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S o u th ern O regon Miner', T hursd ay, M arch 8, 1945 GOD IS MY CO-PILOT C o l. R o b e r t L. S co tt S W IN G CIRChK PATTERNS Button-Front for Ail Occasions Lingerie to Cliartn Young Miss W N U . R tL tA b E The »lory thus tar: After (rxduaU e« from W r tl Polat, Robert Scott win» b it win«» at Kelly M eld and tabe» u p combat flying. He ba» been aa lattrn cto r for fo u r years «hen the war breabs oat, and I» told he Is now too old for combat flying. He appeal» to several Generals and Is Anally offered an opportunity to get Into the Aghi. He flies a bomber to India, but Is made a ferry pilot and this doe» not suit him. He visits Gen. Chen naalt. gets a Klttyhaw b. and toon is flying the shies over Harm a, fcnowa as the “ one man a ir force." Later be It made C.O. of the M rd M ghter Group, but he still beeps on bnocblng down Jap planes. He goes out on bis greatest mis sica, over Hongbong, M ay b e th ey’ve even m ade some seventy to fifty and finally to noth m ista ke back o ver th e re in the ing. I sw eated out m y re tu rn to States and have sent som e new K w e ilin and Just m ade it by m en planes out here, and w e’ re going to ta lly liftin g the ship onto the strip get the best In the w orld , planes betw een the Jagged s ta la g m ites that th a t go a hundred m iles an hour seemed to g uard our field. faster and c lim b 4.500 feet a m in ute T h a t afternoon 1 led sixteen fight to fifty thousand fe e t B ut th e re ’s ers to escort our tw elve bom bers yo u r crew -ch ief now, w av in g you in to Canton. C a p t B ric k H o lstro m , —and he’s looking at the patches w-ho had p a rtic ip a te d In the ra id on yo u 'v e shot from the blast tubes of Tokyo the preceding A p ril, led the yo u r guns and knows yo u 'v e fired at bom bers. As the fighters kept the the en em y. O r m a yb e your " v ie new ta c tic a l “ sq u irre l cage” about to ry ro ll” w arned him a n yw a y . . , his fo rm a tio n he d e lib e ra te ly c ir Who knows? cled to the South of T ien Ho a ir D ay a fte r day, through the e a rly d ro m e and covered the ta rg e t area p a rt of N ovem ber, w e ac tu a lly p erfe ctly w ith his long strin g of p rayed th at the w eath er E ast would bombs. T he a n ti-a irc ra ft was h eavy CHAPTER XXV cle ar, so th at we could stop our and Increased as we w ent on N o rth P ilots w aitin g fo r the o rd er io go sm all, piddling attacks on B u rm a o ver W hite Cloud field. I looked and go back to Hongkong. I knew Into the a ir. S ittin g a t the crude back a t the results a t T ie n Ho and that G en eral Chennault and Colonel tab le, w aitin g for the chow wagon fe lt a surge of p ride a t th at per Cooper w ere planning a big one fect bom bing fro m fourteen thou or tpr an a le r t L isten in g w ith keen fo r the next tim e, for now we had the ears for the jin g le of the telephone. sand fe e t T h is was te a m w o rk , I larg e st force of fighters we had ever I knew now, w ith bom bers and fight P la y in g gin ru m m y or poker, but seen in C h ina. New P-40’ s had been ers p ro p e rly proportioned. i b earin g ev eryth in g th at was going A ll of a r riv in g in sm all num bers, but us w ere m ad because the Japs I on. A p la y e r would be d ealin g the T h e G roup was ac tu a lly deck, and in the m id d le of the rou stead ily. w ouldn’t come up. T h e bom ber being built up to stren gth at last. crew s had reported them tak in g off tin e of dropping a card here, and W ith the first breaks in the heavy fro m both fields and keeping iow, one there, the phone would ring. The < w in te r clouds, B e rt C a rleto n was but heading in all directions. T he ca rd would stop in the a ir. poised I sent w ith his tra n s p o rt and our ac cu ra te bom bing m ust have de o ver the table w hile we a ll heard ground personnel to K w eilin . A v ia stroyed m any of them on the ground, the Chinese in te rp re te rs pick up the 1 tion fuel and bombs w e re placed for we had m a d e a fein t of continu m agneto phone and u tter the fa m il ing on South to Hongkong. 