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Index to the Torretta Flyer Numbers 10-39 Key to Abbreviations Index to The Torretta Flyer Numbers 10-39 Compiled by Dick Olson Key to Abbreviations COV Cover DEC Last Flights, Deceased Personnel END Back Cover f Photo HUM Humor LST List LTE Letter to the Editor MAP Map PO Poetry SCH Scholarship Report ST Story 15th AF Wings, Groups, Awards, Campaigns, Stats. LST p3 TF12 15th Air Force Association ST p5 TF39 15th Air Force Fighter Operations on 12/17/44 ST p15 TF30 15th Air Force Heavy Bomber and Fighter Units ST p18 TF17 15th Air Force History in WWII ST p13-17 TF17 178 Seconds to Live/Hutchins, Stan ST p20 TF36 1991 Kansas City Reunion ST p4 TF21 1993 Scholarship Awards and Student Letters ST p4-6 TF26 1994 Cruise Reunion Photos f p4-5 TF27 1996 Reunion News ST p5 TF28 1998 Reunion Report ST p6 TF34 26th General Hospital--Bari, Italy ST p26 TF11 2nd Report of the Commanding General/Arnold, H. ST p20-26 TF20 332nd Fighter Group LTE p30 TF34 332nd Fighter Group P-51 f END TF34 390th Bomb Group B-17s to Emden (10-4-43) f p8 TF21 41-29507/#22 f p31 TF11 41-29507/#22 f p19 TF24 41-29507/#22 f,LTE p33 TF26 42-28913/#67 ST p13 TF30 42-51173/#88S f p29 TF32 42-51319/#69/461st BG ST p13 TF30 42-51322/#66/461st BG ST p12 TF30 42-51362/#38 f p18 TF31 42-51381/#38 f p38 TF22 42-51818/#41 LTE p19 TF28 42-51835/#38 LTE p21 TF35 42-51835/#38 ST p22 TF36 42-51835/#38 f p8 TF38 42-51852/#27 ST p2 TF34 42-51884/#12 f p38 TF22 42-51884/#12 f END TF35 42-52037 LTE p19 TF28 42-52072/#72C f p20 TF31 42-52399/#53/461st BG LTE p29 TF20 42-52680/#28 f p22 TF36 42-58408/766th BS LTE p26 TF18 42-78224/56G and crew LST,f p28 TF32 42-78283/#74 f COV TF35 42-78283/#74 f END TF23 42-94742/#36 and ground crew f p31 TF26 42-94748/#31 ST p18 TF29 42-95304/461st BG ST p12 TF30 43-K LTE p35 TF27 44-41016/461st BG ST p13 TF30 44-41120/#61/461st BG f COV TF36 44-41135/#33 DEC p35 TF35 44-41158/#77/461st BG ST p13 TF30 44-49721 DEC p38 TF36 44-49724/#20 f p29 TF32 44-49890/#56 f p39 TF35 44-50200/Mickey Ship 200 f,LTE,ST COV,p3,p23,p39 TF22 44-50401/#400 f p24 TF30 44-50403/#28 f p39 TF35 44-50468/455th BG crash f p15 TF11 461st BG Airman In Enemy Territory ST p12 TF32 461st BG B-24s in Flight f p16 TF17 461st BG Disposition after VE Day LST p11 TF11 461st BG HQ Staff f p24 TF16 461st BG Liberators Over Italy f p33 TF11 461st BG Musicians f p27 TF10 461st BG Original Cadre at Boise--8/43 f p33 TF11 461st BG/766th Sq./B squad f p30 TF21 461st BG--Closing Out the Books ST p12 TF11 484th BG Headquarters f p32 TF19 484th BG Aircraft--Known Losses LST p38 TF30 484th BG Ambulance Crew f p31 TF17 484th BG Awards and Decorations LST p34 TF23 484th BG Combat Losses Collected