flying with Chuck Yeager
From Chuck Yeager. 1944 Shot down France
March 4, 1944 1st daylight raid over Berlin. Weather was stinkin’. Only 2 P-51s guarding a box of bombers. They hit their targes. I shot down my first enemy aircraft (a/c). Woo hoo. I was out of ammo returning home. I espied the stragglers of the bombers in formation heading home. I called ahead. “Can…
Read MoreMarch 8, 1944
At night, a couple of men take me to a farm where I spend a week with a young couple with a young son. It’s off the beaten path. The house is beyond some tall hedges and fairly far in from the road. I spend a lot of time playing soccer with their young son.…
Read MoreCapt Chuck Yeager Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross 1949
Distinguished Flying Cross Awarded for actions during the Cold War The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting a Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to Captain Charles Elwood Yeager (AFSN: 16076A), United…
Read MoreChuck Yeager – Air Force Distinguished Service Medal 1953
Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Awarded for actions during the Cold War The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Medal (Air Force) to Major Charles Elwood Yeager (AFSN: 16076A), United States Air Force, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service…
Read MorePlane crash – cartwheel at Oshkosh
Just heard about a plane crash at Oshkosh – plane broke in two but remarkably the pilot and passenger were not badly hurt. General Yeager had stopped me from a bad practice I had developed last summer when approaching a runway too fast and too high – slowing down the aircraft too much by raising the…
Read MoreTouch & go’s
Today we tried our new ice cream making machine again. We did everything the same as the old one except a few changes according to the new machine’s directions. Not quite as good as the old machine. We sure hope our friend can fix the old machine. Still pretty darn good ice cream though. This…
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