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ITALIAN-BORN COCKER SPANIEL FLEWcACROSS ATLANTIC TO NEW HOMEBom in Italy, and traveling thousands of miles from a European air base in a flying bag, a little cocker spaniel has finally taken up residencein Clermont county.Her owner is First Lieutenant Wallace T. Boblitt, who is home after 51 millions over Italy, Germany and France. As pilot or co-pilot on these missions, on 14 of them he was accompanied by his little dog.She was the mascot for his unit, a B-26 Marauder bomber squadron, and took combat flying in stride. Her only weakness was a hearty dislike for heavy anti-aircraft fire, and when this was blanketing her owner’s Marauder she took refuge in his lap. At other times she lay on a cushion back of the pilot’s seat. She had the run of the plane, and made frequent trips up into the nose of the bomber for a visit with the bombardier.Auditor’s office for his little dog, and she is now a qualified resident of the county. She has fully established herself here, for on the day her owner was married she presented him and his Canadian bride with three puppies as a wedding gift.detdeiantdeiculha•1wiThe dog is named “Eighty-Eight,” after the standard German 88mm flak gun. She was born on the Island of Sardinia, her mother being from Cairo and her father from England. Although only 14 months old, this is her second litter. Her firstsaflasagiorjSaJlitter of five puppies are now scattered at various European bases as GI pets. On the back of his flying jacket Lieut. Boblitt has her picture painted in oils by an English artistin Paris.ofsioangalo\99Lieut. Boblitt is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Boblitt, of Pleasant Plain. He arrived in New York July 11, and will go to Santa Ana, Calif., August17 for reassignment.Upon his arrival home, Lieut. Boblitt went to Toronto, Canada, where, on July 23, he was married to Miss Joy Atherton Brightling. Both are now at the Pleasant Plain home, but Mrs. Boblitt will return to Canada as soon as her. husband leaves for Cabin making the 6-day trip across the Atlantic, Eighty-Eight shared a stateroom occupied by 15 returning war veterans. Her owner fed her by dividing with her the contents of his own plates of food.arlt;st£*fornia. She is on a 28-day pass, andwill remain in Toronto until proper papers can be secured for her reentry into the United States.When he reached Pleasant Plain, Lieut. Boblitt lost no time in coming to Batavia to get a license from theI was pretty nervous on the way over,” he said, “for I was really making a race with the stork. The situation surely would have become complicated if Eighty-Eight s family had arrived before we kmded.Too young when the war broke out to enter the U. S. service, Lieut. Boblitt went to Canada, and served for a time with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Later, returning to the States, he enlisted as an aviation cadet. Trained at various Gulf Coast training camps, he received his wingsin March, 1944, and soon, thereafterwas sent overseas.caFrDip.chFiPtStPijetilt;atlaCv,Cflt;. __ w . rvtnn ¥ PAVresi
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The Clermont Sun
Batavia, Ohio, US
Thu, Aug 02, 1945
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