Show g I - I ‘ i rr : §e 'i j ? ! nr:f & Mi Jii '? ‘91 ? 'X 4 - $ '4 ' v ’ - nSa ' 1 1 r- - ’ ( V£U — h i:yivk f r iJMinri ti 'wa'' ' i i n- n :x ” k K 4 iw iLahka Cept“ Clifford -- Di horn Jolley A from Korea by wife St? Capt Jolley center and tome of his squadron Mildred Coottnaed from Fage One vu The Jolley Story an lmtructor assigned In advanced flying -- At tha end of the war ho Tech in at registered " California to study aeronautics ‘ and after ffaduat 1 n g he worked at a small airfield and enlisted In the California Air National Guard The guard unit sent him to Williams Field Chandler Arix a Jet aircraft transition base where he learned to pilot the fast jet planes he was later to fly in combat In IMS he came to Utah and enlisted in the Utah National Guard to continue flying and ' ' at the same time offer his serv-ice- s in case of a national emergency I Ordered to Duty That emergency arose sooner than anyone expected In April 1951 his unit the 191st' Fighter Squadron was federallxed and ordered to ae tive duty The unit stayed in Utah for nearly a year and then was ordered to Clovis Air force Base in New Mexico ' la January 1952 Capt Jolley received orders to FE A F (Far Eastern Air Force) and was to report to Camp Stoneman Cal for assignment ' overseas He was given a emergency leave because Mrs Jolley was expecting a baby Two weeks after the birth of his daughter Renee - Capt Jolley went to Korea Ha arrived In Tokyo April- -i 14 1952 and a few days later was in Seoul Korea It waa there he waa assigned to duty with the Fourth Fighter Inter- Ceptor Wing Much to the captain's sur- prisa an old friend Capt Rob- art J Love with whom he had served In the California guard unit wae his flight leader Cal-Aer- o 1 ‘ v Fal Was Routed Two weeks after Jolley's first mission Capt Love wu re- taled to this United SUtea and Jolley took over hie flight crew chief airplane and barracks bed On hie sixth mission he sight-- t - In his own ed two MIG-lS- s words Capt Jolley described followed him right intQ my elghu and I ehot hia Uil away While thie wet goln on an other MIG had latched onto me and waa (hooting the daylights out of my ship "His bullets tore up the plexiglue canopy oh my jet end ripped part of my helmet off cutting my face "I had to use evasive tactics to get away from him and in eo doing my wingman and I Four of the got separated MIGs still were chasing me and I damaged another one Finally I waa able to shake loose from them and head for the Yellow Sea— fuel wee get-tin-g mighty low "Aa I wae heeding for the "5 had been hit— so I turned beck Gaping ioii "Because of the fiolt in the plane's canopy lt wasn’t performing as well as it should and I was having trouble keep-I- t under control "By the time ! got to the area my wingman- - waa sup- posed to have been in he bed shaken himself free of the MIG end Waa nowhere in eight So I started out for the Yellow Sea a second time "It was obvious I wasn’t going to make it home because of the lack of fuel so I bailed out! overChodo Island near the coast of North Korea but held by friendly forces "In the process of bailing out the ejection seat in the plane caught and smashed my left arm When I hit water I had trouble Opening the life raft zipper which would have allowed me to inflate a rubber dinghy atowed in it “The chute harness and raft were sinking so fast I couldn’t keep above water and the parachute ahroud lines were tan- gled around my legs and began to pull me under With my arm in the shape lt was I was for all practical purposes help- less "I was as close to getting out of the war permanent that time as I had ever been in all the months of combat” Attempted te Swim Capt Jolley told how he attempted to awim for (he nearest shore — 400 yards away— when three Koreans in a fishing boat pulled him to Safety “During the time I had bailed out and was picked up” he re- - w spotted the two of ui end believing I would b safe for few momenta' headed directly for him Due to some mishap or failure in equipment he sank immediately end drowned be- -' fore the plane got to him” After the Koreans picked Jolley from the Yellow Sea an emergency service helicopter ferried him to the island and returned him te his base the next day Because of his arm Injury it waa two weeks before he waa able to pilot plane again On hia return the captain was informed the MIG whose iaiLbe shot off at the begin- ning of the near disaster flight had been officially credited as a kiU raising hia victory toll to two On his 59th mission Capt Jolley destroyed two of the Russian-buil- t jets in a swirling t ZiJ vv vwr £ j m ' "By the time I got close enough to recognize them ee ' MIGa I wu close enough for a good shot uWe war right ever Sinulju North Korea when it ell happened (Sinulju la near tha Yalu Eiver on the Manchurian border) I got e good first burst in him but he kept right on flying "1 pulled up and rolled to keep from ramming his ship-t- hen I rolled down in behind him and finished the job The “ pilot bailed out That was my double-barrele- d v B v ' ” 5 - W' ' ' i I ' js- - I s? S N r J r K s - - "My Wingman and down en the two MIGa I eame in front and through a series of gyrations and turns I yhot one up I was so close to that ship I felt ss tf 1 were flying forms-tiowith him Wf were almost ’’ touching By HirWing Man That was confirmed kill number six for Jolley On the 96th mission — just four missions short of rotation to the U S—Capt Jolley waa flying near MIG Alley over Sinuiju