1 te n t ia r " W e y — w e y ." as they say ‘•hel re ad y for instant use, and I could feel the tension in the a ir again. one ship hom e w ith each bom ber. lo ." The card would re m a in there F ro m the d a ily reports on the a ir- T h e rest of us hung back and tried o ver the table, undealt throughout 1 d e rs an d is s lig h tly fitte d fo r w arn in g net it could be seen th a t to te m p t the enem y Zeros to com e ( the telephone conversation— u ntil sm o o th n e ss u n d e r d res se s. D a in ty I the p la y e r realized w hat he was do the Japanese had m a in ta in e d a con up; but they had e v id e n tly received la c e e d g in g is a p r e t t y to u c h . stant a e ria l p atro l o ver Hongkong th e ir orders. I ing. Then he’ d go h e s ita tin g ly on. and v ic in ity since our last attack. N e x t m o rn ing L ie u t. P a t D aniels Pattern No. 1297 is designed for sizes 8, Perhaps the call was one of the W ith the first b reak in the clouds 8. 10. 12 and 14 years. Size 8. slip, re got up begging the G e n e ra l to let hundreds that m ean t nothing; only quires 1». yards of 33 or 39-lnrh m aterial; we sent observation planes o ver w ith h im lead a dive-b om bin g a tta c k on the Chinese re a lly knew , and we t panties, ’ » yard; 6 1» yards lace Io trim an a irc ra ft assem b ly p la n t in C an the sot. could only w ait and find out. Then ( H u tto n -K r o a t F r o c k . ton. H is plan was good, and the Due to an unusually large demand and again, the re c e iv e r of the telephone P O IS E D a n d c h a r m in g a f t e r - current w ar conditions, slightly more lime m ission was m ade re ad y. A ll of m ig h t drop back into place and the Is required In (tiling orders for a few ol us w ent down to the a le rt shack * * noon fro c k to w e a r s h o p p in g , ! the moat popular pattern number«. in te rp re te r would say som ething to t to c h u rc h fu n c tio n s , a n d on a l l I and w atched the ground crew load an o ther Chinese. T his second one ing the little ye llo w fra g m e n ta tio n those o ccasio ns w h e n yo u w a n t to 1 SEW ING C IR C L E P A T T E R N D E F T . would go to the plo tting -bo ard, look bombs under the wings of six look y o u r n ic e s t. I t w il l be lo v e ly j 149 New Montgomery SL a t the m a rk e d co-ordinates, and q u i 4 San F ranrlsro , Calif. P -40 E ’s. A short tim e la te r they in soft p a s te l c re p e s , a llo v e r s c ro ll | e tly put a little red flag down o ver w ere off, w ith D a n iels w a itin g to Enclose 23 cents In coins (or each p rin ts o r in s tr ip e d c o tto n fo r a c e rta in c ity tow ards Japanese te r pattern desired. I blow up the fa c to ry , and a ll set with e v e r y d a y . rito ry . E ven then, w ith one w arn • • • I his m o vie c a m e ra to tak e pictures Pattern No...........................Size............... ing only, the gam e could go on for Pattern No 1287 la designed for ilzes t a u to m a tic a lly as he dove the bombs Nam e .................................... ..................... a long tim e in confidence. 12. 14. 18. 18. 20; 40 and 42. Size 14. short into the targ e t. sleeves, requires 3 ’ , yards of 39-lnch m a Perhaps the Squadron co m m an d Address ...................................................... T h re e hours la te r only five of terial. ( e r o r the officer who was on the S lip an d P a n t ie S e t. the six returned. P a t D a n iels was a le rt th at day would m ove out of m issing in action. His w in g m an T_T E R E is a s lip an d p a n tie set to I the g am e and s ta rt looking the m ap had seen his lea d e r lose p a rt of his * •» m a k e s is te r fe e l q u ite g ro w n 1 and the flags over, sizing up the C O L D -C L O G G E D N O SE w in g in an explosion on the w ay In u p . T h e slip h a s b u ilt-u p sh o ul- situation. As the p ic tu re fo rm ed Opens up Quickly w ith the bombs. A n ti-a irc r a ft could f and it becam e ap p aren t th at this Neodee's Nasal M ly haa tieen a success far h ave done it. but m ost of us ag reed , »>»• h was a re a l a tta ck he’d just go over y e a n in quickly oprnine up cold cln«- «. fro m the description th at D a n iels ' R i c h a r d C r O O K S B e l i e v e d eed noara .rrlie vin e h e a ifru ld in iae rirt - t j X and te ll the ca rd -g a m e about i t O r Isn 'IlH ju id lkiean t run S,Krthingand bombs m ig h t h ave h it his own pro- , n* * * / r I m a yb e tw o or three m en would be plraaant. M ilium s of lubra used G e t p eile r. A t the trem endous speed j Q U lV lS lO T l O j L a b o r kaadsa's Nasal M ly a l any d r u ( store gin to get helm ets o u t The gam e th at a fast fighter-ship builds up in a KONDON’S NASAL JELLY would silen tly b rea k up, w ith cards O n c e d u r in g an o p e ra , R ic h a r d long and n e a rly v e rtic a l dive, pres and C N le ft w here they w ere. H e l C ro o k s had fo r h is le a d in g la d y a sures a re also b u ilt up fro m the in m e ts and gloves would be put on p r im a d o n n a w h o w a s m o re th a n creased speed. This to rq ue ne r M en who w ere p retend ing to be p le a s in g ly p lu m p . In one sc en e he cessitates so m uch com pensating A g ro up of fig h te f'p ilo ts on the sleeping in the bags on the floor h a d to c a r r y th e la d y a c ro s s -th e pressure on the ru d d e r th at one a le rt a t K u n m ing . would be aw akened. th re s h o ld o f a c o tta g e . m ust a c tu a lly stand on the ru d d e r And the tension droppeu o il like a a top-cover of several fighters, but E x e r t in g h e rc u le a n e ffo r t, he control. W hile doing this. P a t m ig h t cloak. I t w asn’ t the actual com bat the Jap would not com e up to fight Relieves pain soreness h ave re la xe d pressure ju s t as he m a n a g e d to l i f t th e h e ro in e , b u t these fighter pilots feared , fo r we all the shark-m outhed planes. His in reached down to pull the bom b re h is k n e e s a lm o s t b u c k le d w h e n he F a r r r l l r f from Ik« ter l a , a ei almyle w anted com bat m o re than anything structions ap p e a r to have been: W a it P i l r i . P A Z O a in lm rn t baa b ra n fam oue lease; this would have allow ed the s ta r te d to w a lk . G r it t in g h is te e th else; it was the d am n ab le uncer fo r the A m e ric a n bom bers. for mors Uwn th irty re a rs H e ra 'a why: speeding p lane to “ y a w ” o r skid. he s ta g g e re d a c ro s s th e s ta g e , an d First. P A Z O a ln tm r a l aoalhes In flam ed ta in ty — the rin gin g of a telephone, On N o v e m b e r 21. the ground and the bom bs could h ave struck the w ith a sig h o f r e li e f d e p o s ite d h e r a r r a a .r r lie r r a pain and lick in«. Second. an ominous sound th at most of the crew s got to K w eilin . P A Z O o in im rn l lu b rirs le o hard e n e d , I in s id e th e c o tta g e . Instead of arc of the prop. dried p arla— k rlp a p re re m crack lag and tim e m ean t nothing. keeping th em in the hostel that first soreness T h ird . P A Z O o ,a n n e a l lend s " O h , M r . C r o o k s ,” she g ushed, The only note of encouragem ent When m en w ent out of the door to n ig h t to insure th at in fo rm atio n lo reduce nwelhn« and check bleedtnc. ‘d id I c a u s e y o u m u c h tro u b le ? ” F a u rlk . Il's easy Is use P A Z O o in t was th at a chute had been seen get into th e ir ships and take off would not leak out to the en em y, m ent's perforated P ile P lpa m akes ap- “ N o t a t a ll, m a d a m , ” h e lie d , when the fighters left the targ e t. th e re was no handing to friends on we sent th em to town, first casually plicalisn sim ple, tk o r e u fk V o s r doctor th e v e in s s ta n d in g o u t on h is n eck . L ie u t P a tric k D aniels was one of can tell you a b o s l P A Z O o lnlm snt. the ground of last letters to take re m a rk in g th at we w ere h ere now ‘B u t to m o r r o w n ig h t le t's m a k e it our best and m ost ag g ressive pilots, c a re of, no entrusting of rings and fo r the second a tta c k on Hongkong. Now! At Your Druggists! and we m issed h im im m e d ia te ly I in tw o t r ip s .” w atches to room -m ates. F o r lig h ter E a r ly n ext m o rn ing our tw elve — and hoped fo r the best. pilots don’t think of not com ing back. bom bers slipped into K w e ilin , w ith T h a t sam e night, Johnny Alison T h e y a re invin cib le, or think they Colonel (p ro m o ted since the last at- led eig ht ships in a figh ter sweep a re . and they have to be th a t w ay ta c k ) Butch M o rg an in the lead and d ive-b o m b in g a tta c k on the D o w n in our hearts we m a y figure ship. T h e strengthened figh ter force th a t some accid en t w ill get us some of betw een th irty and fo rty planes docks at H ankow , o ver fo ur hundred m iles to the N orth. In the riv e r day, when we a re old and g ray , in filtra te d fo r re se rvic e— som e went when o ur beards get in the w ay of to K w e ilin , others scattered to the h a rb o r, w ith the sky criss-crossed by the controls, or we get to w here we surrounding em ergency fields for tra c e rs fro m the ground. Johnny ^ M u s c u la r i Stiff Joints d on 't see w ell or re a c t fast— but we b e tte r protection of the bom bers As dropped his bom bs on the hangars ' W J u i C </<>«, W E E D c i Then for know th a t no en em y figh ter is good soon as I landed I ran up to the and on a la rg e fre ig h te r ten m inutes he s tra fe d the enem y enough to shoot us down. I f that cave and the G e n e ra l took m e in and vessel and b ad ly disabled t t C ap happens it’s just an accident. showed m e the plotting-board. The tain H a m p s h ire dove and shot the These thoughts a re the "c h ip s " little red flags indicated increased th a t we c a rry on o ur shoulders, and v ig ila n c e at Hongkong. Then I got searchlights out u n til he was out of a m m u n itio n . T h e n ig h t a tta c k so they have to be there— a rro g a n t, ego m y orders: " S trik e H o n gay.” In an deep into en em y te rrito ry was a tis tic a l chips m ellow ed by flying hour the bom bers w ere off to bomb technique and exp erien ce and fo rti the coal m ines and docks of that d a rin g one and did m uch to confuse mint for n o n » the Japs fu rth e r. Jo h nn y’s ships fied by the m otto, “ A tta c k !" N e v e r Indo-Chinse p o rt N o rth of Haiphong. be on the defensive. Shoot the ene M o rg an sank a 12.000-ton ship th at w ere ra th e r b a d ly shot up fro m the ground-fire, and he was lucky to m y down b efo re he can shoot you was repo rted to have been an a ir get th em a ll back to base safely. dow n. You a re b e tte r than he is. c r a ft c a rrie r. T h e figh ter escort But it was such m issions as these but don’t g ive h im a chance. He strafed fe rry boats, sm all surface w hich built up the circum stances m a y get in a lucky shot but y o u 're c ra ft, and looked for Jap fighters th at would assure the success of in v in c ib le M o ve to w ard s any dot in try in g to intercep t. But none cam e. the big a tta ck the G e n e ra l was plan the sky th at re m o tely resem bles an T h a t night the enem y sent up a O II.IC K « O ' “ „ eBcBro. „ „ . Y , U l ning. a irp la n e . M o ve to a tta c k , with flight of th re e bom bers to each of N e x t day, w ith eighteen fighters, sw itches on and the sight read y I f our fields, looking for our forces. we escorted the bom bers to raid it's not a ship or if it ’s a frie n d ly « a ¡ s - ■««» B ut we w ere so scattered th a t th eir Sienning, an occupied town near one yo u ’ll be re ad y an yw ay, and luck was bad N ig h t fighters from « * om m . H ankow . We kept the c irc lin g m o ve y o u r a rro g a n t luck w ill last a lot all stations took off, but those under Scald m m . « U S Ä » " '" Œ Ï Ï ’ I  £ ■ m ent a ll around our B-25’ s and tried longer. M a j. H a rry P ik e a t K w e ilin m ade to give them an added feelin g of » S Ä T h e w o rry comes before you get p erfe ct contact. The e n tire J a p a security by o ur presence. Through to ta k e off for co m b at— w ondering nese fo rm a tio n of three bom bers was w h e th e r or not you’ ll do the rig ht shot down o ver the field. P ike , L o m h eavy a n ti-a irc ra ft fire. M o rg an led th in g out of habit. A fte r you’ re in b ard . and G riffin each added an en the a tta c k in and d id n 't w aste a We le ft the warehouses In th e a ir i t ’s a ll the fun of flying and em y ship to th e ir scores, but Lom bomb. flam es, and th ere was much less doing the g rea tes t job in the world. b ard was shot down in flam es when ack-ack com ing up tow ards us than You a re up th ere, p ity in g a ll e a