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80 Fighter Squadron Headhunters Association 80th FIGHTER SQUADRON HEADHUNTERS ASSOCIATION James W. Ritter 1030 E Hwy 377, Suite 110 PMB 174 Granbury, Texas 76048 E-Mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.80FSHeadhunters.org 2012 Edition II "AUDENTES FORTUNA JUVAT" 1 May 2012 70th ANNIVERSARY EDITION HISTORY: WWII HEADHUNTERS DEATH REIGNS DOWN (Tune: “My Hometown” by C.Robison) by Spades, Stinger, Fuge (passed out), and Taz (Well it)..started way back in ’42, at a place called Mitchell Field, We were headin’ off to fight a war didn’t know what it would yield. We were green and we were new to the game but we were ready for a fight, We knew some of us weren’t comin’ back but we said that’s all right. CHORUS: We flew out of Moresby, strafin’ Zeros on the way, We flew at Hollandia, killing Nippons in the fray. We are the Headhunters, with a history strong and proud We’ll see you around, when death reigns down. (There) was a man named “Porky” Cragg, led a squadron to its fame, We had friends who brought us back to the fight and they gave us our name. They were saviors in the jungle, their name denoting fear, The Ni-ppons are gonna get their ass kicked cause the Headhunters are here! CHORUS: We flew over Wewak, strafin’ Zeros on the way, We flew in the Lightning, killing Nippons in the fray. We are the Headhunters, with a history strong and proud, We’ll see you around, when death reigns down. (Well), “Porky” Cragg… flew his last flight in a sad twist of fate, Jay T. Robbins was next in line, he was our saving grace. He taught the Headhunters how to fight, 22 kills of his own, And even now he looks down upon us, we are his second home. CHORUS: We flew out of Nadzab, strafin’ Zeros on the way, We flew in the Lightning, killing Nippons in the fray. We are the Headhunters, with a history strong and proud, We’ll see you around, when death reigns down. CHORUS: His name was “Cock” Robbins, 22 Kills on the way, He flew in the Lightning, killing Nippons in the fray. He is a Headhunter, with a history strong and proud, We’ll see him around, when death reigns down… We’ll see him around, in a lonesome cloud His name was Norb Ruff, 4 (+) kills on the way… His name was Paul Murphey, 6 (+) kills on the way… His name was just Kirby, 5 (+) kills on the way… His name was Jim Ince, 6 (+) kills on the way… And so many more… We were constituted as the 80 Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on January 6, 1942 Redesignated: 80 Fighter Squadron on May 15, 1942 70 YEARS AND STILL GOING STRONG. CONGRATULATIONS, 80th F.S.!! HISTORY: KOREAN WAR HEADHUNTERS This picture was in the Feb 2011 newsletter. Jerry Minton has identified the jocks in the picture as: 1/Lt Loren A. Hauser, 2/Lt Warren Guibor, 2/Lt Gordon (Goose) Edwards “Guibor, Goose and I were Classmates - 52 Baker - Jet Advanced - Bryan AFB, Texas. I remembered Hauser from Korea but had forgotten his name. Associate Member Gerry Asher filled me in on that. I believe that Goose was assigned to the 35th and Hauser to the 36th - or vice versa! Guibor and Goose left active duty in '55 and have since "Gone West" Don't know about Hauser.” Tex, Here are a few photos including my dad’s flight jacket. Here is a short write-up about dad: Mark R Henninger & Eric J Henninger, the sons of Robert V Henninger [email protected] 2 Lt. Robert (Bob) V. Henninger Sept. 8, 1926 – Oct. 14, 1955 Lt. Robert (Bob) V. Henninger spent 2 years in the 82nd Airborne during WWII, but did not get overseas. He entered the United States Air Force in Nov. 12th, 1949 and received his pilot’s wings at Williams Field, Arizona Dec. 16, 1950. After attending “The Fighting Fifties USAF Jet Fighter School (Class 50-G),” Lt. RV Henninger was assigned to the 8th Fighter Bomber Wing (the TOP Air Force group in the Korean War) as an F-80 jet pilot. He arrived in Korea in May of 1951 and between May 1951 and Dec. 1951 he flew 113 missions as close support and behind the line interdiction in his speedy Shooting Star. After his assignment in Korea, Lt. RV Henninger was assigned to Wright-Patterson field, Dayton, Ohio. Later, he was then assigned to a base in Texas, where he was test pilot on the (then) new F-100 Super-Saber. On the morning of October 14th, 1955, right after take-off, his F-100 lost power, and as he was to low to bail out had to ride that Saber into the ground, tearing up 600 yards of railroad track in the process. My dad’s own words from an article in the