Crisp County GaArchives News.....A GA. PILOT AND HIS PLAN ,CAPT FELIX WILLIAMSON June 21, 1944
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CORDELE DISPATCH June 21, 1944
AN EIGHTH AAF FIGHTER STATION,ENGLAND
CHOOSING A NAME FOR HIS AIRPLANE IS ONE THING EVERY PILOT TAKES SERIOUSLY. 
SOME OF THEM NAKE A BIG EVENT OF THE CHRISTENING.
A MAJORITY OF THE PILOTS OF THE ZEMKE GROUP, HIGHEST -SCORING THUNDERBOLT 
OUTFIT IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS,DEVOTE MUCH DELIBERATION ON THE 
SUBJECT BEFORE A DECISION IS REACHED. USUALLY THE PILOT ASKS HIS CREW MEMBERS 
FOR SUGGESTIONS.
MOST OF THE FLIERS- AT THIS STATION ANYWAY -FINALLY DECIDE TO NAME THEIR 
PLANES AFTER THEIR WIVES,MOTHERS,OR SWEETHEARTS BACK IN THE STATES
CAPTAIN FELIX D. WILLIAMSOM OF CORDELE,GA. ,CALLS HIS P-47 THUNDERBOLT '' 
GEORGIA PEACH''AFTER ONE OF THE FAMOUS PRODUCTS OF THE HOME STATE. CAPT. 
WILLIAMSON HAS DESTROYED FIVE GERMAN PLANES IN AERIAL BATTLE AGAINEST THE 
LUFTWAFFE.
 

Additional Comments:
CRISP COUNTY'S ACE.KILLED IN 1947 IN ROUTINE TRAINING MISSION IN CALIFORNIA. 
BORIRD AT PENIA BAPTIST CHURCH, CEMETARY.

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