XIV. NAGAGHULI AND SADIYA – MARCH, 1944

1. Organizational Changes:

Officer strength during the month fell from 52 to 50. Lt. Taylor received his long awaited orders returning him to the states, and in addition Lts. Clower and Kanatzar were transferred out of the Squadron...

During this month a reorganization in the Commands in this theater took place from which emerged the Eastern Air Command, Major General Stratemeyer, Commanding. The Eastern Air Command consists of units of the 10th Air Force and the Bengal Air Command and is organized...

 SCRAMBLE!!! Everything we had that would fly took off. Fighter Control told the P-5ls to get into the air, also. Something big was coming after us. None of our local ships made any contact but we, on the ground, heard the talkative P-51 jockeys shouting exultantly. Wh...

My father, LT Philip Adair, would strike up a friendship with John Hugelmeyer. Before dad went overseas John suggested dad take a Baldina Pocket reflex camera with him to photograph his time in Burma. Dad liked the Baldina because it would fit in his flight jacket a...