Victoria Yeager
March 11, 1944: WWII. Hiding from Gestapo
March 11, 1944: The father had come and gotten us before dark yesterday. We were fairly safe in the woods – the Germans are a bit scared they might get ambushed. I’m getting a little antsy. Will I spend the rest of the war here? Was it still going on? What was happening? My wounds…
Read MoreLt Col Chuck Yeager leads USAFE Gunnery Champs – 1955-1956
USAFE Gunnery Champs – 1955-1956 While stationed in Germany my wing won the Gunnery Meet in Europe. Then we moved to Nellis where all the pros were, the biggest competitors – that’s all they did at Nellis – gunnery. And we beat the heck out of them, too. Air to air, air to ground. Air…
Read MoreWWII. Other POVs. March 5, 1944
Children of the local pastor: My brother and I had just walked out of the rectory next to the church. My father is the pastor. The noise above us – well, we knew a big battle was raging in the air. Deafening and scary. We see a plane on fire heading left to right diagonally toward…
Read MoreWWII.Shot Down My 1st E/A – March 4, 1944
In Chuck Yeager’s words: Weather was stinkin’. We scrambled – it was to be one of the first American daylight raids on Berlin. As I broke out in the clouds with my wingman, it was just the two of us. Wondered where the rest of the group was but forges ahead, found the box of…
Read MoreDo You Smoke? – Another General Yeager Story
General Yeager in his own words: When I enlisted in the Army Air Corps, they have you meet with an army psychologist. This was going to be fun! I was answering his questions when he pulls out a cigarette, slowly lights it, puffs, blows the smoke in my face and asks: Do you smoke? Me:…
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