again when he attacked J and shot downhU final enemy aircraft before returning home 7" Accompanied by his wingman who was hir gunnery instructor during a fgfresher training course at Las Vegas Nev prior to overseas duty Jolley related: "We just completed a turn and spotted four MIGa right g underneath us heading for Airfield a Communist air atrip over the Yalu on the Manchurian border "We rolled and came up be- -' hind them I shot the MIG on the right and my wingman moved in ahead of me and shot down the MIG next to mine "They apparently didn’t even Capt Jolley in his working togs and Sabre jet know we were in the area until the MIG I hit began belching big chunks of metal As goon as the Red pilot bailed out the remaining two MIGs xoomed across the Yalu where we couldn’t get at them” Final icore seven months of combat flying in Korea — seven confirmed victories five damaged and one after probably damaged During his tour of duty with the Fourth Fighter Wing Capt Jolley received Distinguished Flying Crbss with an oak leaf duster Silver Star Purple Heart and the Air Medal with an oak leaf cluster He was asked what plans he had made for his return to civilian life Answer: “I’m going to enlist in the Utah Air National Guard in case of an emergency” TYPING SHORTCUTSl TIME (TROUBLE SAVERSI e hredMire peckt-ei- iMckud with practical aiigaaationw tyeini mathoda tipi and ahorteutw - Whatharyou'ra an aapert typtfll are baiinnar-you- 'D find It mighty vaehdl ‘ ' 'akaaa la L C SMITH tO RON A TYKWMTEM WtlTC ar I Ill L faewd Saatk PHONE Mmstrul pain Jud Miry down Silt LAI City I It H 41 but Midol brought quick comfort Midol acts threw ways to bring faster relief from menstrual It relieves (ramps eases headache end chases -- blues" - An-tun- I Ddrrell F and Dale saluted their dad on the day he became an ace THE r 'V - a n M y Idaho Buhl right McElroy i “type first kill” In the missions to i Carroll d f follow he said his flights were routine with a few occasional scuffles with the enemy On the 47th mission Capt Jolley blew his second victim out of the Korea sky end almost failed to tome"’ back - —A Flight Leader At tha tima of his experience ‘ha was a flight leader and again was patroling the area near the Yalu referred to as - "MIG Alley” "We Ungled with a bunch of MIGs he related “and chased a few back to their side of the Yklu My wingman and I had broken from the flight ' during the scrape and headed south after conUct We both were running low on fuel "Then we were jumped by tix MIGs and 1 told my wing-ma- n to turn As he did a MIG Col reversed the turn into them and shot at one broadside He burst Into flames If I hadn’t caught him then I wouldn’t have gotten him at ell we were traveling that fast” To make sure of his victory Jolley moved in behind the burning Communist craft and took gun camera pictures of the Red pilot attempting to open his parachute “The last I saw of him” he said “he was still trying to get that chute open Then I turned and took some pictures of the MIG spinning and burning ” Returned te Base When he returned to the home base after the mission was completed all the pilqts and ground crewa at the field who had been listening to the fight over a radio turned out to welcome him as he landed Capt Jolley was host at the party that followed When the newi of his feat reached 2170 Fardown Ave Salt Lake City where Mrs Mildred Jolley and their three children Dale 8 Darrell 8 and daughter Re- - air battle hear Anju in western North Korea Describing the twin victories he said “Thpre were MIGs flitting all around us Two ships in my flight were being attacked and I latched bnto a MIG who was after them "I let go with two bursts and the enemy jet tore into flames I saw two more of them over us one was in a small spin Aa we straightened out I gave him two bursts from my guns and the pilot bailed out” “kill” This raised the Jolley score to four confirmed victories and three planes damaged in other encounters The next day Jolley's flight again was called out to protect fighter-bombe- r attacks on Anju The results of that mission rang the More to five kills for Capt Jolley end the United its 18th Statbs Air Force had ’ ' 'Jet ace? Ifi “ Memorable Day The proceedings of that memorable day brought fame to the captain who in civilian life was a contract estimator and salesman for Bennett Paint end Glass Cq Thli 1 the wajrjhe described (he battle: "A we were flying covet for the bombers we spotted a pair of MlGa Precisely speaking they jumped ua before we taw Mrs Jolley who bore the them One jumped my wing-mai- v burden of doubt in her mind and I called for the break as to her husband’s well being (Wingman turns in front of said: “You know I don’t worry MIG the plane Jolley’s hoping ' much about the dangers my follow his Into will lights) husband faces because I’m sure The MIG didn’t follow and at the same time a second jet he’ll come out of this all right1 “I have plenty of faith If latched on to mt didn’t have I’d probably go all ’We (hia wingman) both to piece” turned and the MIGa pulled Ob Sept 18 the captain was up and went straight ahead I on a mission over Sinulju near the spot where he had registered his first victory with hi wingmen The two were on a special high cover flight for bombers returning — from a Sinuiju attack "Wc spotted about a do7en MIGs and in one area we saw two friendly jets chasing a MIG Out in front of the MIG were twe more of the same 1 ” Lt n the flight ' J A 1 J y SAIT LAKE TU8UNI J |