On this day in Ohio World War II history. Clarksburg Ohio soldiers, sailors and airman keep to a busy schedule but report back regularly to their families in Ross County for regular updates.
January 4, 1943: Charles Crabb (photo left) sees a Japanese Zero for the first time while based in Greenville S.C. The captured Zero was flown to the base for detailed enemy aircraft study. The same day, Crabb flies a training mission in a B-25 Mitchell bomber from Greenville, SC to Atlanta, GA. At this point in his training, he writes to his parents that he has been flying regular training missions and keeping very busy preparing for eventual rotation overseas. Paul McCormick transfers to Duncan Field, Texas.
January 4, 1944: Scott Dinkler is discharged from an Army hospital in Oran after recovering from a leg infection received while working on aircraft in Abadan Iran. Scott returns to his regular duties.
January 4, 1945: Curtis Willis departs Whittier, Alaska bound for the mainland U.S. Marcus Ater, aboard the USS Denver, departs San Pedro Bay to help provide firing cover for the landings at Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines.
January 4, 1946: Eugene Overly’s ship docks in the United States.
January 4, 1943: Charles Crabb (photo left) sees a Japanese Zero for the first time while based in Greenville S.C. The captured Zero was flown to the base for detailed enemy aircraft study. The same day, Crabb flies a training mission in a B-25 Mitchell bomber from Greenville, SC to Atlanta, GA. At this point in his training, he writes to his parents that he has been flying regular training missions and keeping very busy preparing for eventual rotation overseas. Paul McCormick transfers to Duncan Field, Texas.
January 4, 1944: Scott Dinkler is discharged from an Army hospital in Oran after recovering from a leg infection received while working on aircraft in Abadan Iran. Scott returns to his regular duties.
January 4, 1945: Curtis Willis departs Whittier, Alaska bound for the mainland U.S. Marcus Ater, aboard the USS Denver, departs San Pedro Bay to help provide firing cover for the landings at Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines.
January 4, 1946: Eugene Overly’s ship docks in the United States.
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