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Aug 15 meeting will be at Wings Over the Rockies; spouses, guests welcome

Program: Wings update by Greg Anderson

2014 Flight Sked plus acclaimed “Spitfire 944” documentary

Flight 18 normally meets on the third Friday of each We always plan a quality program whenever our wives month. Exceptions are announced in the newsletter and will be joining us. That again will be the case on the 15 th through the caller phone tree. Your caller should contact you of this month when we meet at Wings Over the Rockies via phone/e-mail 10 days prior to each meeting. If not, please advise Flight Adjutant Ed Quick at [email protected] . Air & Space Museum for a luncheon catered by the Tin

Cup Restaurant. The museum is located at the former Date Location Activity/Speaker Lowry AFB Hangar #1, 7711 East Academy Blvd, Den-

17 Jan Aurora Hills* “Mig Flight in Moscow” ver, CO 80230. Wings’ CEO Greg Anderson will update us on the nu- 21 Feb Aurora Hills* Ed Quick on Morrie 21 Mar Aurora2010 Hills* Flight Falklands Sked Opn Blackbuck merous goings on at both the Lowry and Centennial Air- 18 Apr Aurora Hills* Bill Bower- port facilities, always an impressive, informative treat. The entertainment part of the program will feature the 16 May Aurora Hills* Normandy Bch–T. Martin 20 Jun Aurora Hills* Reed Sundine–A/Medal award-winning documentary “Spitfire 944” – a fascinating 18 Jul Aurora Hills* Zero-Hour Airplane account of and interview with the WWII pilot involved the incident shown in the promotional poster below. 15 Aug Wings Over Rox Spitfire 944, Wings U/D th 19 Sep Aurora Hills* Spirit of Flight CEO August 15 will be upon us before you know it. Be sure 17 Oct Aurora Hills* Virgin Galactic - JCP to put this event on your calendar and to make reserva- 21 Nov Aurora Hills* Bus. Mtg/Elections tions with your caller for yourself and your guest(s). See you at Wings. ?? Dec TBA Christmas Party * Aurora Hills Golf Course Tin Cup Bar & Grill

Flight 18 begins 50 th year

Having marked its 49 th anniversary on July 4 th , Mile High Flight 18 has now entered its 50 th year of existence. The earliest Flight Directory we have on file is from 1975, ten years after our founding. It lists the following current members who were also members at that time: John Blackis, Dale Boggie, Bill Greener, Jim Hardin, Bill Herron, Ray Lee, Morrie Quick and Jim Reeves. If you’ve been a member of Mile High Flight since ‘65, please advise the editor so we may acknowledge you. MMIILLEE HHIIGGHH FFLLIIGGHHTT 1188 NNeewwsslleetttteerr Page 2

