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P47 Pilots Biographies, Last Name Starting With "H"
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Pilot Name
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Biography Summary
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James E. Hogan
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P-47 training 13th Fighter Squadron, Venice, Florida, assigned 367th Squadron, 358th Group in February, 1944. Flew
32 missions with 358th Group, assigned to
Headquarters XIX TAC until returning with
them in Sept., 1945. Released from active
duty as a Captain.
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Geo Holcomb
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Flew P-39's at Victorville and
Moses Lake, P-38's at Ontario and was
assigned to P-47's of the 59th Fighter Squadron in December, 1944. The 59th was guard squadron for "The Hump" and was stationed
at Nagaguli, India. Sat hot and cold alerts and
flew close support missions and road sweeps
during the Burma Campaigns.
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McLoyd M. Hollowell
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Initiated formation aerobatics. Flew several single ship performances in air shows. His only acknowledged trouble with the Jug was when he blew
dust with his wingtips while performing low
level aerobatics which qualified him for the
104 AW and a ninety day assignment to a
radar site.
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Donald K. Holman
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We flew all the D-30
aircraft to Lens Horshing, Austria and the
rest of the airplanes were blown up with
dynamite. I was based at Gross Goreau,
(Y-72) and Schweinfurt with the 86th. I
spent 2 months in an L-5 Sqdn. in Heidelburg
before returning to the States.
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Joseph Nilsen Holmgreen
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Flying 48
missions, 62 sorties, he engaged in dive
bombing and strafing bridges, marshalling
yards, enemy railroad and motorized transport, flying fighter cover and bomber escort.
He also flew the piggy-back two-seater Doublebolt put together by the 412th. The 373rd Fighter Group
received the Belgian Fourragere for their
activities during the fall and winter of 1944
and the Presidential Unit Citation for
destruction of 119 enemy aircraft on the
ground.
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Chester W. Holstrom
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In England was sent to R.A.F. tactical training school near Scotland learning dive bombing, strafing and ground support. Had
the pleasure of flying the Hurricane, Spitfire
and Typhoon while there. (That Typhoon
scared the hell out of me)!! Began combat
with the 373rd Group, 410th Squadron in
May 1944. Most missions were dive bombing, strafing and targets of opportunity.
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Harold Norman Holt
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Holt flew 156 missions on two tours in his
P-47D "Magic Carpet". His aircraft was
credited with 175 combat missions without
an abort, a tribute to the ground crew: S/Sgt
Fritz, Sgt Tingley, Sgt. Shields and Sgt Hayward.
Norm Holt's "Magic Carpet" was given an
affectionate nickname by service group personnel after combat damage repairs and
replacements of 3 right wings, 2 left wings, 2
engines, 2 tail sections, 3 sets of gun barrels,
2 sets of landing gear, 2 canopies plus an
instrument panel and fuselage tank. The
name was that "Flying Spare Parts Section".
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Herbert R. Holtmeier
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The most memorable combat mission was
his first, on March 15, 1944, which was
flying wing to Robert S. Johnson. Johnson
shot down three Jerries in a dog fight between
32 P47's and 100+ FW 190's and ME 109's.
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William J. Holyfield, Jr.
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In 1946 he was stationed at Howard Field,
Panama Canal, flying P47N's when the 36th
Fighter Group was activated and was
assigned to the 23rd Squadron with the same
Squadron Commander he had in the E.T.0.,
good ole' "Pete" Walmsley.
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Henry J. Honsa
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I was real lucky and got the rank
of Flight Officer and Service # of T-24 (the
first bastard batch of Flight Officers)!
Didn't make 2nd Lt. until the war was
almost over!
The power that were at the time had no
idea where we stood rank wise so at my first
assigned station at Las Vegas AAFB, we were
kept segregated from both enlisted and commissioned officers quarters with no heat or hot water in the middle of winter. It was
finally cleared for us to move to the officers
area.
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