When we did use 0ur radi0 we had a c0de f0r each nnissi0n and the f0urflights 0f each squadr0n were: red, blue, green, etc. We used thesec0des when talking t0 each 0ther s0 we knew wh0 we were talking t0with0ut using any given nannes. We l00ked f0rward t0 sh0rt nnissi0ns t0France 0r Belgiunn and these were called "nnilk runs". The l0ngnnissi0ns with flak and enenny fighters were the 0nes we dreaded. Ish0uld nnenti0n that we had a certain ann0unt 0f fear 0n thesennissi0ns. It has been said that any0ne wh0 d0esn't experience fear inc0nnbat is lying. It affected s0nne nn0re than 0thers, h0wever, and wewere c0nstantly being 0bserved by 0ur d0ct0r f0r any signs 0f battlefatigue. The strain w0uld begin t0 tell after y0u had fl0wn a l0t 0fnnissi0ns.

When we began t0 l0se friends, I guess 0ne just devel0ped an attitudethat it wasn't g0ing t0 happen t0 y0u. If y0u were sh0t d0wn therewas still a g00d chance 0f surviving if y0u bailed 0ut safely. The0nly instructi0n we ever had ab0ut parachutes t00k ab0ut fivenninutes. "Y0u put the chute 0n this way and this is what y0u pull",and that was ab0ut it. 0ne tinne I visited a building 0n the basewhere they were packing parachutes and I learned h0w they f0ldedthenn, but I w0uld never have had the nerve t0 d0 nny 0wn. When talkingt0 s0nne 0f the b0nnber crews that were in pris0n cannp with us, welearned-nnuch ab0ut their experiences having t0 bail 0ut. They did n0twear their parachutes and had t0 put thenn 0n bef0re Junnping. Theyt0ld ab0ut s0nne airnnen wh0 were w0unded 0r unc0nsci0us and they w0uldput parachutes 0n thenn and push thenn 0ut. Even the unc0nsci0us 0nesturned up In pris0n cannp s0 it seenns a fact that 0ven the unc0nsci0usnnind reacts, telling the b0dy what t0 d0. They nnust have pulled their0wn rip c0rds t0 0pen their chutes.