Fortunately, it's something you can Memo from fix. HQ needs your current e-mail ad- Welcome Aboard the Flight dress, in order to send you an e-copy. Captain And if you're like me, you've got more than one e-mail account, and maybe Lawrence E. Wear, Jr. even a few "dead" accounts. CAPT, USN (Ret) Fellow Daedalians, The same thing goes for your street address. If you've given up on ski sea- As November 7th approaches, and the son in Winter Park, and decided to Larry’s thumbnail bio airwaves are now WOXOF with politi- move to the balmy regions near Colora- cal ads, I'm reminded of someone who do Springs, you need to let someone DOB : 9/3/36, Grand Junction, CO said, "All politics are local." know. Education: Attended CU Boulder "Local," as in you don't even get to Of course, Dale Boggie does our ros- Wings : 1959, Beeville, TX vote if you don't register locally. ter of current members in Flight 18. He Assignments : Squadrons: VFP-63, "Local," as in the really important does an incredible job, but he'll be the VT-23 & VF-96, among others; 8 issues you get passionate about are the first to tell you that the ink won't even carriers: USS Yorktown, Oriskany, ones in your neighborhood. be dry, when someone gives him new Ranger, Lexington, Coral Sea, Con- "Local," as in those rare times when information. Adjutant Ed Quick checks stellation, Enterprise & Kitty Hawk. nationally-elected politicians return to on the information available at the HQ Military aircraft flown : F-9, F8U-1P the local precincts and listen to you. Apollo web site. But, like Boggie, he (RF-8), F-4B, T-28. So, even when the issues outside of needs your phone call or email to make Military flight hours: 3,100 your home town don't seem important to the changes. Retired from Naval Reserves: 1999, you, your vote is still important. Naturally, you can do-it-yourself. Pt Mugu, CA Which brings me to a recent notice Point your web browser to Spouse : Deceased from the Order of Daedalians HQ down http://apollo.daedalians.org/flights/29 Offspring : Two sons, one daughter in San Antonio. and log in. There, under "My Stuff," Residence : Evergreen, CO It seems the leadership has been hav- ______you can check which address and e-mail ing a bit of an issue with enough mem- HQ has for you, and edit the same if bers voting on proposed changes to our needed. by-laws -- those would be the by-laws And thanks for voting. Walter R. Wise which ensure rated military pilots make Maj, USAR (Ret) up the membership; and which help to "Thinking" isn't agreeing or disagreeing. sustain the scholarship programs across That's called, "voting." the nation. - Robert Frost You see, the by-laws currently require Volabamus Volamus Walt’s thumbnail bio 51% of the members to vote on any changes. And the leadership has not Roy A. Poole, LtCol, USAF (Ret) DOB : July 24, 1944 been getting the 51% participation, Flight Captain Education: Drury College, Springfield, which means the proposal falls to the Missouri; USMC OCS floor. Wings : Army–‘69; Navy/USMC-‘69 The recent notice was about a pro- Assignments : 1 year flying CH-46s posed change addressing this issue. At with HMM-364 in Da Nang, SVN; our last meeting, we heard a good dis- MCAS Santa Ana, CA. (Left active cussion of the pro's and con's of this duty, joined Army Air National change. If you were not there, feel free Guard in . to get in touch with Bogie, or Ger, or Military flight hours: 3,500 myself for a recap. Commercial experience: 5 years fly- But, what really stood out in the dis- ing Twin Otters for Rocky Mountain cussion, was that many Flight 18 Airways and Convair 580s for (auld) Daedalians never received the notice, Frontier. ______either through e-mail, or through the Retired from USAR: 2004 postal service. Naturally, that's trou- Congratulations to Flight Captain Roy Spouse : Carol bling. Poole on the birth of his first grandson. Offspring : 1 son Above is Roy’s clever announcement. Residence : Broomfield, CO MMIILLEE HHIIGGHH FFLLIIGGHHTT 1188 NNeewwsslleetttteerr Page 3

Perhaps Amos felt free to voice opinions on White House Marine Corps policy because he is set to retire this fall. Now, his comments are likely to influence the debate within the defense community Commandant about how to handle the myriad of crises going on around the world. to CIC: “Get Unlike most issues in , the argument surrounding in the Fight!” American engagement around the world does not split along party lines. One strand of the GOP, represented by Rick Perry, By Fiscal Times Editor at Large David Francis believes the cannot retreat into an isolationist July 16, 2014 posture. The other, represented by Rand Paul, believes en- gagement will lead to prolonged wars like the one in Afghani- It’s highly unusual for a high-ranking soldier, let alone a stan. high-ranking Marine, to publicly question White House and Amos is clearly in Perry’s camp. He also gave voice to a Pentagon policy. Yet that’s exactly what four-star Gen. James growing concern among DOD brass: that the troops who sacri- Amos, Commandant of the Marine Corps, did yesterday in ficed by fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are becoming disillu- Washington. sioned as the gains they made disappeared. Speaking at the Brookings Institute Tuesday, Amos said the “It breaks our hearts,” Amos said, referring to the fall of the Obama administration paved the way for the emergence of the Anbar province in Iraq, which Marines won in 2010. He noted Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) by completely withdraw- that 852 Marines were killed and another 8,500 injured in Iraq. ing American troops in 2011. “They believed that they'd made a difference,” he said. “I have a hard time believing that had we been there, and ### worked with the government, and worked with parliament, and worked with the minister of defense, the minister of interior, I don't think we'd be in the same shape we're in today,” Amos Flight 18 Life Membership Dues said. Effective Jan 2012 Amos also blasted the White House for failing to live up to its obligations around the world. Age Group “We may think we're done with all of these nasty, thorny, 30/under….$385 61 – 65….$205 tacky little things that are going on around the world -- and I'd 31 – 35…….$370 66 – 70.…$170 argue that if you're in that nation, it's not a tacky, little thing 36 – 40…….$350 71 – 75….$140 for you. We may think we're done with them, but they're not 41 – 45…....$325 76 – 80….$115 done with us," Amos said. 46 – 50…….$295 81 – 85…....$95 “We're probably the only country in the world that has the 51 – 55…….$265 86/0ver…...$75 resources and the capability to be able to do some of this that 56 – 60…….$235 others can't,” Amos added.

