Record #:

14983

Author(s):

Carraway, Gertrude

Abstract:

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.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 11 Issue 50, May 1944, p7, 16

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--World War, 1939-1945--Pilots