Oral History Interview with Louis Roffman, December 8, 1980 Page: 34
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34
23rd or one of the other squadrons that lost an
airplane right then--a B-17 was burning. Some B-18's
got hit good; some aircraft in the 4th Recon were hit.
A complete inventory...L don't recall how many airplanes
were hit.
They did a pretty good job on the line.
They were well- informed . They knew where the ai rp lanes
were, and their intelligence was fantastic.
What happened after you got your B--17 safely out there
under the shelter?
We just stood near the airplane. The flight chief
finally came out, and he wanted to know how we were,
and he wanted to know the condition of the airplane.
I told him that I needed a prop change and a cylinder
or maybe two cylinders.
Who was the flight chief?
Tech Sergeant Casey Woods. We used to have a lot of
fun with Woods. He wasn't a mechanic. He had come
down from Schofield Barracks. He used to be a mess
sergeant, but he promotions were so great in the
service at that time that he was too high a rank tobe mess sergeant, so they brought him out there and
made him a flight chief. He was told, "You just listen
to your crew chief. Don't you do anything without
their okayr,"Marcello;
Rof fman:
Marcello:
Roffman:
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Roffman, Louis. Oral History Interview with Louis Roffman, December 8, 1980, book, December 8, 1980; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2100315/m1/36/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.