1 ], Chico Army Air Field, CA [5/2/44, 433rd AAFBU, advanced, P-63 1 ], and back to Ontario for special training [5/20/44, 443rd AAFBU, advanced, P-38 ]. He was assigned to active duty with the 15th Air Force, 1st Ftr. Gp., 71st Ftr. Sq. in Italy, July 1944.  While with the