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Re: fighter pilot records



Roy,

A good start would be to call the Naval Postgraduate School in
Monterey, CA - Dudley Knox Library. If they don't have the combat
air patrol (CAP) missions records there they will know where to
send you e.g., USAF Academy in Co. Springs. the technical
services number is 831-656-2263.

Michael B. Kennedy, D.Sc.
Chief Technology Officer
1-800-347-9310
www.imagingprofessional.com
www.imagepub.net
www.kmprofessional.com

Praestantia per scientiam
On 14 Jun 00, at 10:35, Roy Webb wrote:

> This is really a personal request, but here goes anyway:
>
> We have a donor of photographs who was a fighter pilot in the
> USAAF in WW II, in the Pacific.  He's written an autobiography
> about his very interesting life, with the very frustrating exception of
> his time in combat.  Whenever I've gently tried to ask him (knowing
> full well it's none of my business, and recognizing equally full well
> some people don't want to talk about such experiences) he always
> says (to the point that I can quote him!) "There's no glory in taking a
> human life."  He's dropped intriguing hints like a story he told of a
> call from a former wingman, who, upon seeing a National
> Geographic article about Rabual which highlighted a scuba dive on
> a sunken Japanese flying boat in the harbor, called him and said
> "Didn't we shoot down a flying boat?  I'll bet that is the one."
>
> Well, I don't want to glorify him, I just want to know!   So the
> question is: does anyone know of a source for records of fighter
> pilots in the USAAF in WW II.  Planes shot down, theaters fought in,
> and so on?  I wouldn't share anything I learn with the donor, as I
> wouldn't want him to think I was prying--even if I am!--but this gentle
> man (spacing intentional) is in his mid-80s, and I would hate to think
> I would never know of the sacrifices he made during the war.
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
>
> Roy Webb, C.A.
> Multimedia Archivist
> Special Collections
> J. Willard Marriott Library
> 295 South 1500 East
> University of Utah
> Salt Lake City, Utah   84112
> (801) 585-3073  //  fax (801) 585-3976
> rwebb@library.utah.edu
>
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