and Compiled/Beitling, John LST p7-9 TF23 484th BG Display at the New England Air Museum ST,f p32 TF38 484th BG Ground Radio Station f p27 TF28 484th BG Headquarters f END TF34 484th BG HQ Bar f p39 TF22 484th BG Memorial Plaque at the Air Force Museum ST p3 TF27 484th BG Memorial Plaque at the Air Force Museum f END TF29 484th BG Mess kit washing area f END TF30 484th BG Mission Files ST p2 TF30 484th BG Move to Italy/Leach, Leroy LTE p32 TF29 484th BG Nose Art/Hebert, Joe f p32 TF11 484th BG Officers Club Party f END TF22 484th BG Operational History 8-44 to 7-45 ST,LST,f p2, p4-25 TF25 484th BG Original Aircraft/Beitling, John LST p36 TF38 484th BG Statistical Summaries/Bush, Frankelstein ST p22-35 TF23 484th Bomb Group Insignia f END TF39 484th Bomb Group Officer Corps f COV TF37 496th Air Service Squadron LTE p28 TF24 496th Service Squadron ST p24 TF11 496th Service Squadron LTE p28 TF21 50 Years Ago World War II Ended/Markel, Gressitt ST p10-18 TF28 61st Station Hospital--Foggia, Italy LTE p21 TF12 767th Sq. area f p26 TF12 767th Sq. Communications Crew f p27 TF12 767th Sq. Mess--NCOs f p30 TF11 767th Sq. Operations Officers f p30 TF11 824th Sq. Engineering Office f END TF31 824th Sq. MIA Monument f END TF15 825th Sq. B-24s in Flight (#51, #53, #63) f END TF26 825th Sq. HQ area f p38 TF11 825th Sq. Insignia f END TF39 825th Sq. Mess Hall f p18 TF25 825th Sq. tent f END TF25 826th Bomb Squadron/Steward, Rod ST p27 TF21 826th Bombardment Squadron History ST p11-19 TF37 826th Sq area with tents f p39 TF22 826th Sq. Insignia ART END TF39 826th Squadron Sports ST p20 TF37 827th Sq. Headquarters Bldg. f p33 TF22 827th Sq. Insignia f END TF39 827th Squadron area f p30 TF19 99th Pursuit Sq. LTE p30 TF34 A Boy Meets God PO p36 TF34 A Broad Abroad/42-51993/#700 f p29 TF19 A Broad Abroad/42-51993/#700 f END TF22 A Broad Abroad/42-51993/#700 f p31 TF24 A Broad Abroad/42-51993/#700 LTE,f p32,36 TF20 A Broad Abroad/42-51993/#700 LTE p28 TF21 A Christmas Note High Over Germany ST p26-27 TF21 A Day of Infamy/Norris, Joseph ST p11-14 TF27 A Pilots Poem PO p34 TF36 A Poem by Al Solomon PO p43 TF26 A POW'S Memory of Survival/White, Herman ST p14 TF19 A Ride with Morgan/Commanday, Maurice ST p5 TF24 A Soldier Died Today PO p28 TF35 A Tribute to My Engineer/Tikey, T.W. (8th AF) ST p15 TF26 A Typical Mission/Schaefer, Robert ST,f p7-8 TF26 A Very Interesting Story/Rogers, Arthur ST p26 TF36 A View of the Mustang/Atwood, J. Leland ST,f p30 TF38 Abbey, Bill f p31 TF11 Abbey, Bill LTE p24 TF16 Abbey, William and crew ST,LST p23,24 TF28 Abbey, William and crew LST p36 TF28 Abbot, Jack and crew f p30 TF30 Ad Lib: Flying the B-24/Review/Hutchins, Stanley ST p14 TF19 Adams, Bill f p23 TF12 Adams, George