Looking at old pic of my grandfather and doing some research I found this web site and noticed this pic It’s the same plane that is in your gallery they were part of the same squadron I bet they knew each other
Read more →My father-in-law, Clyde A. Willis, was a member of VMTB-242, and Jake Nevins is my wife’s godfather. Clyde died at age 96 in 2014. He rarely talked about the war except when something would slip out, but he did mention his tentmate being killed by a Japanese
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Hi. My name is Kris Fager and I am conveying this message on behalf of my father, Ernest Linsmaier. His comments follow. I am sorry to hear about Byron’s passing. I am Ernest Linsmaier, a retired schoolteacher of 35 years. I was active in local politics, having
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Byron Receives his Distinguished Flying Cross almost 50 years late, at a special ceremony in 1993.
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I forget who came up with the idea. One night over a few drinks at the Officers’ Club, a few of us decided that Bugs Bunny had the makings of a gutsy and appropriate squadron insignia for VMTB-242. Tex Avery and Chuck Jones, the legendary Warner Bros.
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