Philip C. Mitchell
PHILIP C. MITCHELL, born in
New York, New York, on September 8,
1924. He was one of the last aviation cadets
to enlist, signing up with the Army Air Force
two days after all manpower was frozen, in
December of 1942.
He attended Syracuse University, and
from there, went on to Pilot Training with
the Class of 44E. He graduated and was
commissioned at Spence Field, Moultrie,
Georgia. He was checked out in P-47's at
Suffolk Air Force Base, Westhampton
Beach, New York, and was then assigned to
the Ninth Air Force in December of 1944,
joining the 509th Fighter Squadron, 405th
Group, in January, 1945.
At that time, the 405th was stationed near
Nancy, in France. His group moved to Sint-Truiden, Belgium, and was located at Regensburg, Germany, on V.E. Day.
He flew 23 missions. Most were ground
support and dive bombing sorties. He was
awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, and Air Medal with Cluster. He
was wounded over Linz, Austria, on May 4,
1945, and was released from active duty on
November 11, 1945 as a First Lieutenant.
Philip C. Mitchell from New
York, New York.
Mr. Mitchell joined his family's building
construction firm, James E. Mitchell & Son,
Inc., in 1946. Since that time, he has been
involved with the construction of many institutional and health related buildings in the
New York Metropolitan Area. In 1969, he
formed The Construction Consulting Service, a New York City based consulting firm.
In 1970, he was Partner in Charge for the
20-story high-rise Manhattan Island structure that houses the New York Archdiocesan
Administrative Offices. He is a Consultant to,
and was Project Coordinator for the interior
renovations to St. Patrick's Cathedral on
Fifth Avenue in New York City, and also for
the recently completed exterior restoration
of the fabric of this Landmark structure.
He is President of the oldest golf club in
America, The St. Andrew's Golf Club in
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, and serves
on the Architectural Review Board in his
home town of Bronxville, New York.
He married Jane Nichols Kerr in 1947,
and has three children, Nan, Peter and
Steven, and four grandchildren.
Pilot Name
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Biography Summary
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John Abbotts
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P-47 transition followed at Pocatello, Idaho and Greenville, Texas after which he was assigned to the 56th Fighter Group in England. When the news of his arrival reached Berlin, Hitler retired to his bunker with his cyanide capsule and revolver. Eva found the news equally depressing.
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Asa A. Adair
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He returned to the States in August of 1944 after participating in the invasion "D" Day. He flew P-63's, P-51's, F-80's, T-33's, F-84's, T-38's, P-47's in numerous assignments during the following twenty years in in, Japan, U.S.A. and Europe before retiring after twenty-six years of Active Duty.
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Edward B. Addison
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The 507th Fighter Group, equipped with P-47N's, won the Presidential Unit Citation for destroying 32 Japanese aircraft in the air on one mission to Seoul, Korea. The average flying time for raids to Korea and Japan would be 7 to 9 hours flying time. In a total of 31 months, the 507th not only provided top cover for B-29's, but also
dive-bombed, napalm-bombed and flew low-level on strafing missions.
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Levon B. Agha-Zarian
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It is rumored that he, took his primary training on a flying rug. He flew Spits, briefly, in England, but as the, war moved to the East, he was sent to India as a Sgt. Pilot and first saw action from Ceylon, flying the Curtiss P.36, the Brewster Buffalo, and the Hurricane. At this point he might have opted for the rug! This was at the time of the fall of Singapore and the sinking of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse.
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George N. Ahles
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Posted to A-20 light bomber squadron Barksdale Field, Louisiana. . Group moved to Hunter Air Base Savannah, Georgia. Qualified for Pilot training November 1940. Entered Aviation Cadets January 1942. Presented wings November 1942 class of 42-J. Married Mary Louise while in Advanced Pilot Training at Craig AFB, Selma, Alabama, September 1942.
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Roy J. Aldritt
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Shortly after the group moved to France he ran into some unseen flak and was forced to make a nylon descent behind the lines; some evasion and a lot of luck had him back with his unit
in 24 hours.
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Eugene J. Amaral
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After graduation from Stonington High School he enlisted as an Aviation Cadet in December 1942 and was called to active duty in March, 1943. He received his wings and commission at Spence Field, Georgia as a member of the Class of 43-C.
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Talmadge L. Ambrose
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Flew 84 missions thru VE Day, was downed by 22mm ground fire over Siefried Line. He destroyed 11 enemy aircraft, 9 known confirmed in air and on
ground, including 4 FW 190-D's in one afternoon over Hanover, Germany, April 8, 1945. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross,
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, 17 man, Oak Leaf Clusters, Good Conduct Medal, Pacific Theatre and European Theatre Meda1s with 5 Battle
Stars and Unit Citation Medal.
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John C. Anderson
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After P-47 transition he was assigned to the 406th Fighter Group, 512th Fighter Squadron. (E.T
.0.) He flew 56 missions through January, 1945 destroying supply routes, bridges, and railroads; he also flew close support missions with the ground forces, with attacks on tanks, artillery and enemy positions.
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William Anderson
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It was not always flak,two ME-109's beat the hell out of me one day. The central controller called me and said "Basher-Red Leader do you have contact Bandits," I replied, "I sure do, I'll bring them over the field in 3 minutes, they're chasing me home." Got all the usual medals including two Belgium and two French but one I'm most proud of is the Silver Star -it is the greatest.
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