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Nile Kinnick correspondence, December 1942-March 1943
1942-12-13: Page 01
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Sunday Dec. 13, 1942 Dear Folks, Yesterday I checked out in field carrier landings and today finished up with my training with two hours of combat tactics. The last thirty minutes before coming down our instructor, Fritz Wolfe, who was with the A.V.G. in China gave us a wild and exciting tail chase. There were eight of us all together strung out one behind the other. We followed him through just about everything in the book-loops, chandelles, immelmans, slow rolls, and finished off with a tight Luftberry circle. That is, we were all screaming around in a flipper twin equidistant apart, including the leader and the last man. We should have finished up about Tuesday, but a heavy fog and low ceiling has hung in here for a whole week. This is the first completely clear day we have had since a week ago yesterday. In seven days my flight has gotten in seven hours a day flying and three at night. We are to be detached on Tuesday for Norfolk where we check out in carrier landings and takeoffs on the charger, a converted merchantmen. Unless we run into bad weather that should only take a few days, then on to Quonset. Any mail sent here will be forward or you might reach me at Norfolk with this address: Ens. N.C.K-SP17, N.A.S., Norfolk. If it is anything of much importance you had better wait until you hear from me again. This has been a squadron of much good
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Sunday Dec. 13, 1942 Dear Folks, Yesterday I checked out in field carrier landings and today finished up with my training with two hours of combat tactics. The last thirty minutes before coming down our instructor, Fritz Wolfe, who was with the A.V.G. in China gave us a wild and exciting tail chase. There were eight of us all together strung out one behind the other. We followed him through just about everything in the book-loops, chandelles, immelmans, slow rolls, and finished off with a tight Luftberry circle. That is, we were all screaming around in a flipper twin equidistant apart, including the leader and the last man. We should have finished up about Tuesday, but a heavy fog and low ceiling has hung in here for a whole week. This is the first completely clear day we have had since a week ago yesterday. In seven days my flight has gotten in seven hours a day flying and three at night. We are to be detached on Tuesday for Norfolk where we check out in carrier landings and takeoffs on the charger, a converted merchantmen. Unless we run into bad weather that should only take a few days, then on to Quonset. Any mail sent here will be forward or you might reach me at Norfolk with this address: Ens. N.C.K-SP17, N.A.S., Norfolk. If it is anything of much importance you had better wait until you hear from me again. This has been a squadron of much good
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