Flying Tiger Bill Reed’s First Aerial Kill Over Rangoon
Loyal Meek recounts Bill Reed of the American Volunteer Group in the Dec 23 1941 battle above Rangoon. Reed’s second flight scored a Jap plane and he claimed a verified kill after firing on a bomber formation. The AVG base near Rangoon was bombed and native locals fled into the jungle as Japanese raids continued.
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American Volunteer Group
Bill Reed
Rangoon
Neil Martin
Arkansas
Chennault
AVG
Martin
Henry Gilbert
Reed
AVG Tigers Face Christmas Eve Patrol After Ground Strikes
The AVG crew feverishly repaired planes at dawn as Japs landed British aircraft but did not harm still-active P-40 Tomahawks. Breakfast featured sardines. lunch, corned beef and cabbage. Tigers endured elation and sorrow, missing two officers, on a Christmas Eve patrol with a pledge to history. Ten percent of income in War Bonds urged to fund planes and tanks.
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AVG
Tigers
Martin
Gilbert
Reed
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Hitler
Backache and Leg Pains Signal Kidney Trouble
Warning about kidney problems linked to backache and leg pains. Describes kidneys as waste filters and lists symptoms like swelling headaches and nocturnal urination. Advises asking a druggist for Doan's Pills, claimed to flush wastes and provide relief.
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Nature
Dean
Fortresses Shatter Four-Motor Japanese Flying Boats Over Pacific
U S Army Air Force reports two Kawanishi four engine flying boats shot down and a third driven off in a dog fight high over the Pacific. Staff Sgt Ed Perry and Sgt Verne Nelson, both Minnesotans, helped disable the enemy with side guns as the battle lasted about 25 minutes and covered about 60 miles. One fortress was struck nine times but all crew survived.
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South Seas
Ed Perry
Warren
Minn
Verne Nelson
Fergus Falls
Perry
Edward Spetch
Seymour
Conn
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