Name
Charles E. Willis Jr. - "Whiskey"
Born
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e-mail
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Date
Service
Unit
1942-Apr-01
USN
VP-11
Date
Rate
1942-Jan-04
Ensign
1942-Jul-06
Lt.(jg)
Citation
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
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-26
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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
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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
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-18
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-22
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-31
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-01
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-02
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-03
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-04
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-07
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-09
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-11
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-12
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-14
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-16
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-18
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-20
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-22
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VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-24
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