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and Vietnam, a bad thing. Worse, along with the China wild Winds of Cold War II card, it constrained American political will to the extent that By G.H. Spaulding the U.S. military was never unleashed to pursue real victory in those conflicts. What follows is an excerpt from the Foreword to the au- Then, in the waning months of CW-I, after the end of the thor’s 2001 book C-C-Cold War Syndrome . It was writ- Soviet Union was all but certain, the Gulf War ushered in an ten 14 years ago and is reproduced here because of its era of less constrained shooting wars. So far, these actions relevance to current events. might better be described as severe admonishments of little nations led by big personalities no longer held in behavioral War is hell. Everyone knows that. But where did the Cold check by the Soviet Union. Presumably, once we rid our- War fit in? Was it heaven? Was it purgatory? Or, was it hell selves of all of the evil genies released from their bottles by f-f-frozen over? the end of CW-I all will be right with the world. Right . (End The Cold War lasted nearly half a century—46 years, 3 of excerpt.) months and 26 days, to be more precise. It began on Septem- ber 2, 1945, the day the Japanese surrendered on board USS Note: Some foreign policy commentators are saying Cold Missouri to officially end World War Two, and ended on War II has already begun. Others disagree. And some, like December 26, 1991, generally acknowledged as the day on admitted but never prosecuted domestic terrorist and his- which the Soviet Union ultimately collapsed. torical revisionist Prof Bill Ayers, assert that the West did These dates are cited in a document called the “Cold War not win CW-I, suggesting it never ended. Time will tell just Recognition Certificate” now being issued by the U.S. Gov- how cold (or hot) the wind blows this time around and ernment. Congress established the CWRC in 1998. whether the United States is prepared to deal with it. ______Language included in the enabling legislation refers to the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union as “potentially the most dangerous military confronta- Flight 18 supports JROTC at tion in the history of mankind.” Those designated to receive 15 Denver area high schools the certificate are “military and civilian personnel of the De- partment of Defense, personnel in the intelligence communi- The Daedalian JROTC Achievement Medal and Certifi- ty, members of the foreign service, and other officers and cate are awarded to an outstanding cadet from the second employees of the United States” whose “discipline and dedi- year in a three-year program or from the third year in a cation” were “fundamental to the prevention of a superpower four-year program who: military conflict.” - Has demonstrated patriotism, love of country and service So let’s see if I’ve got this straight. About seven billion of to our nation; us have been singled out and recognized for not running - Has indicated the away from a fight that didn’t happen! Is that about it? potential and desire Oh, where have ye gone, Yossarian? to pursue a military Says a lot about the Cold War, doesn’t it? It all seemed a career; little squishy to me, not unlike trying to nail Jello to a tree. - Ranks in the up- And just to be safe, perhaps we should be calling it “Cold per 10% of his or War One” so we don’t have to rename it years from now her JROTC class; when we find ourselves bogged down in Cold War Two. - Ranks in the upper Scholars 20% of his or her have debated high school class. for decades Flight 18 Scholar- whether CW-I ship Chairman was a good Bill Greener pre- thing or a bad sents Daedalian thing. Argua- JROTC Achieve- bly, the U.S.- ment Medals to Soviet nuclear Cadets Erin Post standoff and at Aurora Central the concomitant competition for global political influence HS (above) and had a certain stabilizing effect on the rest of the world, a Brian Ortiz at good thing. But it did not prevent shooting wars like Korea Skyview HS (left). MMIILLEE HHIIGGHH FFLLIIGGHHTT 1188 NNeewwsslleetttteerr Page 5

