[mayfair35]

Mr. Frank Olynyk
I hope everyone on this board is aware of the unbelievable job you did in listing the USAF victories during WW II. Your book is the one that everyone refers to when there is a question. When I sent an inquiry to the history section at Maxwell AFB, they quoted you as the AF position. During an AFAA reunion in I believe Tucson, I had the privilege of meeting you for a few short moments. I salute you for the absolutely outstanding book you produced.
As you know, the write-up for my 24 June '44 probable was completely wrong which may be due to the fact that no mission credit was given unless we reached 300 miles from the base. I do not know exactly how far I flew, but in my case they had to credit me with a mission otherwise how could I have gotten a probable? Thus the credit for reaching Ploesti!
A rather humours incident in conjuntion with my 3rd (?) victory: I was assigned to fly Herschel Green's bird (#11) and his crew chief was not happy about it. In fact as he was strapping me in, he told me."Best you bring this bird back in one piece, Lt.!" When I came in, did my victory roll and taxied into his revetment, he could not wait to get up on the wing, and gushed, "You can fly this airplane anytime you want, Lt.!" Of course that was the one and only time I did. I guess that was an example of how to win friends and influence people!
Cordially, Art Fiedler