European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 70, 1963 the stars and stripes Peg 9 posthumous dec made to b47 Leader Lincoln fab neb. Special the distinguished flying Cross has been awarded posthumously to capt Paul Pudwill a Lincoln fab neb., b47 commander who gave his life to assure his Crew s safety and that the crippled aircraft would not crash in a residential area. My. Shirley Pudwill widow of the heroic 307th bomb Wing Pilot accepted the medal from Brig Oen Lewis e. Lyle 818th strategic aerospace division commander during ceremonies held at Wytuka cemetery in Lincoln. Extraordinary heroism Pudwill distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism while interial night As aircraft commander of a b47 Strat Jet near Mcconnell feb kan., earlier this  shortly after Takeoff the control system failed and Hli aircraft tailed. Realizing that he Wai unable to maintain Altitude or control Pudwill gave the order for his Crew members to eject. Orel Baa mental Ana at the time of the emergency the aircraft was Over a residential area and through Hli unselfish Devotion he stayed with the air Craft and successfully guided i away from the residential area be fore crashing. Pudwill gave Hli life to save the lives of Hll Crew and counties other Cut Xeni who might have Bee victim if he had escaped from the air plane. Shrine Oasis plans Rhine main Parley Frankfurt special the Frankfurt main Wiesbaden shrine Calls will hold its monthly meeting at the Rhine main officer club on saturday evening at 6 30. All bar Len and their ladles Are invited to attend the dinner Busi Ness dance meeting especially How Nobles who were initiated in the May 11 class at Garmisch. Refreshments will be served at8 30 ., followed by a business meeting which will be open to the ladles. 32nd Fis Oesterberg the Netherlands special the libyan Sun was hot but the Pelota of the 32ndfighter interceptor so were hotter As they Blued to what is claimed new record for successful intercepts in the f102 aircraft at wheel i air base. The Squadron had an 85.13 percent such ii rate while at the Safe training base. Each year All of the f10j squad Rons in Safe go to wheelus for a training session which consists of a series of attacks on targets at both Low and High altitudes the32nd Fis is the last Squadron to fire at wheelus this fiscal year having been recalled in the Middle of their first attempt because of the cuban crisis. Soesterberg1 red flight commanded by capt Kenneth c. Schow also set an individual flight record at wheel i with a acc eur rate of 90.16 per cent. Other members of claims Neu red flight Ore copts Lowell l. Bel Ronald c. Duval and William r. Beaver and 1st its Tom  Stone and Bob Henderson. A Gordon Reese and capt Johngary also flew with red flight in establishing the  Gen Frank w. Galle Sale commander of the 86th air division flew with red night while they were at the training base and also fired a missile. One of the More outstanding aspects of the Squadron s performance at wheelus was the Low percentage of intercepts lost due to Pilot error according to maj has Kell b u n d a chief of operations Here. He stated that the Squadron lost significantly fewer intercepts for this reason than is  Squadron s maintenance personnel came in for their share of the plaudits with capt John Jaacks armament and electronics officer Here singling them out As the Backbone of the operation. He also capt Servos As Tower controller was Tal Brize Norton England Spe Cial bogey 76, this is Braze nor ton Tower cleared to runway two six wind two four five at eight altimeter three Zero Zero seven time one two four sex and one Quarter. Taxi via taxiway five us caution As you Are not visible from the Tower. Over instructed the Braze Norton control Tower voice. Or Roger will do Erma  the b47 Pilot s voice. In the Tower capt Doris d. Wil Liams set aside the microphone and turned to the British controller on duty with a Selfe sounds like be has never heard a woman s voice giving him tax instruction before she grinned. Most probably she was right especially if the Pilot was a Young lieutenant who has never flow from the Oxfordshire county eng land air base. Capt Williams is the Only was night Fuci Latles officer now serving in that capacity inthe air Force. Assigned to the 1970th communications so Here two years ago capt we Lalami brought to this strategic air come base 3500 Fly. Ing hours As a Pilot and it s Only was uniform. Three other worn in assigned Here Are air Force nurses. Capt Williams first began flying iks 9em d in 1941 As a civil Pilot training student. I wag teaching school in Whittler College Calif one Day when my brother called from near by Montebello Airport to ask if wanted to learn to Al. I just did t know what to say right then but two Days later i had my first Les son. The Day he called another student had Frozen at the controls was eliminated and left vacancy n the  As she continued teach at the some College where she obtained her degree in physical education she completed various phases of flying training getting a private commercial and instructor s rat  entered the Wasp women s air Force service Pilot program in 1943. After a six month train ing course she was assigned to Williams Field now Williams air Force baseariz., As an Engineer ing test Pilot she tested tits and 200 sheiks join in wheelus fete for thunderbird wheelus Libya special two Hundred sheiks of tribes which Border wheelus air base joined Mark at 1 pointed out that the radar Section had one of the lowest rates of lost Etc repts due to radar that has Ever been recorded at