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[TDH]

The Duke wasn't in the Army Air Corps--but he did fly with the Marines and the Flying Tigers

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[MD220]

Here"s one!Jackie Cooghan,childhood star and played Uncle Fester on the Adams Family. His flight jacket is in the Air Force museum in Dayton along with many other Hollywood stars of the era.It's been a long time since I visited there,but if I recall correctly,he was a glider pilot on D-Day.Well worth the visit though.Really need to get back since they added on and updated!

[Bob Womack]

From Wikipedia:

Coogan enlisted in the US Army in March 1941. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he requested a transfer to US Army Air Forces as a glider pilot because of his civilian flying experience. After graduating from glider school, he was made a Flight Officer and he volunteered for hazardous duty with the 1st Air Commando Group. In December 1943, the unit was sent to India. He flew British troops, the Chindits, under General Orde Wingate on 5 March 1944, landing them at night in a small jungle clearing 100 miles behind Japanese lines in the Burma campaign.

Bob

[MD220]

Bob,I'm taxing my memory, but if I recall correctly from the display at the AF Museum he also took part in D-Day.There was so much to take in,I may be wrong! A hero none the less.Who'd a thunk!!

[Mickey]

Don't forget Charles Durnning Captured in the Battle if the Bulge,escaped back to our lines after surviving the Malmendy massacre. and later testified at the trial.