London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1945, London, Middlesex                                In unit news 1945 Ai doings a glance lady mugging for camera is 435th troop who eligible for two her Fiey joined up 19 months ago at age of six that sack with 458th by lib group Post movie electrified pfc new showing film 4ieyearold sent Over by holding is overseas 16 this is what happened to the Tail of a fort piloted by Lawrence when bad weather forced him to set it Down on rough gunner from the out of it with a dislocated shoulder and minor heres Why Charles of and the 55th Mustang groups pm had to Settle with verbal congratulations when his shoulder cars changed from Gold to same Day Bis promotion he fell of a broke one sprained the injured his 2gunners turn pilots i emergencies Veteran of 1 hours flight pilots lib 2 hours 392nd bomb hours instrument instruction in the Copilot seat on a dry run plus his engineering knowledge proved mighty helpful when a Liberator Buford for nearly two hours assumed the role of a bomber Pilot during a mis Sion Over Germany 27th combat Glover he took Ever the controls after the Thomas of Viley ill from a respiratory ail became de and the James of lost consciousness be cause of a malfunction of his oxygen Glover took the lib on the bomb turned toward and dropped from to get Glover had to go through several Cloud necessitating instrument at lower Mcfarland re gained consciousness and the Copilot took Over the controls on the Way while Glover remained in the pilots seat to assist Over the Glover went out on the catwalk in the bomb Bay and released by hand six bombs which had Frozen to their shackles in sub Zero in sure we would not have returned to England had it not been for glovers ability and Mcfarland my captures Stohs pistol championship St air More than Robert 303rd group my detachment acting first sergeant from became 8th air Force pistol Champion with a per cent Joseph Ramsay 491st bomb group adjutant from Rocky Ciso averaged a but Fishers higher rapid fire scoring gave him the David 96th bomb group personnel equipment officer from copped third averaging in fireman team 2nd air division annexed the command defeating the 1st and 3rd air a service command squad and a composite including Headquarters personnel and members of a photo reconnaissance ask technicians break out with More inventions is base air service command technicians Here Are sprouting inventions like latest crop includes a transformer tester to Speed modifications on airborne designed by David of his which makes it easier to Rush the equipment along on an Assembly line is the second invention to his Herbert of designed a special Cabinet for Vigoda latest Joseph of built a consolidated tube tester in the depots radio air Force lieutenant Horatio Alger in of 65th fighter Wing Carroll Story started his army career As a permanent now he is a fighter control Squadron a Buck private three years Story was assigned to a steady me shall but it want Long before Opportunity knocked on his Barracks door and he went up the i ladder of in Short order he became a first ser but turned in his chevrons recently when he received a direct unit news motor Pool i Drivers Shangrila by Bernard Maxwell stars and stripes unit correspondent 491st bomb in for a Shock when you drive into the motor Pool of this commanded by Allen of youll gulp and reach for your but the place will look the same through naked or bespectacled combination greyhound bus terminal and super service gasoline the familiar Blue and Grey color scheme is streamlined to greyhound in the motor Pool on the Blue is a nostalgic Carbon copy of the Fleet greyhound Trade leaping across the theres a lounge with comfortably cushioned conveniently placed even a timetable on the the Only thing missing is the Chicago when you drive your jeep into the 1st Echelon shop for a youll probably be greeted by Leo Mechanic in with a cheery Good morning while he floors you with whizzing nine Point youll get All the usual like Check your Gas and the gasoline pumps Are a revelation too the familiar red the Golden and other popular four non of pumps As big As Day and your Choice of any and when you fill and sign the we form for services re youll drive off with a thank Call ringing in your this is definitely not the this piece of Home is the work of John who was a los Angeles Interior decorator before he took Over the motor Pool he thought what the Pool needed most was a Good so he changed his office from just another tace for i desks to a show room of Herbaugh became the managing director the first sergeant switched to person Nel both have their names thus inscribed on their office the though retaining his Rose from the comparative obscurity of a i to a position of key importance in the filler Jack gis device improves bombing technique 384th bomb can now Shack their targets without fear that their bomb sights have been Dis Turbed on the bomb thanks to Sigmund a 29yearold bomb sight maintenance Man from who studies an army calculus course in his spare has devised an instrument called the Altitude drum now used on Alj Norden bomb sights in the which prevents Acci dental movement of the Knob used to adjust the sights for previously the Knob was easily knocked out of position if the Bombardier brushed up against it while lining up on this frequently forced the plane to go in on the bomb run a second during which it would be subjected to increased fire from the aroused ground lotto silk an air service command repairmen Here re paired and packed a record total of chutes during silk to make two pairs of full fashioned Hose for every woman in the Jet propelled 448th bomb Louis a Headquarters mail clerk received an airmail letter from his Home in postmarked it arrived Silver Star for i who brought fort to Safe territory 457th bomb was an awkward situation for David exc Oal Miner from to Turret gunner and Engineer on a limping three fellow gunners and a special navigator were left in the ail ing plane Over Germany when a fouled alarm system resulted Only co navigator and