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was lost as was Earl E. Perry.
Ugly stories came ut of this encounter
I think we were run out of France.
I knew first hand hout it felt to lose.
Airplane and pilot since Perry was in
my aircraft, Daddy's Delight. After a
few days I had a new airplane and
a new pilot Lt. Robert A. Newman, and
we "hit it off" from the beginning. He
was a "hot" pilot - Did not mind
using his guns. He named his airplane
Wham Bam Bugs Bunny Rabbit was
the picture we painted on the craft.
Lt. Newman did not conform to all
rules and regulations which caused him
to be in hot water most of the time.
With all this, he was liked by the enlisted
men as well as the officers. When he got
the opportunity, he volunteered for
duty with the Buzz Boys!
26 Woodbury's Buzz Boys The "Buzz Boys" primary function was to
hit enemy bases just prior to the
arrival of the bombers in the Enemy
Territory - thus disrupting the Enemy.
The work done by this group was very
successful. The Enemy cried about
this operation calling them THE LOW LEVEL
DEVILS! Lt. Newman returned from one
mission with Telephone wire on [wing?] and