[303rd-Talk] Re: The Mighty Eighth

[Leslie Jean Newell]

What I have gathered from the information in my father Richard M. Newell's 
military packet, is that he joined (I assume he wasn't drafted) in the late 
summer-early fall of 1942; was trained in the US for flying airplanes (I 
suppose already for the Air Corps); then after his graduation in the summer 
of 1944, it seems that he may have been recommended by his commanding 
officer for being sent to England.

Leslie Jean Newell
Hendersonville, NC























From: bill runnels <billrunnels at yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [303rd-Talk] Re: The Mighty Eighth
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 10:42:33 -0800 (PST)
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Bob, I personally do not know of a crewman that quit but I am sure it 
happened with some degree of regularity. Generally, the crew would sense the 
problem and either bring it to the attention of the pilot or suggest the 
crew member go to the pilot and express his desire to quit. In either case, 
the pilot had the authority to request a replacement and did. The last thing 
any crew wanted was a member you could not depend up on to carry his share 
of the load. Our bond was that of a team and that's the way we functioned. 
Our pilot requested a replacement for one of our crew members and it was 
honored. His personality simply did not fit with the rest of the crew.

Bill Runnels
Bombardier (B-17)

Bob Van Pelt <bvp6565 at yahoo.com> wrote:
I have heard all were volunteers, but that term is relative. Like Bill said, 
the duty was glamorous and "flyboys" had a mystique about them. Flying, when 
"volunteering" sure seemed better than living and eating ina foxhole or 
serviing onboard an all male ship for months at a time.


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