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P47 Pilots Biographies, Last Name Starting With "R"
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Pilot Name
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Biography Summary
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Fred Rubidge
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At briefing that morning they said
that orders came down from 12th Tac. (provisional) headquarters and were not to fire on any enemy aircraft or ground positions
unless fired upon, with no exceptions. That
same morning he spotted a lone aircraft 1000ft. below and peeled off to investigate from astern. It was an F.W.-189 with black crosses
and all. He flipped on the gun switch, but the
German just kept flying level with no evasive
action. Finally he pulled in close on the 189s
right wing and the startled German did a 90
degree turn to the left and to this day is
probably wondering why the Jug pilot failed
to shoot him down and so is the Jug pilot.
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Mauride E. Ruby
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He went through military training in 1943-1944 and graduated in the class 44-E at Aloe Field in Victoria, Texas. He went to P-47 training at
Bruning, Nebraska. He went overseas on
November, 1944, and joined the 27th Fighter Group, 523rd Fighter Squadron which
was in Italy at the time - later moved to
France and then moved across Rhine River to
Biblis, Germany for last months of European
War.
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Martha Davis Rupley
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I bought a Piper SuperCruiser, learned to
fly, joined the Civil Air Patrol, and managed
to get into the local Civilian Pilot Training
Program, the only girl. After Nancy Love
formed the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying
Squadron (WAFS) in Wilmington, Del., Jacqueline Cochran, together with General
H.H. Arnold, planned the women's flight
training program. I applied, was accepted,
and reported to Houston in mid-December,
1942, for primary, basic, advanced, multi-engine, night, and instrument flying.
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John L. Rutherford
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After
transition and aerial gunnery, 2nd Lt. Rutherford
was sent to the European Theater of
Operations where he joined the "411th
Squadron, 373rd Fighter Group as a replacement
pilot in August, 1944. He and his
buddies, Jack Reynolds and Bill Shepherd,
asked for the 373rd because they heard a
rumor that the Group was living in a chateau
in France. Actually that 9th Air Force Group
was living in tents at a Pierce-plank strip
(A-13), near Caen, France.
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John L. Rutherford
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He and his buddies, Jack Reynolds and Bill Shepherd,
asked for the 373rd because they heard a
rumor that the Group was living in a chateau
in France. Actually that 9th Air Force Group
was living in tents at a Pierce-plank strip
(A-13), near Caen, France.
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