Lloyd Ralph Scott
LLOYD RALPH SCOTT, CAPTAIN born October 17, 1921, Washington, Iowa. Attended UCLA College. Married 1943 to Penny Marble. Three children. Previous to the war, managed an airport in Washington, Iowa.
My most memorable flight was an escort mission to Paris. This was the first time our group used belly tanks. We were informed when we reached proper altitude to try our belly tanks. If it did not work properly we were to abort the mission. Eight out of the group were able to continue the mission.
We rendezvoused with B-26's over the English Channel. Some of the bomber personnel were perturbed at having only 8 jugs as their escort, flying through a triangle of three German Fighter Bases.
We placed a flight of two jugs on each corner of the bombers. As we approached the area of the enemy bases so did the 109's. They attacked us in flights of four, from all directions. As they came in we turned head on at them. We followed this procedure several times and they broke away each time.
The fourth time they broke away, we broke down after them. I saw two 109's breaking away to the right and leave.
As my engine quit I remembered I had not switched to the main tank, I restarted and then jettisoned the tank. My error worked in our favor. The temporary loss of power threw me considerably behind my leader. One of the two remaining 109's broke right. My dropping behind fouled his timing, and he was left with a 900 deflection shot. He was not leading me enough and broke away.
My leader was firing on the remaining 109, but was going too fast and had to climb sharply, to avoid passing him.
I chopped my power to stay behind the 109, and flew up his tail firing. His cockpit caught fire and debris was coming from his plane, the plane blew up in the Marshaling Yards of Paris.
As my leader came back down we had a mid-air collision and I lost over four feet of a
wing. We both flew back to England, and landed uneventfully.
Awarded Air Medal and 13 Clusters, EAME Theater of Operations with 5 Battle Stars, Presidential Unit Citation with Cluster.
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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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