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28 Met Field
On Tuseday March 28, 1944 I had a young
pilot named Horace Q Waggoner (whiskers not
grown) flying my airplane. Had abort.
Changed plugs. OK. My leaves and passes
from the base were mostly to London, if
I had the time. On some of the leaves
I went to Norwich or to visit with English
friends near by. During this time there
was a Train wreck near London. Some
of our men were on the Train. None
were seriously hurt. The ruins of an old
Castle stood near the base. We visited the
castle. During the spring word came that
our new permanent base was ready.
29 Trip to Raydon
On April 14, 1944 ground personnel loaded
on Trucks, Jeeps or anything that would Roll
for trip to Raydon. I went by jeep to
our new permanent home. It was
new and clean but we knew there was a
lot of work to do as D-day was coming
anytime now.
29 Duty at Raydon
We were flying and going full speed.
We were living in tents on the line.
The high brass questioned us about what
we would do if ??? We assumed D-Day
was not far away. We had several
"Dry Runs" A new pilot, Capt V. Curtiss
was assigned to me because Herman
Herfurth, my pilot since Newman's death had finished