Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Shane on September 21, 2004, 07:45:23 AM
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I'm going to start re-posting Earl Miller's daily logs from his time in WW2/Viet Nam.
Why? Because...
http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=130749
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September 21
1942:
My first night flight in the AT-6 after a busy day. A
total of 7:25 flying hours.
1944:
The doctors surely didn't want me to leave. They said I
wasn't well enough, although I have a sneaking suspicion
they felt less guilty about living in such splendor when
they had someone with malaria to nurse. I talked my way
into leaving after promising them that I would go right to
bed as soon as I landed at Tarquinia. One regret I had
about leaving was that I hadn't been able to negotiate the
steps down to the beach. My return to Tarquinia in a P-47
was 45 minutes. And I did go to bed right after landing.
I found out that our flight was called back to Tarquinia
because the airfield at Pisa had been liberated and a
detachment from the 346th Fighter Squadron went there to
perform the same functions we had been doing at Leghorn
(Livorno).
earl
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I think its a great idea, thanks Shane. I'll enjoy reading them.
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Guess I'll have to be the photo guy since I've been able to scan lots of Earl's photos
Earl's 345th FS, 350th Fighter Group P47D-27
Dan/Slack
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/169_1094943074_earljug.jpg)