Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....WILLIAMSON, FELIX  D. 1944
WWII US ARMY AIR CORPS
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CORDELE PILOT DOWNS 5  NAXIS
A CORDELE FIGHTER PILOT CAPT. FELIX D. WILLIAMSON, SON OF MRS. IDA WILLIAMSON, WAS
THE LEADING ACE WITH FIVE AIR- KILLS TO HIS CRDIT AS THE US EIGHTH AIR FORCE SHOT
DOWN 149 NAXI FIGHTERS SUNDAY, IN THE AIR BATTLES OVER CENTRAL GERMANY'S OIL STORAGE
REGION, ACCORDING TO NEWS DISPATCHES.
CAPT. WILLIAMSON LED A UNIT WHICH DOWNED 23 TO MAKE THE FAMED 56TH THUNDERBIRDGROUP
THE LEADING SCORER IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE. THE GROUP'S TWO-YEAR TOTAL OF ENEMY
PLANES NOW IS 832.
CAPT. WILLIAMSON HAS BEEN OVERSEAS FOR TWO YEARS. DURIBG THE PAST YEAR HE SPENT A
THIRTY-DAY LEAVE AT HOME, AFTER WHICH HE RETURNED TO COMBAT DUTY. AT THAT TIME HE
HAD ALREADT FLOWN A HUNDRED MISSIONS, AND RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING
CROSS,AIR MEDAL WITH THREE OAK LEAF CLUSTERS.
CAPT, WILLIAMSON HAS THREE BROTHERSIN THE ARMED SERVICES.

Additional Comments:
HE WAS LATER AN ACE.BUT WAS KILLED

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