Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....DORMINEY, CPL J W June 10, 1945
WWI U.SARMY AIR CORPS
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CPL J W DORMINEY HAS IMPORTANT JOB WITH BOMBER GROUP
AN EIGHTH AF BOMBER STATION, ENGLAND
 WHEN THE '' MEMPHIS BELLE'' LEFT THIS FIELD LAST SUMMER ON ITS HOMEWARD MISION, CPL
JAMES W DORMINEY, SON OF DR AND MRS JAMES N DORMINEY,315 FIFTH AVE,CORDELE,GA.WAS
DOWN ON THE LINE FOR THE TAKEOFF, AND THOUGHT HE HAD SEEN THE LAST OF THE FLYING
FORTRESS. RECENTLY,''MEMPHIS BELLE'' RETURNED TO DORMINEY'S HEAVY BOMBER BASE IN
ENGLAND IN THE FORM OF THE EUROPEAN PREMIERE OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT'S TECHNICOLOR
MOTION PICTURE.
 '' JUST ONE PLANE AND ONE CREW IN ONE SQUADRON,IN ONE GROUP,OF ONE WING,OF ONE AIR
FORCE,OUT OF FIFTEEN UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES, SAID THE NARRATOR,BUT TO JIMMY
DORMINEY AND HUNDREDS OF MEN IN HISOUTFIT, NOW ALMOST TWO YEARS OVERSEAS, IT WAS
LIKE GREETING AN OLD FRIEND RETURNED. THE ''MEMPHIS BELLE''AND BELONGED TO THEM.
 THEY ARE THE GROUND CREW, MECHANICS,TECHNICIANS,CLERKS,COOKS AND MEDICS WHO STAYED
AT THEIR JOBS SO MORE FLYING FORTRESSES COULD STRIKE OUT AGAINEST HITLER.
 AS ONE ARMAMENT MAN PUT IT , '' I LOADED MANY A BOMB IN THAT BABY!'' THAT'S WHY
DORMINEY AND MEN OF HIS OUTFIT WERE FIRST TO SEE THE PICTURE.
 DORMINEY'S JOB WITH THIS PIONEER BOMBER GROUP IS IN THE OXYGEN DEPARTMENT SERVICING
EQUIPMENT ON WHICH COMBAT FLYERS' LIVES DEPEND.
 PRIOR TO ENTERING THE ARMY AIR FORCES HE WAS EMPLOYED BY CORDELE ELECTRIC CO, AS AN
ELECTRICIAN.
 HE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION AT UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. HE HAS A BROTHER IN
SERVICE,SRATIONED IN THE STATES.

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