f p30 TF15 Adams, George f p17 TF30 Adams, William L. and crew LST p38 TF29 Additional Notes Regarding the B-24/Markel, Bud ST END TF24 After Glow PO p37 TF38 Agnost, George DEC p30 TF16 Ahern, James J. DEC p41 TF26 Air Ground! Teamwork on the Western Front ST p8-18 TF33 Air Man PO p20 TF35 Air War Italy/Beale and Valentini ST p2 TF34 Aircraft #10 f p14 TF15 Aircraft #10 LTE,f p36 TF23 Aircraft #10 f p26 TF33 Aircraft #12 f p22-35 TF23 Aircraft #12 f COV TF30 Aircraft #15 f p38 TF21 Aircraft #18 f p30 TF15 Aircraft #20 f p30 TF27 Aircraft #21 f p31 TF11 Aircraft #22 f,LTE p24 TF12 Aircraft #22 LTE p32 TF24 Aircraft #22 LTE p29 TF28 Aircraft #25 f END TF35 Aircraft #26/461st BG f p14 TF17 Aircraft #27 f p11 TF15 Aircraft #28 f END TF27 Aircraft #29/461st BG f COV TF12 Aircraft #32 f END TF27 Aircraft #35 f END TF17 Aircraft #35/765th Sq LTE,f p26 TF18 Aircraft #40 f p8 TF21 Aircraft #40 f p19 TF33 Aircraft #400/Mickey Ship f END TF36 Aircraft #41 f p37 TF21 Aircraft #41 f p27 TF24 Aircraft #41 LTE,f p31 TF24 Aircraft #41 LTE p36 TF27 Aircraft #41 f p25 TF38 Aircraft #41 and crash at Torretta LTE p14 TF11 Aircraft #48 LTE,f p28 TF21 Aircraft #48 f END TF24 Aircraft #50 f p20 TF29 Aircraft #50 f p23 TF17 Aircraft #502 f p22,23 TF17 Aircraft #55 f p11 TF28 Aircraft #5546 f p26 TF17 Aircraft #56 f p34 TF39 Aircraft #57 f p32 TF39 Aircraft #62 f p25 TF36 Aircraft #64/461st BG f END TF10 Aircraft #65 f p5 TF33 Aircraft #68/461st BG f END TF15 Aircraft #69/767 sq. f p10,13 TF20 Aircraft #70 f p31 TF11 Aircraft #70 f p13 TF38 Aircraft #70 DEC p39 TF38 Aircraft #700 f p20 TF31 Aircraft #700 f COV TF34 Aircraft #72 f COV TF23 Aircraft #73/461st BG f p24 TF17 Aircraft #81 f p21 TF15 Aircraft #81 f p22 TF29 Aircraft #82 f p24 TF12 Aircraft #82 f p33 TF21 Aircraft #972 f END TF17 Aircraft Losses for 1944/Mediterranean Theatre LST p8 TF22 Aircraft Nos. 11, 12, 22, 26, and 27 in flight f p19 TF24 Albanese, Umberto f p8 TF32 Albanese, Umberto ST,f p2,7 TF38 Albert, Mel f p10 TF11 Aldene, Art f p18 TF16 Aldene, Art f p30 TF19 Aldene, Art LTE p28 TF34 Aldene, Arthur DEC,f p36 TF36 Alexander, Clair LTE p26 TF24 All American f p35 TF18 All American f p32,33,35 TF19 All American f COV,p3 TF20 All American/#24/461st BG f p22 TF15 All American/#24/461st BG f END TF20 All American/#24/461st BG DEC p35,36 TF21 Allen, Carl and crew LST p39 TF27 Allen, Marty LTE p23 TF15 Allen, Marty f p29 TF20 Allen, Marty f p29 TF22 Alone in a Hostile Sky/Pollard, Amos ST p29-31 TF39 Alpern, Morton LTE p23 TF15 American Airmen and Aircraft Losses at Ploesti ST p9 TF30 American Ex POW Speaks/Leavenworth, Bob ST p13-15 TF32 An Air Medal for the Flight Surgeon/Browne, B.
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