Narrative of Wewak Mission .pdf
SSgt. Thomas M. "Buddy" Andrews
An interesting Postscript to the story:
1st Lieutenant Harold C. Mills was given his final pilot check-out in B-24's at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, in early September 1943, by Captain James M. Stewart (famous actor Jimmy Stewart),a B-24 flight instructor, promoted to be the commander of the training command location at Gowen Field on August 9, 1943. Stewart had been a bomber instructor trying to be assigned as a combat bomber pilot for two years. Finally, his combat request was granted and he was sent to England in late September 1943, where he flew combat missions. Stewart remained a reserve pilot in the United States Air Force, and was a Brigadier General when he retired in 1968.
Photos and narrative provided by Randy Starkey, son of 1st Lt. Earl E. Starkey, the co-pilot of the crew.