Seymour Johnson AFB: The 4th Fighter Group on D-Day
June 04, 2021
June 04, 2021
SEYMOUR JOHNSON AFB, North Carolina, June 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (4th Fighter Wing) issued the following news:
By Dr. Roy Heidicker
At 2300 hours on 5 June 1944, Colonel Don Blakeslee briefed the 4th Fighter Group pilots on the D-Day operations the next day. Blakeslee emphasized it was going to be a long, tough day with the Group flying three sorties to support the invasion.
Captain Bernard Louis McGrattan, an ace with the 33 . . .
By Dr. Roy Heidicker
At 2300 hours on 5 June 1944, Colonel Don Blakeslee briefed the 4th Fighter Group pilots on the D-Day operations the next day. Blakeslee emphasized it was going to be a long, tough day with the Group flying three sorties to support the invasion.
Captain Bernard Louis McGrattan, an ace with the 33 . . .