rth the Jap gunners blew up his belly bound c rea tu res who a re not p riv i tan k. L o m b a rd had m ade the ta c when we flrst approached. A rriv in g back a t o u r advanced leged to b re a th e this p u re r a ir on tic a l e rro r of pulling up o ver the high. Y o u r tra in in g m akes you do bom bers a fte r d eliv e rin g fire that base, we refueled and bom bed up again. Then we m ade the second th e co m b at w ork th at Is ahead w ith shot one down. We had given him ra id of the d ay to w ard s Hankow , out th in kin g about the m ovem ents. up for lost when he w alked in c a r o ver the town of Yoyang. Once M onths and ye ars of tra in in g ry in g his chute— and begging for an again M o rg an blasted the targ et, hours of w a itin g on the ground . . o ther ship. w ith black bursts of a n ti-a irc ra ft h ig h -p o w ered engines p u llin g you up A t daw n 'h e next day, N o ve m b er and up to the a tta c k — and then in a 23, I led the group to escort M o r fire bouncing around the fo rm atio n . But th ere was no intercep tio n, and fe w fleetin g seconds the com bat gan to Sanchau Islan d w ith tw elve now w e w ere feelin g blue. We is o v e r, y o u r, ship is all th a t’s in bom bers. W e had noted th a t the cou ld n 't destroy the Ja p A ir F orce the sky. and y o u ’ re on the w ay hom e Japs w ere stren gth en ing the a ir if they w ere going to try to save a g a in to base, w h is tlin g and th in k p a tro l o ver Hongkong even m ore. th e ir airp lan es. ing how easy it w as and w hat a T h e G en eral had sm iled and said, W e spent the n ext d ay. T hanks g re a t and glorious life It re a lly Is. " W e ’ re m a k in g th em w aste a te r givin g , w orking on the airp lan es and Y o u ’re w o n d erin g if you can pick rib le am ount of gaso lin e." Niw Rwiwf Wirtlmi M W « «’ Flfisctnonn’» FMNU »«!»• • * « resting. W e had flown seven missions those ca rd s up and finish the gam e W e saw M o rg a n ’s bombs -ake out in four days, and both m en and m a an d ta k e y o u r C N b ack fro m . A ja x tw o of the th ree hangars on the is Clip and paste on a penny post card (or your free game o r Jo h n n y o r M a c k . You m ig h t be land field, and w e w ent down to chines w ere tire d and in need of re. copy of Flelschmann's p air. We had a special d in n er that th in k in g how good th a t sleeping bag s tra fe and w atch fo r intercep to rs newly revised "The Bread address Basket." Dozens of easy Mores is going to fee l, o r w on d erin g w heth ta k in g off. Som e of the flig h t got night, but re m a in e d e x tra v ig ila n t recipes (oc breads, rolls, ag ain st a su rp rise by the Jap. e r th e tra n s p o rts th a t can land on th ree, but m y plane was h it by the dessert :. Address Standard On th a t T h a n k sg iv in g evening, as B ra n d s In c o rp o r a te d , th e field, now th a t th e a ir ra id ack-a ck, and when the oil pressure Grand Central Annex Box we w ere grouped around the G en alert is o ver, h a v e b ro ug h t you any began Im m e d ia te ly to fa il. I started 1477, New York 17, N . Y. e ra l, he brought out a bottle of m a il . . "D o g -g o n e, w o n d er if fo r the m a in lan d and home. W ith Scotch some one had given h im th a t w o m an Is w ritin g m e ? " th e o il pressure slowly going from I 1 I HINTJ ut W e a th e r « t r ip p in g doors o f cloa- e ta n nd c u p b o a rd s w ill k e e p o u t d u s t. U s e b ra n to c le a n y o u r f u r co l- lu r . W a r m th e b ra n urid ru b it in to th e fu r . A f t e r s e v e r a l h o u rs , b ru s h i t o u t a n d sh u k e f u r g e n tly . R e m e m b e r t h a t ra y o n , c o tto n a n d lin e n y u r d goods s h rin k m o re le n g th w is e th a n c ro s s w is e . — a— W h e n p r e p a r in g d rie d f r u it s fo r s te w in g o r d e s s e rt, le t th e m so u k in w a t e r o v e r n ig h t. T h is su ve s co o kin g t im e und g iv e s th e flu v o r a c h a n c e to d e v e lo p in th e m . H a s te w ith d a r k th re a d on lig h t m a t e r ia ls a n d lig h t th re u d on d u r k . T h e lin e s w ill be e a s ie r to fo llo w . 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