Emmett Dendy World War II Air Mission Diary, MSS.3922

Abstract: World War II air mission diary used by a ball turret gunner with the Eighth Air Force's 467th Bomb Group flying B-24s, to record his 22 air missions, from 24 February to 25 April 1945. Each entry includes information about the target, bomb load, bomb run, flak, time, gas, and altitude. He also included remarks concerning each missionScope and Content Note: The diary was used by Emmett Dendy, a gunner with the Eighth Air Force's 467th Bomb Group flying B-24s, to record his 22 air missions, from 24 February to 25 April 1945. Each entry includes information about the target, bomb load, bomb run, flak, time, gas, and altitude. He also included remarks concerning each mission. The diary also includes names and addresses of other soldiers, presumably other members of his crew. In May 2010, Dendy added an additional mission - an Honor Flight for WWII veterans to the new WWII Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. There is also a photograph of a group of men in front of a building; none of the men are identified by name, only by position (gunner, nose gunner, pilot, bombadier, etc.)Dendy was also featured in Delbert Reed's book, When Winning Was Everything; a photocopy of the chapter is included in the collection.Biographical/Historical Note: Emmett O. Dendy was born on 20 September 1925. He was the third of Bascom A. and Mae Dendy's four children. Dendy enlisted in the U.S. Air Corps on 20 March 1944 as a private. He originally wanted to be a pilot but became a ball turret gunner in the Eighth Air Force's 467th Bomb Group based in England, flying B-24s. He flew 22 missions between 24 February and 25 April 1945.Dendy attended the University of Alabama, married Joy Pearson on 28 December 1948, and earned his degree in 1949