Saturday, March 22, 2008

WWII Vet Honored Again

From Mar. 19th Sacramento, Ca, News 10 ABC.

Bill Behms, 87, of Stockton, was given a Distinguished Flying Cross by Representative Jerry McNerney.

During the war, he flew more than 100 combat missions in the South Pacific.

He was shot down once, shot up about six times, and once came home on one engine in his P-38.

He described a typical dogfight, "Youd have as many as thirty airplanes, or more, in a small area, going around in circles. It was a swarm of bees, going in all directions up there."

This is Behms' third Distinguished Flying Cross, as it takes some time to formally document it.

Always wondered how come pilots didn't hit their own planes in fights like he described.

A Great American. --Da Coot

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