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

Personally written stories and memories of a career USAF Bomber pilot.

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Stories from the Etchings on My Mind, Learning to Fly

December 18, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

THE BEGINNING. Living in the Mid-West in the late 20’s and 30’s, southern Illinois to be specific, our main news source was word of mouth for local news and newspapers […]

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Rambling’s, Memories of Growing Up

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

My parents were married in Nashville, Illinois on 12 Sept. 1917. My brother Charles Hobart was born 26 Oct 1918. I was born 20 Jan. 1921, and my twin brother […]

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Life at Ashley, Illinois 1925-1938

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

My family lived in a seven room frame house on the north end of town. There were six of us; my parents, my older brother, the twins, my brother and […]

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