Bismarck Tribune in December of 1951 talking about the F- 80 Shooting Star and the war in Korea: “Roughest and toughest plane I’ve ever seen,” remarked Lt. Robert V. Henninger of Bismarck. Henninger, a jet pilot with Fifth Air Force’s pioneer Eighth Fighter-Bomber Wing flew an early morning mission in his plane and while scoring two direct hits on a main Red highway bridge he received battle damage from enemy anti-aircraft fire in his wings and fuselage. He nursed the battered fighter back to his base in Korea where crew chiefs and armorers immediately set to work on it. After briefing for another mission Henninger crawled back into the cockpit and started up the engine while armorers were still hanging rockets on the repaired jet. “Thanks to the mechanics and armorers I got out on time,” said Henninger. He has a high opinion of the Red’s MIG-15 jet but doesn’t think too much of their pilots. “The Mig can turn inside our F-86 Saber, the best plane we have in Korea, at altitudes above 25,000 feet,” Henninger said. “This is because it is lighter and also higher powered. It can also out-climb the Saber for the same reason. However, the Saber can dive faster and also can take care of the Mig below 25,000 feet.” “Gunnery is the big reason for the relatively light losses our planes have suffered,” Henninger said. “I’ve seen Migs get on the tail of F-80 or a propeller driven P-51 but they just couldn’t seem to hit the target. I would estimate the plane against plane losses at 10 Reds for each of our ships shot down.” “Also, the Red pilots lack teamwork. They just don’t seem to work together. Also, on certain days they lack aggressiveness while on others they will come looking for trouble.” He termed the flak the biggest danger to our plains in Korea, which is how he got his wound. He was making his third strafing pass over a Red locomotive when his canopy was hit by flak, showering him with glass. “It isn’t that the Reds are such good shots with their flak, they just have so much of it and are clever at laying “flak ambushes” along valleys where the planes have to fly.” Despite this he said “the Air Force has been successful in cutting off almost all rail traffic between North Korea and the capital at Pyongyang.” During his (too short) time flying with the Air Force, he earned these awards: Distinguished Flying Cross with one Oak Leaf Cluster; Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters: Purple Heart; World War II Victory Medal; American Campaign Medal Good Conduct Medal; United 3 Nations Service Medal; Korean Service Medal with three Bronze Service Stars; National Defense Service Medal; ROK Presidential Unit Citation. HISTORY: VIET NAM HEADHUNTERS Colonel Lawrence N. "Larry" Guarino is a U.S. Air Force officer and veteran of three wars. WWII: At age 19 he signed up for the aviation cadet program. During World War II he flew 156 missions in the North African and Italian campaigns. Later he flew with General Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers in China. He returned to civilian life and was recalled for the Korean conflict. Viet Nam: He was assigned to the 80th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Itazuke AB, Japan, from December 1962 to June 1964, when he was transferred to the 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Kadena AB, Okinawa. Flying the F-105 “Thunderchief”. Then-Major Guarino began flying combat missions in Southeast Asia in early 1965 and he was forced to eject over North Vietnam on June 14, 1965. Shot down on his 50th combat mission, he spent more than 8 years as a POW and earned the Air Force Cross for his service to his fellow POW’s. He had received his wings and commission 1943, making him the oldest rated pilot to be held in captivity. Released: February 12, 1973, he authored A P.O.W.’s STORY: 2801 Days in Hanoi about his experiences in captivity. He has also written Down In Flames- a semi-historical novel about flying Spitfires in the Mediterranean. Colonel Guarino was the eleventh American to be captured during the Vietnam War. "I had the rotten luck to land in a village not ten feet from a hut. The people had seen me coming down in the chute and had vacated the village. Sentries, armed with automatic rifles, posted on the surrounding hills, kept me under surveillance." It was then that he describes a unique encounter with Jesus Christ. "I had to stop packing up my gear because there He was standing right there.
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