Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
Not sure where to post this so I figure the mods can move it to the appropriate spot.
Willard Glenn Gillette Obituary - San Jose, CA
Willard Glenn Gillette Obituary - San Jose, CA
Mustang Pilot from 4th Passes
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michael rauls
Tech Sergeant
- 1,679
- Jul 15, 2016
Wow, sounds like quite a life.
R.I.P. sir
R.I.P. sir
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
fubar57
General
Jock Tamson
Staff Sergeant
salutewwii
Airman
RIP my friend...
Barrett
Senior Airman
Minor point: there were no shuttle missions to Moscow but 8th and 15th AFs did fly round-trips into Russia during the summer of 44.
The 4th had extremely heavy attrition among its leading aces. I was the assn. secretary in the 80s and 90s and only knew one: Jim Goodson. Gentile, Godfrey, Beeson, and so many others died young. When Blakeslee died in 08 I got a call from the NY Times obit desk requesting some insight but unfortunately I never met "Colonel Don."
BTW: Grover C. Hall's "One Thousand Destroyed" remains perhaps the finest non-unit-history among all unit histories!
The 4th had extremely heavy attrition among its leading aces. I was the assn. secretary in the 80s and 90s and only knew one: Jim Goodson. Gentile, Godfrey, Beeson, and so many others died young. When Blakeslee died in 08 I got a call from the NY Times obit desk requesting some insight but unfortunately I never met "Colonel Don."
BTW: Grover C. Hall's "One Thousand Destroyed" remains perhaps the finest non-unit-history among all unit histories!
