Show V Vi R. R i I dier In Bombed 0 e Ja Japan as a u e Club u ELEVENTH AF irS 1st 1st LS 1st Robert C. C Craw- Craw 3 d of 1358 Washington Blvd I den Utah has recently been isa is- is 1 d c a membership card In the I 1 I I imbed bed Japan Club an aniz on composed of Eleventh Air roe irce combat personnel who have robed Japanese positions in the theme theme me ime territory in the IsI Isad Is- Is ad chain Crawford obtained mem- mem I ship in the enviable Club b b by y u of participation in raids tf pers er c I Is target of a ar r up stepped-up aerial drive rg the from the Aleu- Aleu jans ans s. s Crawford is an ob- ob i- i ver gunner I Members of the I BOMBED I PAN CLUB from the Aleutian I I have good reason to be beroud I I road roud ud of their membership asey as ashey y hey ey become eligible by bombing I 0 e In one of the tho mO most t missions of any combat rie ne due to the long flight over ater ateI so cold life can be sustained f my ly a short time if tr forced down These missions are the longest Continued on page paige 5 Soldier o orr In InI rr I I Bombed Japan Club Continued from page 1 water over r combat flights more than 2000 miles round trip yet attempted in World V War r II and andI return trips in in addition to battle I damage wh when n enemy aircraft and nd anti-aircraft anti fire are encountered are arc further Imperiled by dimInishing diminishing diminish dimInish- ing fuel supplies an and the tri tricky 1 y Aleutian weather v which can call turn turl home landing bases into stormbound stormbound stormbound storm storm- bound lashed fog-lashed tra traps s while tho the mission is awa away Tho I n Bombed Japan CI Club b formed following the first Eleventh Eleven Eleven- th Air Force mission n over Pa Para Para- a- a and Islands Islands' in inthe inthe the tho Group July 10 1943 the first time Japanese home Is Islands Islands Is- Is islands lands were bombed since the fa famous famous famous fa- fa Tokyo raid of General Doo- Doo Doolittle's Doolittles littles little's airmen April 18 1942 Since the tha formation of ot the tIle cub club c the tho membership ha has grown steadily steadily stead stead- ily and while tile total number of members has not been announced announced ed because of security measures it Is now quite large and in ad- ad ad addition 11 ditton to Eleventh Air Force and and Aleutian based Air All WIllig- WIllig Four personnel other eligible Air Forces For For- F Forces r. r ces combat crows are arc being invited invited ed to join Crawford has served with the Eleventh Air All Force in the Aleutians IS 18 months and has participated participated par par- In one ODe combat mission He has ree received awards Including the Pacific Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with tho the Aleutian Bronze Campaign star American Defense Ribbon Joining the Arm Army Air Forces at Mantl Utah Ut on March 3 1941 he graduated rad from the Army Air Forces school Including the Armament Armament Armament Arma Arma- ment School at Lowry Field Cole Gilo- i ado rado Power Turrets School at the Manufacturing Company In Detroit Gunnery Gunner School at Laredo Laredo Laredo Lare Lare- do Texas Combat Gunnery Officers Officers Officers Offic Offic- ers School at Laredo Ills His parents Mr rr and Mrs Gra Grant t Cr Crawford n tord live at Ogden his wife Mrs June D. D Crawford resides at Salt Lake Lae City |