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WWII E.W. (Jane draft 8/2/-8/5)
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had to do
on to pr
shelters
and never
bomb. "
After
Spitfires
the RAF
Among the
Overseas
liB
started flying
regard
s a pilot.
the
1941, he
He also
to the
to the
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a
already
bing
of
The cause for
army nurse,
before the wa
Martin
reunion. In
the Nile with
would be there.
small ranch in South Texas.
Miss Martin was the
his children that she
Josephine referred to E.
stuck.
"Bill ". Bill told
the party.
1". The name
Yet it was in the cards for the
sent to ferry Spitfires to Cairo, she, the
Hospital.
When a re
answered while h
Janice Mc
was not true."
one another
Da
greatly
handsome
They were
of American forces
Alexandria
The
outranked
or that she
so that instead
over the years; good na
they understood.
In January of 1
S. One of his last
he said. "U -Boats
heard fr
torpedo
and her
Now he
"Daddy
Air Field, Bry
Operations Officer. He
daughters.
Bryan Air Field
be reunited --
sta
he
ghter,
old us it
known
-- was
this
lives.
wedding
honeymooned in
to duty in the U.
" out, II
next he
of instrument flying, a task that was deve
instructors, in fact, were so good at using
a hurricane.
"It makes sense that
Like anything
survival alone, he must have
had flown over 120 combat missions
his arrival
Probably during time at
and sister-in-law, T. K. "Red" and
"Uncle Bill was very
year-old how quiet we were
would jump up and grab his
niece, Barbara Donalson, as
to, " Residue from his Malta days
pilot's rooms duri
In March of , Bill
duty at Camp Polk, Louisiana.
at Ephrata A
Force; Josie at Spokane, 100 miles
But the two were not t
pregnant, and being proud T
he and Jo's ancestors went
sheriffs and
County. So he
agreed and left
child but two iden
C
part of the
Berlin Airlift," says
Munich while on t
Flying in
city of West Berlin,
mission for it was
post-war Europe.
future of Europe
While in
Command Pilot
flew 28 hours
1960's. He
Medalamo
Bill
second
The pilot-
to be the first to fly into
to train others.
from Spradley's
son. Bill
e pilot before
brother
County .
as a 7-
Otherwise he
70-year-old
attributed it
g into the
reported for
state, he
Fourth Air
supplies into the
a dangerous
in the
the
done, I know. War is terrible and
er 22 years of service, Bill was re
U.S.A.F. Commendation
S. Air Force Space
clearance
the
marriage
an
couples.
the
other veterans,
Jo's birthday.
Cemetery in
Jane Spradley Haley
Missouri City, Texas
Janice
Katy,
McCarthy
Bell