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P47 Pilots Biographies, Last Name Starting With "M"
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Pilot Name
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Biography Summary
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E. Judson McLean Jr.
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Other than "normal" mission flak
damage, the only close call came over Disseldorf with a flak hit and loss of engine at
low altitude on a dive bombing run. Recognizing he was too low to glide beyond the
developed area of the City, the decision was
made to bailout. He so advised the Squadron
Leader, unbuckled the seat harness, oxygen,
and fumbling with the radio plug, he heard
three words, "Mac - switch tanks".....
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Guy E. McSheffrey
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Went to Richmond, Va.,
in Sept., 1944 for Combat Crew Training in
the P47, then to Norfolk, Va., for gunnery
training after which I was made a ground and
aerial gunnery instructor. May 1945, joined
the 405th Ftr. Sq., 371st Ftr. Grp-R30 for
the Occupation Forces, Germany. Transferred to the 23rd Ftr. Sq., 36th Ftr. Grp.,
Kassel/Rothwesten in Sept., 1945. Then
joined the 86th Ftr. Grp., at Nordholz,
Germany.
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Richard Meinke
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Initially,
his overseas assignment was with the 81st
Fighter Group, 93rd Fighter Squadron flying the
P-39 on sea sweeps from North
Africa. The group was reassigned to the
C.B.I. theater and checked out in P-47's in
India. This group flew their P-47's from
Karachi, India over the famous "hump" to
Chengtu, China. Because of the weather over
the "hump" this effort required many
attempts and more than a month to succeed.
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Katherine (Kay) Adams Menges (Brick)
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Missions included high and low target towing, tracking, laying smoke screens, "buzzing" 10 check camouflage of gun emplacements of
anti-aircraft, flying of radio
controlled aircraft; flying formations
through chaff, split beam searchlight missions, low altitude night missions and ferrying. She logged 1016 military hours flying,
now with civilian time 6000 hours in over
51 different makes and model aircraft. As
well as commercial, held instrument and
instructor ratings. Training also included
course at AAF Tactical Center, Orlando, FL;
and TDY at Meridian, MS, 3rd AF Command.
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Thomas W. Merchant
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After a year of farming and eighteen
months in the Civilian Conservation Corps,
he enlisted in Regular Army of the U.S.
May 4, 1940. He volunteered for overseas duty
and was assigned to Battery "B" 55th Sea
Coast Artillery, Harbor Defense of Pearl
Harbor, Ft. Kamehameha, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii.On December 7,1941, Tom
witnessed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field.....
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Albert W. Merz
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Our Group was assigned to first
layer of Air support on D Day at daybreak. We
were operating under a 500 ft. overcast and
had a great view of the landing operation.
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Charles J. Metzger
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Highlights: destroyed massive Ammo dump
July 4 noon - biggest firecracker. July 30,
1944, got hit while exposing ambush of Tiger
Tanks waiting for Patton's spearhead; flew
20 miles on fire to St. Lo and bailed out.
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Howard Meyers
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Flew first operational mission as P-47 pilot from Seraggia, Corsica.
Participated in the invasion of Southern
France and then flew close support for the
routing of German forces from France, flying from LeLuc, Salon, Lyon and Loyettes,
France, Transferred back to Italy and participated in the battle of the Po Valley flying
from Tarquinia and Pontederra, Italy.
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August H. Miller
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I instructed Army
Primary at Union City, Tenn. a short time
before being accepted in the Ferry Command, and commissioned a 2nd Lt. I flew the
P47 and all the other single eng. pursuit
planes, also flew just about everything in the
Air Corps inventory, including B-17's across
the No. Atlantic, C-46 across So. Atlantic and
Africa to India and P-39's to Alaska where
they were turned over to the Russians.
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E.H. "Bud" Miller
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Credited with four E/A destroyed, two of
which were JU-88's, he is probably best
known for his accomplishment as a "jet
chaser". After downing one ME 262 in
February of 1945, he then, with his flight,
only flew on missions where 262's were
anticipated to be in the air.....
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