pounded by the lowering ceiling restricting our visibility to see the coastline. A Flight Never to be Forgotten We entered a fjord and thanks for the photographic By memory of Ken McLaughlin (bombardier) and Charlie, we realized we had entered the fjord which was to the left of the Newell “Newt” Moy, Pilot, 603 rd Squadron one we should have entered. At this point, the width of the In January 1945, on a flight from Dow Field in Maine to fjord was too narrow to allow us to turn around and the ceil- Goose Bay, Labrador, we had a malfunction of the fuel valve ing was too low to allow us to climb out because of the high on the outer right wing fuel tank (Tokyo). The valve was not mountains on both sides. Our only choice was to continue repairable at Goose Bay, which resulted in our inability to flying up the fjord hoping we would not miss seeing a chan- take on a full fuel load for a non-stop flight to Iceland. As a nel that crossed over to the fjord leading to BW-1. result we had to make shorter flights to Greenland, Iceland, The ceiling continued closing down on us and it was just and Scotland. like flying in a tunnel, with rocks on both sides. I flew as When we were briefed on our flight to Greenland, we were close as possible to the left side of the fjord because I had to shown photos of the entrance to three fjords. The center fjord make a full 90-degree turn as soon as we reached the cross- would lead us 50 miles into the mountains where the airfield over channel. That was the sweetest 90-degree turn I ever (Bluie West 1) was located. This was in January when there made in a B-17. As we entered the correct fjord, we recog- were only a couple of hours of daylight, so we had to arrive nized a positive fix, which was about 25 miles from the air- at the entrance to the fjord at sunup for a visual flight into the field. As we got a little closer to the airfield, we came into fjord to the airfield. radio contact with the tower. The operator advised us to On our flight from Goose Bay, over the Davis Strait to abort the approach as the weather was below minimum. Greenland, we were over an undercast and could not see the At that moment we flew over a positive fix, a sunken ship Greenland coastline for a visual fix on the entrance to the in the fjord, and we advised that we were proceeding to the proper fjord. At this time, Charlie Berthoud, our navigator base. At that point we had no safe way out. Shortly after we advised he had lost contact with the radio beacon (BW-3) at landed and parked the aircraft, the visibility was zero-zero. the entrance to the fjord. At this point, our visibility was lim- I attribute our success to the ability of the flight crew to re- ited and we had to make a quick decision on what to do be- call the briefing we had at Goose Bay and specifically the cause we had no way of knowing how far we were from the photos we were shown of the fjords leading to the airfield. I coastline as the clouds below us blended right into the ice might add that seeking the advice of another aircrew was an and snow on the mountains. I contacted BW-1 traffic control acceptable procedure in the WWII era. for the status of the radio beacon at BW-3 and was advised In June 1945 (after VE Day) I returned to the States via the beacon had suddenly gone off the air with no chance of Greenland and BW-1. I had a clear view of the fjords from immediate repair. There were no other navigational aids 13,000 feet (minimum altitude over the icecap) and the available and our only choice was to return to Goose Bay, thought that I had been flying in the fjords under a 500-foot our pre-planned alternate (No one wanted to return to Goose ceiling to BW-1, etched a memory in my mind that will never Bay with temperatures of 30 to 40 degrees below zero). be forgotten.

As I was about to get a flight clearance back to Goose Bay, BW-1 traffic control advised that a C-54 transport plane had just departed the airfield and should be rising through the undercast in our vicinity and to contact the pilot for advice on weather conditions in the fjords. At that moment, Archie Kritchman (co-pilot) saw the C-54 raising out of the clouds below. I contacted the pilot and he advised the ceiling was high enough for CFR (contact flight rules) with good lateral visibility. Since we were fairly close to the coastline he ad- vised we could descend through the undercast away from the coastline to reach CFR conditions. All went well until we returned to the coastline looking for the fjord leading to BW-1, the airfield. That is where our real problems began. All we could rely on was our visual recogni- tion of the photos we were shown at the briefing to identify the proper fjord. Our problem was becoming further com- First Lieutenant Newt Moy and his B-17 crew. That’s Newt in the back row, second from the left. IILLEE HHIIGGHH FFLLIIGGHHTT 1188 NNeewwsslleetttteerr Page 6 yards behind the rest, a straggler, a prime target. Their flaps Link---up-up aboard bbb-b---17171717 were not working and the flight engineer was having to Aluminum overcast crank them by hand. They had to drop their bombs early to try to keep up when they were attacked from the rear. Their tail section was shot off by 20 mm cannon fire and the plane went into a flat spin, creating a centrifugal force from which there was no escape. The tail gunner finally managed to parachute from the falling tail, was captured, and became a POW at Stalag 17B.” -- Don Christensen (Left) Don Christensen and Newt Moy at Cen- tennial Airport on the day of their special flight You may recall the June visit to Centennial Airport of the B-17 aboard the B-17 “Alumi- called “Aluminum Overcast.” Newt Moy certainly does. And so num Overcast”. does Don Christensen, son of one of Newt’s B-17 squadron ma- (Below left) Don’s father, tes who was shot down and…..well, let’s let Don tell the story in 2nd Lt Donald R Chris- his own words: tensen, KIA 3/2/45.

