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p51 Pilots Biographies, Last Name Starting With "M"
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Pilot Name
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Biography Summary
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Madge Rutherford Minton
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MADGE RUTHERFORD MINTON, born March 22,1920 in Greensburg,
Indiana, won her wings in 1940 as the only
woman member of the first Civilian Pilots'
Training Program in Indiana, Butler University, Indianapolis. Ex-barnstormer Elvan Tarkington taught Madge to fly in a Rearwin
9000. Later Virgil Simmons taught her aerobatics in an open cockpit biplane Waco
PT-14 and a bastard Fleet #1 with a #7
empennage.
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Anna (Flynn) Monkiewicz
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There were no decorations, no medals
indeed, nothing to distinguish Anna's service
as a Jug jockey, save perhaps a hasty landing
in Goldsboro, North Carolina when the cockpit of her Jug began unaccountably to fill
with raw gasoline. At 800' bailing out was out
of the question; she circled back and landed,
departing the ship before it stopped rolling.
(no fire, but badly burned feet and ankles
from the high octane gas.)
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William Mullins
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He was then transferred to
the Ninth Air Force in France, where he
joined the 373 Fighter Group and checked
out in P47's. He flew 57 missions, mostly
armed reconnaissance over Belgium, Holland and Germany, with the 411th Squadron. In the Squadron's last mission of the
war, he took part in a dive bombing attack on
two submarines in the Baltic Sea.
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Bill E. Myers
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Graduated from Aviation
Cadet Training, class 43-G at Luke Field.
Deployed to the ETO with 511 the Flight
Bomber Squadron 405th F.B. Group in
Feb., 1944, and was the only pilot to serve
uninterrupted tour and return with group
after V.J Day.
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Raymond Bell Myers
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WWII FIGHTER ACE!
Following Graduation from Mississippi State College in 1941, Myers joined the USAAF Reserves and graduated from flight school in February, 1942. When the 50th FG was rolled into the 355th FG, he became the Squadron CO of 358th FS. By the time the 355th entered combat from Steeple Morden, England he had more than 600 hours, mostly P-40 and P-47 flight time.
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