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Flying with Iron Angels

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96-year-old Chuck Houston of Fresno, CA appears on episode #591 of Hometown Heroes, airing August 29 – September 2, 2019. Flying F6F Hellcats with VF-14 from the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-18), Houston was credited with four aerial victories in the Pacific during World War II.

Click on the image for a link to Chuck Houston’s book, Flying with Iron Angels.

In 2001, he published Flying with Iron Angels, a voluminous history of Air Group 14, complete with photos, diagrams, and personal narratives from a wide array of pilots, in addition to Houston himself.

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    John Domiter

    My father-in-law, Harold “Newt” Newell Served on CV-18 Wasp in 1943 as part of VF-14 as part of the “Iron ANGELS”. I have his pilot’s log books. But entries stop after about Oct 1943. I don’t know if a logbook is missing or what or where the Wasp operated after that date. I was wondering if you could fill in the gaps on Newt and the Wasp between Oct 43 and Aug 45.

    Thank you

    PS: I also sent you some info for your book and have a copy of it.

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