Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Saturday june 19, 1943/he stars and stripes weekly Page 9from the airfields and the Skyway special delivery airmail we m Mif v. Of Here a the Man who flew the first copies of the stars and stripes to Allied troops on Pantelleria the Day after it was captured Rae Pilot sgt. Lane. Official Haaf photo a flying fortress lays its Eccl. On two ships in Cagliari Harbor a to a. / of a o i both of the above pictures Are official Naaf photoes flashes from the sir front Oil closest acquaintance with Pantelena was made from me nose of a tying Portress slightly More than three Miles Sti Anglit up. By watching several Hundred bombs crash into the i on ii it amidst origin Orange hashes and great smoke eruptions we began to Realise How the fortresses mitc Nejus marauders lightnings. Opus and All the rest of them softened up Pantelleria and  other islands until they were Matt Happy to toss in the sponge  Power supplemented by naval guns realty handled that Job and we noir our til Caps to Thooe pilots Bombardi Eis gunners and ground Crews who forced Punte Ileria to wave the White Flag of surrender the terrific punishment dealt out by the maak is confirmed by of sgt. Milton Lehman one of our blight Young men who spent this wet with the airmen he writes a our cumbers made such a shambles of the Island before it surrendered that no one could walk around it without running tile risk of falling into a Hole. There Are so Many craters that a c 47 trying to land probably would disappear like judge Crater and never be heard of again. Most of the Pamelle rians sex it All their time underground. When one emerged and saw what the place looked like he crawled Back in his Hole like a groundhog without taking urns to examine his  yes chums the air Armada really can dish it out o a a an extremely interesting Chap is 2nd it. James cant a Bombardier from Clarksville Tenn a ministerial student Back in Tho states he also is a dead Eye Dak when he goos to work on the bomb sight. He generally puts those eggs where they will do the most Good. And then reads his Bible Oil the Rule Back to the Field. Cant says lie intends to resume his study for the ministry when he returns to i Tennessee. A a Vot Remp into Many famous athletes on any air Field Jill these pans. For instance with a Mitchell ont lit is Mai. Gordon c. Locke one time a american fullback at Iowa. He toted the Punkin from 1920 to 1922. And at 167 pounds was probably the Best ii a text fullback in the Anne. In his second year with the team Iowa beat a great notre Dame eleven. 10-7. The major remains in line physical Chape and Noy Scales Between 175 and 180. Another footballer nearby i capt. George Sander of Spokane. Wash. He was a ii America 1 Lor Washington ate in 1932 and �?~33 this erstwhile halfback now i is group photo officer for a fortress group. A a a we spent an interesting Hale Hoer with Mal Gen. James Doolittle Boss of the strategic air Force. He showed us some of his prize bombing pictures and he was particularly proud of a shot depicting an exploding ammunition ship five Miles off Bizerte. Gen. Doolittle called that a Quot crucial  As the Axis boys had been counting upon that ammunition. Incidentally several of the men who flew on that renowned Tokyo flight with urn. Doolittle now Are with a Mitchell outfit not too far from tin general a Headquarters. Every now and then Jimmy joins them on a Mission. A a a a in w in i i Vin Seh a fortress you also pre he a to run into 1st it. Melvin Pool of Durant okla. He a a popular and Chich it Public relations Allicer for one Portress group. Curiously Pool was in the undertaking business before entering the air Force he i also Drew a cartoon strip called Quot Joe blow at Perrin Field Tex a. I now this versatile South Westerner is a Topnotch pro. But his heart still belongs to that funeral parlor where he plans to return. As he says a busies is always  to the a Asi Al observer mho likes to see Odd items we recommend a washing machine at one fortress group. Some mechanical Genius put it together from old air plane parts. Its gasoline driven and Cloes a fir to class Job regardless of grease and grime. Everybody Iii the place uses it. A a meet is chant the praises of by it Gilbert Pritchard a flying fortress Pilot fix in los Angeles. Told he could rest a few Days he Pilot it imply asked permission to Fly a lightning just to keep in practice. Lies 1hxii on six lightning missions already and is going Strong. Pritchard is the lad. By the Bye who found some Beer in Oran which struck him As mighty Fine. So he loaded a Keg of be a into a belly tank which he flew Back in a p-38 to his pals at a far removed air Fjeld. Later he asked his co if he could put a few kegs aboard a fortress and really bring Back a Load of Good cheer. Permission was n fused a a a personally we were tickled silly about a yarn we heard from a bomber Pilot named Walker. Seems his Crew adopted a Heil As a . The Hen produced Beaucoup eggs just to show she appreciated kindness and one Day accompanied the boys on a Mission at 2.> too Iet. However she toppled our oxygen was administered and us Hen revived. But once on the ground again she refused to Lay a single egg. A few clays later the gang took her on another Job. This time they were forced to bail out. Rio he Hen like a Good ship Captain went to Lier doom with the fortress a a a at one held we saw a Nero Pilot sitting under the Wing of his War Hawk w Hile mechanics worked on the plane. It developed he was i t of.  b. Benighted of Tulsa okla. He was on his Way to join his of 11 it the Only it to fighter Squadron in Africa having been help up a engine trouble. Knighton told us his co was it. Col. Benjamin o. Do. Or. Son of the Only negro general in u. S. Army history. Pm Hun and his fellow pilots trained at Tuskegee. All of them have had at Lea f two years of College. Benighted was graduated from Dillard a. Not w Orleans his p-40 is named Quot Lou Quot after his Wile. Ile said he a rain no to go and that All the other negro pilots feel the same was. A v Good my fortress fevers had sprouted their wings in in before to it lined Olive drab and tailed looking at the world through bomb it i lit. A prime example is it. Sam d. Mcfadden of Providence. R i. Who jul t finished his 32nd Mission Over p. A coleria w Hen v a v. Lam. N w 28, Mcpadden has b in a Pilot since 1u33 and Aas flown or. U Nae from Home made crates to fort a it a  he was a commensal Pilot a n the War started so in went to Canada and joined the Chal. After two taig in the Berry command he returned to the l s now a Lenin a swell Job with an Advance fortress out lit in Africa. A a a recommended for a citation is Sam. Richard j. Walsh of new York City. Who performed one of the standout teats of the Aerial Campaign. Auric Quot a Mitchell raid Over Sardinia. During the raid the planets control cables to the throttles and prop governor were shot out. Walsh tin Bombardier somehow got the cables through the navigators and worked them by hand on signals from the Pilot. In other words Tor More than two hours he stood with a Cable in each hand by which he re plated the Speed and Eli Trency of the Mitchell. Not one Man in a thousand could have handled the Job. It called for knowledge Quick thinking the ability to locate the broken cables and Shee r strength to manipulate them. The Pilot who yelled the orders Back to Walsh was 1st it. Henry b. Wightman of wine flesh r. Mass dining a pc Vious raid As a Turret gunner Walsh was hit in the Chin by a piece of flak but that did no to Stop him from shooting Down an enemy plane a. A. R