. The most unpopuls, n
is ASP anti.submarin. NJ
but almost equally dislike:
the "whitecap special" Or rem,
patrol areas where tn. men n
the sea and little else.
Planes of the wing, besides
ing in air sea rescue and in h
strikes, are out day after dr
Each crewman can count On
trip every second or third day 4
about 90 flying hours month
There is daily RECONNAISSANCE
all "neutralized'' enemy islana !
keep them that way, and then
constant strafing and bombiu
enemy shipping and coastal I'M
lations. The damage irrir
sometimes small in the daily j
rnaries, mounts up in tn. ID
picture.
1t. Cmdr. r. c. ("Buu'
ever of Ventura, Calf, a sqls
commander, goes out on N
successive missions, for i1ln
and bags six small cargo ~
six fishing craft, and thraF
boats. That's not spectaculN
hitting a warship, but il!
when a whole wing Of M
planes is working at it.
1t. (J.G.) Elmer Moore d
Antonio, Tex, goes out With
crew in a privateer ard IL
three miles off Honshu they
three japanese ships, lined
neatly for a kill. The way the
one explodes they know the ii
is gasoline or ammunition, md
other two blow up just az -
factorily. Moore, who enlisted
years ago and was shot down
Spain to be interned a year
fore com ing to the Pr
brought his plane to base MI
holes from flying debris but s'
wise safe.
1t. Robert A. Evans Of ST.
Wash. was flying a llbta'H
"hot sector" patrol, accomp'a
a privateer piloted by L. W
Walter C. Michaels.
Take it easy said Evan
Michaels by radio, 81 don't
to get knocked down on ny
flight before stateside leave
Don't worry" replied WI
els, Il don't want to &c!
on my first flight out
either" Besides, he was 'nAp
of the new baby, just one'o'
at his Coronado, Calf, ROM
The two planes were cf,
through rain squalls of :
somewhere, in fog so fN. .l.
low hey were flying l@ ~, Il,
the water, looking Tor 's y.
, craft to strafe. Suddenly IN u,
lifted a little, and in the G."
they saw, right off Their s NJ,
the shipyards Of Yokons, n
the inner harbor Of loSy' :
Radioed Michaels 10 t', T.,
vice versa: Let's get the NA
of here's
The enemy or the sTo'A'
as sur .ises as ::ev %s' i
were almost out of me ~ :
zone-no place for lone W.. ~,
so close to the ero9nd-0''Jn
first ack-ack putfed afoa''