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The Official Guide to the Army Air Forces: A Directory, Almanac and Chronicle of Achievement 1944

Four uncles and my father served in the Army Air Forces during WWII, all as pilots.

2nd Lt. Dale R. Wilson, B-25 copilot, Port Moresby, New Guinea. Lost during the war.

2nd Lt. Daniel S. Wilson, P-38 pilot, Italy; KIA in Austria.

F/O C. Junior Wilson, P-40 pilot, killed in training when the engine of his plane threw a rod and exploded, Texas.

 

Dad, 1st Lt. Warren D. Neal, Advanced Training instruction, B-29 commander, with orders for Saipan when the war ended.

Uncle Bill, 1st Lt. Willis K. Neal, C-47 pilot over “the Hump.”

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