Bombardier hearing the pilots order to bail they decided to stick it out and get Back to Friendly so Foltz took Over the controls of the peppered by enemy one engine on Hydraulic system completely de and guided it skilfully Over where All bailed out of the falter ing for this Foltz won the Silver the Republic boy piloted the fort for More than an hour and a half while the navigator plotted the course into the plane seemed ready to blow up at any moment when the gunner Pilot gave if order to deciding he was not skilled to set it the Mission had taken them Over Industrial and military targets at where enemy ack ack swelled up and gave the fort several direct fragments severed the pilots oxygen but Foltz quickly turned Over his own and picked up a spare line in the bombers Foltz got a couple of pieces in his then came the fragment that Cut the alarm bring ing about the plight of the gunners and extra airmen get through on Wing and a Spray 434th troop Carrier seven glider pilots of Ralph streams Down for double Squadron thought they had seen most but they changed their minds after a recent ferry trip to the flying i Liaison planes they were 300 feet above the Channel under a heavy Cloud Bank when suddenly bombs started hurtling Down at them through the Over the amazed pilots watched huge water spouts Blossom from the exploding which narrowly missed several of the frail single engine buffeted them like bouncing balls and drenched them All with later the mystery was explained when a break in the overcast showed a flight of from which the bombs had been flying High above the Cloud glider pilots who made the trip include Dave of Villa Irwin of Leslie Van of Roy of Ken of Bob of Silver and Henry of Lansing takes to the air 381st bomb a pro  comprised of men from various aah standing Mary film christened a fort in Honor of Here last the Crew included Ned Pilot Joseph and Henry navigator Lawrence Bombardier James top Turret gunner Douglas radio operator Maurice Ball Turret gunner John Waist and Frank Tail Harry of near Lansing was the hypothetical ground Crew Neff said bomb the sergeant Brothers from Paul fortress Gold Brick gunner infantryman in India and armoured Divi and both in and 392nd ground radio another jeep in future dress two pictures of a streamlined jeep published in the 18 of unit news moved the boys of the 2nd Echelon 447th bomb to shoot if this photo of a jeep they rigged up in postwar converted in Idle hours at the the jeep has an Al Metal Canvas shaped Windshield and Roll Down the conventional Back seat was lowered for More and sides Are yellow cellophane behind the headlight Glass makes for lights and the taillight is in the Center of the spare the postwar body can be disassembled and the jeep returned to original form in half an Julian of Harvey of and Cpl Leo of n Are responsible for the jeeps and Duncan stand by in this Side View of the Jee of the by Sid Schapiro special delivery flying a cg4a glider loaded with Mack 439th troop Carrier Pilot Cut Loose from his c47 Tow ship Over besieged Bastogne to deliver the howitzer ammo in the Nick of with flak bursting on All sides and one Wing and the Tail there want time to find the perfect Landing the brakes didst hold on the Snow covered slope and a 15foot drop off loomed Striplin had sufficient Speed and soared right off the landed slowed through a steel Fence and came to a Stop ten Yards from the command where he Learned shells were being rationed and Only 20 rounds flak and fancy population Only including the wife and parents of Cecil 100th bomb group has done a big Job in this its flying and Daniels the spirit of has pounded German targets on More than 35 Harry of now commands 4th Mustang second High scoring 8th of fighter a Silver Beer Mug sans the liquid stuff inscribed with his name was Given Julius 78th Mustang group Pilot from for bagging his outfits 400th scoreboard 244 156 91st bomb group forts wee Willy and nine nine each hit the Century Skinny also Ira Walter Squadron engineering and George ground Crew Swap congratulations after 9lth bomb group fort Skinny racked up 100th came 94th bomb group fort to Complete 100 the wars a family affair for Howard and John Brothers from devils serving with same 20th Mustang group Howard is flight surgeon and John a 446th bomb group 200 missions Ray 359th Mustang group Ace from recently took on an mel09 at scoring the less than after 16 months William and John 20yearold twins from have been reunited at 388th bomb group where the Yare winding up training As fortress radio pay formerly on the receiving end As a Depan ment of internal Revenue Clarence of Wash is now dishing it out As a finance i with the finance Dis Bursing Ward notes before swapping pinstripes and tweeds for James infantry and William competed against each other in the use car business deep in the heart of unaware each had been wounded during the same 24hour period at both Are now recovering from shrapnel hits at 828th convalescent James of might be a hard boiled 102nd general Hospital my during the but Hes just one of the boys in the evening when he plays first trumpet with the Hospital entertaining wounded recuperating at 103rd general Dan infantry Man from floored by grenade fragments which ricocheted off the curved Walls in a Tunnel under the City of offered this description of the action most of us were Good tool so by using that experience we banked our Rifle shots off the Walls and around the but the nazis soon Learned the rules and returned our fire heres one for the i books Edward 83rd general Hospital detachment top kick from Asbury and member of the Board of governors of the noncom has organized a club for Buck Ernest of Ruth land who served with artillery in France in world War is Back on the Job in this conflict As a 93rd general Hospital when i opened my eyes and saw my sister bending Over i almost fell off the said William 44th division infantryman from who is now recovering shrapnel wounds at 97th general where his Madlyn is a printed in England by the times publishing printing House and published by the states armed