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THE TROY RECORD, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1944.An Eighth A. A. F. Fighter Station, England—A fighter pilot Usually becomes fairly well-known to the public. Seldom, however, does the civilian hear about the men who helped him to achieve his victories—the ground crew who '‘kept it flying.” For his ground crew, Lieut. Col, Everett W, Stewart, Mustang group executive officer from Abilene, Kan., who recently shot down his fifth German aircraft, today had the warmest praise/ ‘They're soldiers and wouldn’t be much impressed by a lot of flowery phrases, but they know as well as I do that I couldn't have gotten up ‘there’ without them,” pointed out the tall, smiling flyer.^“Nice going, sir,” after his fifth victory was all the mention that the crew ever made of it to the Colonel personally. But they were more loquacious wnen he was out of hearing.He's just about the aweilest^ -- —pilot I’ve ever ctewed a ship for, declared Staff Sergt. Raymond A.Launer, the colonel's mechanic crew-chief of 621 North Pine Street.Grand Island, Neb. As the crew-chief it is Launer's duty to make sure that the Ship is constantly in combat condition. The supervision of all repair work done on theplane also falls to him.“And he knows his ship inside And out/' sonled Sergt. Gerald J Thompson, 4409 Marais Street, New Orleans, La., assistant mechanic crew chief* “He's very particular about it—got a right to be. Ray and I are even more particular We really love to see this little bus/' he patted the sleek side of a well-waxed Mustang, “set down on the runway after a tough mission,His armorer also thinks that the colonel is “on the beam even if he does keep him busy cleaning his guns. “Yep, the colonel keeps me on the go all right, but cleaning a!r r. afrom her husband, Corp. MARVIN. A. BONESTEEL, that he has arrived in North Africa. He has been in the servicethree years and three months. Marvin has a brother, WARREN BONESTEEL, of the Navy, who was recently home on furlough, and now serving overseas, and^ a brother-in-law, HOWARD G. CAMPBELL, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Campbell of R. D. 2, Troy, now with the Arniv in Ireland... WILLIAM J. BENT, son of Mr. and Mrs. W filliam E. Bent of 777 .Fifth Avenue, has been promoted to the rank of sergeant in the Aimy Air Forces. Bill is stationed at Piute, Tex., at present.KENNETH D MARTIN, of 440 Sixth Avenue, has been advanced in latinsr from apprentice seamanHUGHES SETS NEW AIR RECORD—Howard Hughes (right), who is said to have set a new transcontinental airplane speed record with a big “Constellation” transport ship, is congratulated as he arrives at the National Airport in Washington D. C., by Col. F. H. Collins, Airport Commandant; Jack Frye, President of TWA, who was a passenger on the plane and Jesse Jones, Secretary of Commerce. Hughes, who set the previous record, flew the great circle route from Burbank, Cal., to Washington in approximately seven hours and three minutes.where he is being assigned to a crew plane. Private DE CRE-SCENTE was formerly employed as a machinist at the Bell An craft Corp.BILL WEIS, son of Mrs. Hans Wein of Valley Fads, has completed his second term of engineering in the A. S. T. P. at Cornell and has been transferred to tjie Army Air Corps. Bill has been assigned to active duty at Xeesler Field* Biloxi, Miss. He is a C. C. H. S, grad, class of ‘42. ..The story oftauv Trrvvrtf thllt;Springer Will Provides forScholarshipA scholarship fund at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute cieated byr the residue of hei estate and to be known as the Malcolm Davry Springer Scholatship m cnemoiy of her son after his death, is estab-theThurscciatedLieu Bohl, Fred J Water the arThe headqi that L can / A roil ti the Yu with down lt;Sevemg ei£duringLatham !Donald L. Nichols of Philadelphia j is visiting his paients, Mr. and Mrs Adam Van Vranken of Soght i ia.il%\am Ror sia ar by Itaother \ Nazi lt;cludmj area. Wellup thedisiup1 Italian ano. L bino. Botfcnai. zpoi tanRoad.Mr. and Mrs Herbert Swatting, sr, and Mr and Mrs WilliamJeram have xeturned ftom St.Petersburg. Fla. where they spent the winter.The Parent-Teaeher Association of Latham will meet today at the Latham School at S p m A social sneaker will be announcedThe100 p!force’' were : ners ed fo loss o: An i
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Troy, New York, US
Mon, Apr 24, 1944
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