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p51 Pilots Biographies, Last Name Starting With "I"
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Pilot Name
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Biography Summary
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Ray Ilich
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He was based at Caguari
Sadenia, flying P-39's. He flew anti-sub
patrol protecting ship convoys in the Mediterrarian Sea, while moving up the west coast of Italy behind the 5th Army advances. The
346th was re-equipped with P-47's and the
mission changed to interdiction in support of
"operation strangle" and the 5th Army. He
flew 102 missions destroying ammunition
depots, power stations, bridges, trains, tunnels, and railways.
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Harold J. Ingley
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Graduated with 44-B
after completing training in PT-13, BT-13,
AT-6, 20 hrs. in a P-40 and the required 80
or so in the P-51. Sent overseas to Italy and
Corsica, joined with the Jug Pilots of the
86th Fighter Bomber Group 526th Squadron, after 10 hrs. training in the P-47 , was in combat with the invasion of Southern
France.
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Norman M. Iverson
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After training in Hawaii he was sent with others as a replacement to the 318th Fighter Group stationed at Saipan in the Mariana's; the 318th Fighter Group P47N were transferred to Ie Shima where they flew escort for the big boys who were in B29's, B24's and on occasions the
smaller bomber fleets and were also used for
skip bombing, dive bombing, strafing and
napalm, ground work along the China Coast,
Korea, Kyusha and Honshu.
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