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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:

James E. Lee (AKA Cocker), LtCol, USAF.
Born in Clifton, NJ. Entered Air Force June 1942
* Class of June 1943, Selma, Alabama.
* 6th Air Force Panama Canal Zone, 43rd Fighter Squadron
* 7th Air Force Pacific, 21st Fighter Group, 72nd Fighter Squadron
* 126 missions
* Berlin Air Lift
* Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
* Medal Humane Action
* Flight test, Wright Field, OH
* 380th Bomb Wing
* Air refueling
* Cold War
* Senior Pilot, 5,000 hours
* General Cannon’s Central Instrument Instructor school, Barksdale, LA
* Air Defense Controllers school, Tyndal FL

On a flight at Holloman Air Force Base, a star-like object descended out of space and hovered above my aircraft. It was at an estimated altitude of 100,000 feet, 33 feet in diameter, and was brilliantly illuminated in the clear blue sky. On its departure, three flashes of light obscured it from sight.

At Wright Field, I flew a B-25 to provide escort for a fighter to join up on me. After one hour the Soviet Mig left and landed. 20 years later, I was informed that the pilot was Chuck Yeager.

Organizations:
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* Silver Wings (Yeller Dog)
* Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)
* Daedalians
* Quiet Birdman Duxford
* Test Pilots, Old Wright Field
* FAA Retirees
* Lemoyne Senior Citizens
* Teterboro, NJ, Hall of Fame
* DuBois Family Association
* Air Force Association
* Iwo Jima Association
* Sun Setters 7th Air Force
* 20th Air Force Association
* Reading, PA Old Timers
* Martin B-26 Association