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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My experiences while flying at .77 Mach

January 11, 2015by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

In 1956 the 92 Bomb Wing, (H) was alerted for upgrading to Boeing’s new eight engined all jet heavy bomber, the B-52’s. We had three bomb squadrons in our wing, […]

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B-36, B-52

Pilot Flight Record And Log Book: Col. Francis H. Potter, USAF

January 10, 2015by Ben Phillips 1 Comment

The information below is summarized from Pilot Flight Log Book of Col. Francis Harold Potter USAF .   See photos below for scans of individual log book pages. Link to Spreadsheet […]

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B-36, B-52, Berlin Airlift

My Life In SAC – The USAF Strategic Air Command

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips 1 Comment

“Aaaaaarrrrooooooogah, Aaaaaarrrrooooooogah, Aaaaaarrrooooooogah” came blasting through the building. It was two o’clock in the morning this time, when that raucous electrifying blasting klaxon horn announced that an aircraft launch message […]

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B-52

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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B-52

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