Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....WILLIAMSON, MAJOR FELIX D 1945
WWII - Rosters U,S ARMY AIR FORCE
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CONGRATULATED BY DOOLITTLE
 AN EIGHH AIR FORCE STATION
 ENGLAND
 AMONG THE 185,000 MEN AND WOMEN OF THE EIGHTH AIR FORCE,CONGRATULATED AFTER V-E DAY
BY LT GEN JAMES H DOOLITTLE, THEIR COMMANDER,WERE MAJOR FELIX D WILLIAMSON, ROUTE 2;
FIRST LIETUNENT  DUNCAN U NESBITT, 416 13TH AVE; TECH SARGEANT JAKE C CULPEPPER, 210
11TH AVE AND SARGEANT IRA LITLE, OF CORDELE,GA..
''I WISH TO EXTEND MY PERSONAL CONGRATULATIONS AND MY HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO
EVERYONE OF YOU FOR THE MAGNIFICENT JOB YOU HAVE DONE.'' GEN DOOLITTLE SAID IN A
MESSAGE TO ALL PERSONAL.
 ''EACH OF YOU'' HE CONTINUED ''MAY BE PROUD OF YOUR PART IN THE DEFEAT OF GERMANY.
I AM PROUD OF YOU.''
 THE EIGHTH AIR FORCE WAS THE WORLD'S MIGHTEST STRATEGIC BOMBING FORCE. IT'S
PERSONNEL OF 185,000 WAS THE EQUIVELENT OF 12 DIVISIONS, AND IT COULD SEND 21,000
AIRMEN IN 2,000 FOUR ENGINE  BOMBERS AND 1,000 FIGHTERS OVER GERMANY AT ONE TIME, A
COMBAT EFFORT POSSIBLE ONLY THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NON-FLYING
SPECIALISTS. SINCE AUGUST 1942, WHEN COMBAT OPERATIONS BEGAN, FLYING FORTRESS AND
LIBERATORS OF THE EIGHTH DROPPED MORE THAN 700,000 TONS OF BOMBS ON ENEMY TARGETS.
FIGHTER PILOTS SHOT DOWN 5,250 NAZI PLANES AND DESTROYED 4,250 OTHERS ON THE GROUND
. BOMBER GUNNERS SHOT 6,000 GERMAN INTERCEPTORS OUT OF THE AIR.
 THE EIGHTH DROPED AN AVERAGE OF A TON OF BOMBS EVERY MINUTE OF THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
  AIRMEN OF THE EIGHTH WERE THE FIRST AMERICANS TO ATTACK GERMANY.THE EARLY CREWS
FLEW A HANDFUL OF UNESCORTED BOMBERS AGAINEST THE POWERFUL LUFTWAFFE, AND PROVED THE
FEASIBILITY OF AN AMERICAN IDEA --PRECISION DAYLIGHT BOMBING OVER THE REICH. 
  AS THE EIGHTH GREWIN STRENGTH, IT WAS ASSIGNED THE TASK OF CRUSHING THE GERMAN AIR
FORCE, WHICH HAD TO BE DONE BEFORE THE ALLIES COULD INVADE FRANCE. BOMBERS OF THE
EIGHTH SMASHEDNAZI AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION CENTERS. ITS FIGHTERS DESTROYED THOUSANDS OF
ENEMY PLANES IN THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND.
 AFTER BEATING THE LUFTWAFFE INTO RELATIVE IMPOTENCY, THE EIGHTH THREW ITS GROWING
WEIGHT AGAINEST GERMANY'S RAIL SYSTEM AND VITAL SOURCES OF OIL.THESE CAMPAIGNS ,IN
CONJUCTION WITH THE BRITISH ROYAL AIR FORCE, AND THE U.S. 15TH AIR
FORCE,DISORGANIZED ALL TRANSPORT IN GERMANY, RESTRICTED MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE
AIR AND ON THE GROUND, AND PAVED THE WAY FOR THE MARCH OF ALIED ARMIES ACROSS
EUROPE.

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