This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Crack Crew Eager to Go to France Airfields Mission Fired Up
Walter Logan reports on the eager young American Flyers at Highth Fighter Command Station awaiting their first mission. They prepare for a Franco airfield attack, briefings map routes to Le Bourget and Paris outskirts, and brace for peril as pilots recount near misses and victories while the squadron’s mascot Thunderbolt causes mischief in the lounge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Logan
Highth Fighter Command
Nissen
England
Jerry
Jos Morris
Spearfish
France
Vail
Luftwaffe
Goerring
le Bourget Field
Paris
Morris
Airforce
Earl P W. Perry
Severn Street
Cleveland Heights
Cmaime
Donald J. Corrigan
Ottumway
Robert Fortier
Calhoun
Pat
Rosenberg