Eddie Huddleston Logbook

Title page of the logbook kept by Edgar Huddleston.

Huddleston's description of his first mission to Messina, Sicily.

Mission number 10, to Gerbini, Sicily.

Huddleston's description of his leave in Alexandria, Egypt. His leave is "on the flight surgeon's orders. He said I would have to stay on the ground unless I did. He said I was getting flack happy." He also describes moving to the nose turret position when that model of airplane becomes available in his squadron.

Huddleston's numbers skip from 50 to 52 because he was credited with two missions for target at Regensburt, Germany, a M.E. 109 factory that built a third of Germany's fighting planes.

Huddleston's description of his final mission to a German airplane factory. "My last mission, we had it fairly easy for a German target. Got credit for two missions on this one Picked up a couple holes in #1 engine. Am finished combat flying. feb. 22, 44. 8 hrs 45 min."

Huddleston's description of moving from Benghazi to Enfidaville, Tunis. "We can hit further in the continent now. English units tried to move in and take over the Dodecanese Islands but the Germans were too strong for the English so me make a P.D.Q. move back to Lida, Libya, to knock off a few Germans."

Huddleston's missions are adjusted because his squadron did not have fighter escort. "The 15th gave me 7 missions on computed time in comparison with the B-17s who were getting fighter escourt all the time. We didn't have any."