“After years of searching and research I finally found the (Below right) The memo- rial in Czechoslovakia to 398th BG on the internet and made contact with several vets Lt Christensen’s crew. who had flown on my dad's fatal mission on March 2, 1945. Newt is one of those veteran pilots, and we have been in con- tact and discussed that mission several times. This year we had the opportunity to fly together on the B- 17, Aluminum Overcast when she was at Centennial Airport. It was a special day and a special link for both of us. For me as the son of a pilot who didn't survive the war to fly with one of my dad's fellow pilots, and for Newt to share his expe- rience with someone from the next generation who has done much research, is somewhat knowledgeable, and cares about Ed Quick retires after 40 what he has to share. As Newt's article says, ‘a flight never to be forgotten’ (see page 5). years, with Morrie on hand To give a succinct account of that March 2 mission is more difficult. By then the Allies pretty much had command of the skies over Europe. But on that day, after many weeks of little or no fighter activity, and of hiding their planes from Ameri- can fighters. the Luftwaffe launched their last major defen- sive effort against US bombers. The 398th was having difficulty that day. First they had trouble "bunching up," and then their formation was only "fair." As they approached the secondary target of Chemnitz, communication went out between the 3 squadrons creating much confusion, and then the squadrons became separated from each other and prepared to make their own bomb runs. As the 603rd squadron approached Chemnitz on its own, their PFF (Pathfinder radar AKA “Mickey”) was not work- Father and son Morrie and Ed Quick exude abundant mutual ing properly and they did not get good location of the target, pride and respect at Ed’s Legion of Merit award ceremony on so Command Pilot Ken Beckstrom suddenly decided to go 19 June 2014 at Buckley AFB. It featured flyovers by two Army around again for another run. This unexpected turn took helos and Jack Wilhite’s Stagger Wing Beech. them many miles south over Czech territory and the whole Ed is being medically retired from the US Army after 40 years formation came apart and were scattered all over. Just then of service. Morrie, age 96, was there to see him off after Ed’s they were attacked by a squadron of FW-190s. 1974 enlistment and was present again in June to make this My dad's plane was already in trouble and was about 1000 ceremony a truly special occasion of a lifetime for both of them. Congratulations, Ed and Morrie!! MMIILLEE HHIIGGHH FFLLIIGGHHTT 1188 NNeewwsslleetttteerr Page 7 *** Sea Biscuits and Scuttlebutt ***

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Mile High Flight 18 – 2014

Flight Captain ……...... Roy Poole, LT COL, USAF (Ret) Vice Flt Capt ….……………Tim Conklin, COL, COANG Adjutant …..………..……....…Ed Quick, CW4, ANG (Ret) Treasurer ………….. Spencer Mamber, Capt, USAF (Sep) Provost Marshall ……..... Dale Boggie, COL, USAF (Ret) Asst Treasurer…. Hugh Greenwood, Capt, USAFR (Sep) Scholarships…….. … Bill Greener, LT COL, USAF (Ret) Newsletter …...... Ger Spaulding, CAPT, USN (Ret) COANG Liaison………….. Mitch Neff, LT COL, COANG (Positions in bold elected, those in italics appointed)

♠ Flight 18 normally meets the third Friday of each month at the Aurora Hills Tin Cup Bar & Grill, located just north of Alameda and just east of Peoria. Social hour at 11:00, lunch at 12:00. Exceptions via newsletter and caller notification. ♠ The newsletter is published quarterly. Contact the editor at (719) 638-5786 or via e-mail at [email protected]. Web: http://www.ghspaulding.com/orderofdaedalianshome.htm

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One of two Japanese Betty bombers that transported the surrender delegation from Tokyo to the island of Leshima. Located about three miles NW of Okinawa, Leshima (also Lejima or Ie Jima) is where Ernie Pyle was killed in April 1945. As directed by the Allies, these Bettys had been repainted so their red “meatballs” were covered in white paint and replaced by green crosses. Immediately after landing, the Japanese delegation transferred to two waiting C-54s, which flew them under heavy US escort to the Philippines to meet with Gen MacArthur. They came back to Leshima the next day and then returned to Tokyo in their Green Cross Bettys. The time line of significant events marking the effective end of WWII in the Pacific: Aug 6 & 9 – A-bombs dropped on ; Aug 13, 1945 – 1,000 B-29s bomb Japan while others drop leaflets over Tokyo explaining surrender terms; Aug 15 – Japanese Emperor agrees to surrender via radio broadcast; Aug 17 – Surrender delegation departs Tokyo for Manila via Leshima; Aug 28 – Allied occupation of Japan begins; Sept 2 – Surrender signed aboard USS Missouri.

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