The Wartime Flight Log
of Eugene McGuire Sr.

The following are transcriptions and scanned pictures from the actual Flight Log of Eugene McGuire Sr.

 

First of all we have the front cover and the first page.

(Click on pictures to view full size)

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The following list are full page scans of every page of the log book
WARNING!: They are very large and not advisable for a dial-up connection.

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Preface Page 1 - Published by Pacific Airmotive
Preface Page 2 - Identification

Page 01 - January 26, 1942 to February 17, 1942 - Cal-Aero Academy, Ontario California
Page 02 - February 18, 1942 to March 4, 1942 - Cal-Aero Academy, Ontario California
Page 03 -
March 5, 1942 to March 24, 1942 - Cal-Aero Academy, Ontario California
Page 04 - March 25, 1942 to March 27, 1942 - Cal-Aero Academy, Ontario California
Page 05 - March 30, 1942 to April 18, 1942 - Cal-Aero Academy, Ontario California
Page 06 - April 20, 1942 to May 1, 1942 - Cal-Aero Academy, Ontario California
Page 07 - May 1, 1942 to May 13, 1942 - Cal-Aero Academy, Ontario California
Page 08 - May 14, 1942 to May 22, 1942 - Cal-Aero Academy, Ontario California
Page 09 - June 1, 1942 to June 12, 1942 - Luke Army Air Field, Arizona
Page 10 - June 13, 1942 to June 19, 1942 - Luke Army Air Field, Arizona
Page 11 - June 22, 1942 to July 4, 1942 - Luke Army Air Field, Arizona
Page 12 - July 6, 1942 to July 22, 1942 - Luke Army Air Field, Arizona
Page 13 - August 12, 1942 to August 23, 1942 - Myrtle Beach Airbase, South Carolina
Page 14 - August 23, 1942 to August 27, 1942 - Myrtle Beach Airbase, South Carolina
Page 15 - August 28, 1942 to September 15, 1942 - Myrtle Beach Airbase, South Carolina / Pinellas Army Air Base, St Petersburg Florida
Page 16 - September 15, 1942 to September 24, 1942 - Pinellas Army Air Base, St Petersburg Florida
Page 17 - September 27, 1942 to October 29, 1942 - Pinellas Army Air Base, St Petersburg Florida / Karachi Air Base, Karachi India
Page 18 - October 31, 1942 to November 23, 1942 - Karachi Air Base, Karachi India
Page 19 - November 23, 1942 to December 6, 1942 - Karachi Air Base, Karachi India
Page 20 - December 9, 1942 to December 18, 1942 - Karachi Air Base, Karachi India
Page 21 - December 19, 1942 to January 9, 1943 - Karachi Air Base, Karachi India / Jodhpur / Agra
Page 22 - January 12, 1943 to February 18, 1943 - Karachi Air Base, Karachi India / Jodhpur / Agra
Page 23 - February 20, 1943 to March 8, 1943 - Karachi Air Base, Karachi India
Page 24 - March 9, 1943 to March 22, 1943 - Karachi Air Base, Karachi India / Jodhpur / Agra
Page 25 - March 25, 1943 to April 13, 1943 - Karachi Air Base, Karachi India / Jodhpur / Agra
Page 26 - April 14, 1943 to April 28, 1943 - Karachi Air Base, Karachi India / Jodhpur
Page 27 - April 28, 1943 to May 7, 1943 - Karachi Air Base, Karachi India / Jodhpur / Agra
Page 28 - May 7, 1943 to June 21, 1943 - Karachi Air Base, Karachi India / Jodhpur / Agra / Gaya
Page 29 - June 21, 1943 to July 28, 1943 - Gaya & Dinjan - India / Yunnanyi, Kunming, Lingling, Hengyang - China (Crossed the 'HUMP')
Page 30 - July 29, 1943 to August 29, 1943 - Lingling, Kweilin, Hengyang - China
Page 31 - August 30, 1943 to September 14, 1943 - Hengyang, Kweilin - China
Page 32 - September 14, 1943 to November 14, 1943 - Hengyang, Kweilin, Suichwan - China
Page 33 - November 28, 1943 to December 30, 1943 - Suichwan, Hengyang, Kweilin - China
Page 34 - December 31, 1943 to February 10, 1944 - Suichwan, Kanchow - China
Page 35 - February 11, 1944 to April 6, 1944 - Kanchow, Suichwan, Kweitau, Namyung - China
Page 36 - April 7, 1944 to June 30, 1944 - Namyung, Suichwan - China / Luke Army Air Field, Arizona
Page 37 - July 1, 1944 to July 11, 1944 - Luke Army Air Field, Arizona
Page 38 - July 11, 1944 to July 22, 1944 - Luke Army Air Field, Arizona
Page 39 - July 22, 1944 to August 10, 1944 - Luke Army Air Field, Arizona
Page 40 - August 10, 1944 to August 22, 1944 - Luke Army Air Field, Arizona
Page 41 - August 22, 1944 to January 17, 1945 - Luke Army Air Field, Arizona / Chihkiang - China
Page 42 - January 17, 1945 to March 25, 1945 - Chihkiang - China
Page 43 - March 28, 1945 to May 9, 1945 - Chihkiang, Tsingchen - China
Memorandum Page 1 - Entries from August 24th 1942, June 1943 & July 23, 1943 (See transcription below)
Memorandum Page 2 - Continued entry from July 23, 1943 (See transcription below)

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My dad was shot down three times and used to talk about it occasionally.
(See the STORIES page.)
Here are the log book entries for each time!

Sept. 14th 1943
Dec. 2nd 1943
Mar. 29th 1945


 

 

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Inside the back cover there is a section titled 'Memorandum'.
Here is the transcription of what is written there.

August 24th 1942 - Lt. Cameron D. Martin killed in crash of P-40 in ocean off Ocean Forest Hotel, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

June 1943 - Lt. Edward R. Searl killed in take off accident at Cooch-Behar India.

July 23, 1943 - First aerial combat. Interception of Japanese '97 & '99 bombers over Lingling, China. First contact made south of our field. Japs flying course of about 350°. Force consisted of about 18 bombers and 20 to 25 "zero" fighters. Our force was 4 P-40's. In preliminary skirmish a "zero" put a cannon shot in my right wing about three feet out from the cockpit, tearing a large hole in flap. I proceeded to attack bombers from the rear. I fired about five long bursts into three of them on the extreme right of the formation. Two of them were smoking and I had just finished firing a burst into the third when I was attacked from the rear by a "zero" who put three more cannon shells into my fuselage. I dove away but due to damage done to my controls was unable to recover from dive in order to rejoin flight. Results - 2 probables and one damaged.
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Here is the page from the log book where this entry from July 23, 1943 resides.

Also click here to see the newspaper article that was written about this skirmish. Read the China Weekly about this day.

 

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