Name |
Charles E. Willis Jr. - "Whiskey" |
Born |
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Date |
Post |
Action |
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Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Encountered Japanese Mavis flying boat and exchanged lengthy broadsides. Forced to make open-sea landing. |
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Pilot |
Flight: aborted. Lost wing-tip float on take off. Some of crew directed to stand on other wing for balance, after landing. Plane began to sink so pilot took off with 2 men hanging outside plane. Landed safely. |
1942-Jan-04 |
Pilot (2nd) |
Flight. After patrol past French Frigate Shoals, missed Oahu on return leg and landed at sea, lost, out of fuel. See "Like Hogan"s Goat" (under Src) for full story. |
1942-Jan-06 |
Pilot (2nd) |
Flight. After many mishaps, were re-fuelled by USS HULBERT and took off in 16-foot swells. See "Like Hogan"s Goat" (under Src) for full story. |
1942-Apr-02 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off between 0600 and 0700, landed 2030. |
1942-Apr-13 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Landed 1900. |
1942-Apr-16 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0600, landed 1930. |
1942-Apr-22 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0600, landed 1910. |
1942-Apr-25 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0535, landed 1830. |
1942-Apr-29 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0600, landed 2030. |
1942-Apr-30 |
Pilot |
Flight: extended. Took off 0530 for advance base, Johnston Island. |
1942-May-07 |
Pilot |
Flight: extended. Returned from advance base, Johnston Island at 1700. |
1942-May-11 |
Pilot |
Flight: Patrol. Took off 0600, landed 1930. |
1942-May-14 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0530, landed 1945. |
1942-May-17 |
Pilot |
Flight: Patrol. Took off 0600, landed 1900. |
1942-May-20 |
Pilot |
Flight: extended. Took off 1100 for temporary duty with VP-91 at Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii. |
1942-Jul-06 |
Pilot |
Flight: extended. Took off for Palmyra. |
1942-Jul-07 |
Pilot |
Flight: extended. Took off for Canton Island. |
1942-Jul-08 |
Pilot |
Flight: extended. Took off for Suva, Fiji. |
1942-Jul-16 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. |
1942-Jul-18 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. |
1942-Jul-22 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. |
1942-Jul-31 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off between 0700 and 0730, landed 1100. |
1942-Aug-01 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0625, landed 1700. |
1942-Aug-02 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0600 on 700-mile patrol, landed 1730. |
1942-Aug-03 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0600, landed 1805 at Saweni Bay. |
1942-Aug-04 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0600, landed 1800. |
1942-Aug-07 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0600, landed 1700. |
1942-Aug-09 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off between 0610 and 0630, landed between 1525 and 1600. |
1942-Aug-12 |
Pilot |
Flight: special mission. Took off 0615, landed 1730. |
1942-Aug-14 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0605, landed 1722. |
1942-Aug-16 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0605, landed 1900. |
1942-Aug-18 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off between 0600 and 0610, landed 1800. |
1942-Aug-20 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0600, landed 1730. |
1942-Aug-22 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0610, landed 1730. |
1942-Aug-24 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0610, landed 1810. |
1942-Oct-22 |
Pilot |
Flight: Bombing (night). Made torpedo attack on Japanese fleet in Tonolei Harbor, Bougainville; re-fueled at Tulagi and returned to Espiritu Santo via Rennell Island. |
1943-Apr-19 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Landed 1910. |
Publication |
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Pearl Harbor |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-02 |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-13 |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-16 |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-19 |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-22 |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-25 |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-28 |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-30 |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-01, 1942-May-02 |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-03, 1942-May-04, 1942-May-05 |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-06, 1942-May-07 |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-11 |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-14 |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-17 |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-20, 1942-May-21, 1942-May-22 |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-23, 1942-May-24, 1942-May-25 |
24 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-26 |
25 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-27, 1942-May-28, 1942-May-29 |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-30, 1942-May-31 |
27 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-06 |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-07 |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-08 |
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-16 |
43 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-18 |
45 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-22 |
49 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-31 |
58 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-01 |
60 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-02 |
61 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-03 |
62 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-04 |
63 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-07 |
66 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-09 |
68 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-11 |
70 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-12 |
71 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-14 |
73 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-16 |
75 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-18 |
77 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-20 |
79 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-22 |
81 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-24 |
83 |
VP/VPB-11 Association Photo: Walter F. Howard Collection |
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Biography |