Stories and memories of Col. Francis Harold Potter, USAF (1921-2009)

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Monthly Archives: December 2013

Living In Occupied Japan 1946 to 1949

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips 1 Comment

After 12 days on a troop ship enroute to Japan, I became a member of  the 317th Troop Carrier Group, stationed at Tachikawa Japan from early 1946 to late  spring […]

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The Berlin Airlift, As Remember It

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

From the middle of 1946 to early summer of 1949, I was assigned to the 317th Troop Carrier Group stationed at Tachikawa Japan. The mission for our group was to […]

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Berlin Airlift

B-52 Memories

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

I piloted the B-52D aircraft, number 56-676, now on display, several times while stationed at Fairchild AFB, Washington from 1954 to 1964.  My first fight with it was on February […]

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B-52

Big and Beautiful, Flying the B-36 Peacemaker

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips 1 Comment

Wow! Can this big hunk of metal  really get off the ground? I must be looking at a thousand square feet of aluminum skin, along with a million  different parts, […]

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B-36

A B-36 Story from long ago.

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips 1 Comment

There is a small group of Airmen, numbering less than .01% of the entire Air Force, of which I am a member.  When you think of the thousands who wear […]

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B-36

Operation Chromedome, The USAF Strategic Air Command

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips 6 Comments

Written by Col. Francis Harold Potter, USAF Operation Chromedome was a top secret military exercise conducted in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It evolved as the “Cold War” heated […]

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