wheelus. He cited the Long hours put in by personnel in that Section As the reason Tor  one instance five out of six specific aircraft had to be ready Ina Short period of time and four of them needed systems repairs. I readying these aircraft one Crew removed and replaced a radar transmitter and receiver unit and realigned the receiver in the air Craft in just 20 minutes a Job which usually requires two hours or More according to maintenance officials  the lighter Side of the opera Tion one airman became to Over whelmed with the prospects of set Ting a new record that he refuse to let a broken foot which was caused while at wheelus. Keep him from doing his part. An instrument technician it was a common site on own t9 s after they had been  following summer she was transferred to k 1 n g m a a ariz.,where she towed targets with the b38 for b17  thought we were acc Dontly hit once she said. One of our Crew members came Forward after an exercise and said our Tow Cable Hod been severed with Only five feet remaining. We decided to land and Only then Learned our Hydraulic fluid had leaked out. But direct hit was never  at Braze Norton. Capt Williams has encountered two unusual prob lems per Ulfar to Sac reflex stations in the United kingdom. We Don t have enough traffic Here to easily keep our controllers trained she explained. They Are required to control 25 Goa s month but these b4ts Only come Here to sit on ground Alert. I get All the transient traffic i can fro Mother bases in the  it s not unusual to see British gnats Brit annals Ansons or Bev preaches at Braze. Somehow we manage to keep up the minimum requirements with their help she added. With the 1970th communication Seq she supervise some 25 persons British and american As Well ascending staff assistance to two oth wheelus the Hight line to see his foot witha cast on it sticking out of the cockpit of an aircraft As he helped ready it for the next Mission. Col Alma r. Flake commander of the Squadron said the unit s Mission performance capability a wheelus was very significant in that it was an excellent example of North Atlantic treaty organisation cooperation. He pointed out thatch Squadron worked with dutch ground controllers from the Royal Netherlands air Force on All mis Sions flown during the session. United states air Force controllers from Bates in Germany also worked with the Squadron two con Trotters being required for each sortie. Since the 32nd Fis is under the direct operational control of the Netherlands government an consequence of this is that there Are no american controllers in the Netherlands and the Squadron Al ways works with dutch controllers. 4th div hosts 15 sets maj from nato Goepp Engen Germany Spe Cial fifteen nato sergeants major Are visiting the 4th Arm div. The representatives of six nations were greeted Here by 4th army div he s sgt maj Andrews. Castele after an orientation by Castelein the Headquarters conference room Brig Gen John d. Tonrtyjr., acting division cd extended the divisions Welcome. A by tour of Cooke Barrack Sand command Headquarters Post followed. Virion a visit accompanied by the 7th army German Liaison no and Viz corp sergeant major the group visited the Southern commands of 7tharmy in Germany. On Friday the party is scheduled to be at Montieth Barracks being met by 4th div s 67th Armor and 14th arty cos u col John Dove and it col Louis a Waple respectively and sets maj Daniel j. Mulchey and Preston d. Stengel. Programmed for the visitant1from the Netherlands Belgium. France Germany Britain and can Ada Are displays by 97th Armor. 7 \ thuss air Ahkii Iorii reacts no kills ukr us s my Imi a i. My air nil a to ii nil ism Coli Fumul is Himert rom him Var Leto do a is Hirmis a Ili at. Sit in am mtg  my the  him Kiwi him 1-1 my  Lih not ins  Isu Vizcon it ill is Aielli pm Man. Smdl., ism aul Rul m Inonu whim sip Vuto on. In Sim my Lar habit Tim Tiu idiom 1ft my torn Hamlim i Stefy Stock Portt a Tom and Olicer a /6r  of to Wocial drow traits with 10.000 american and British spectators for the performance of the . Air Force thunderbird i Libya. The sheiks leaders of the tribe owning the land upon which wheelus air base is located were the personal guests of col Irwin a Dregne 7272nd air base win commander for the acrobatic performance and later a tour of the installation and dinner. More than an hour before the performance of the Aero Suc team the Tripoli wheel us Highway was crowded with cars buses and trucks headed for the show  of the diplomatic corps i governmental leaders and military missions assigned to Libya were j invited to View the show. Tour and dinner the visit of the air Force Demon j Stratton team was planned As Parton the annual sheiks tour and dinner As Well As entertainment for air Force personnel and invited guests. In perfect flying weather. Thesis thunderbird aircraft took to he air at exactly 4 30  As the narrator of the team described the complicated Maneu vers the four aircraft Diamond formation and two Solo pilots held the attention of the thousands of spectators. At the end of the performance Mustafa Mansura District commissioner of Sukel glum unveiled Symbol of the libyan Flag to commemorate the visit of the Thunder Biros. Or . Sac baser. She is Tower facility rated. Her Job requires an aeronautical rating although shehans t flown for the military since entering the air Force or privately Ince her assignment in Call Fornols co d s less Hall with a Field Mes display will be viewed followed by an inspection of troop billets a look at an armoured personnel Carrier of he co co b s Day room and a m60  and Crew