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Colonel Glenn C. Nye was a native of Raleigh who flew against Nazis in World War II. As one of the youngest commanding officers, the colonel commanded a group of B-26 Marauders from an American Air Force base in England. His efforts during the war earned him the Silver Star and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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34964
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During World War II, there became a shortage of pilots in the United States. The Women’s Auxiliary Service Pilots (WASP) program was organized in 1942, allowing women to train to be pilots in support positions in North Carolina. Though they never saw combat, they helped in anti-aircraft training exercises that still proved dangerous, resulting in thirty-eight deaths.
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23771
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Robert Morgan was a pilot during World War II from Asheville. The author discusses his life and accomplishments.
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14983
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Nazi attacks on shipping along the Atlantic prompted a patriotic group of civilians to assist the overextended Navy. Volunteer pilots from Florida, New Jersey, and the Carolinas banded together to form the Civil Air Patrol. These pilots took it upon themselves to assist the Navy in spotting enemy U-boats along the east coast. Their presence was felt as the war record reflects; 24,000,000 airplane miles, 173 submarines identified and 57 were bombed, 363 stranded survivors of plane crashes or sunk vessels found, and the pilots also reported any mine warfare.
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