Iowans On Bomber Crew

2nd Lt. Paul E. Kittleson
&
2nd Lt. Donald L. Chapman

2 IOWA MEN PUT     ON BOMBER CREW     St. Ansgar Man Chosen     to Bombardier's Post Alexandria, La. — Two men from Iowa have been assigned to the same crew at the Alexandria army air field. They are: 2nd Lts. Donald L. Chapman of Fernald, and Paul E. Kittleson of St. Ansgar. They will soon complete an intensive course in combat flying at the Alexandria army air field and in the near future will go overseas to a combat area. Lt. Chapman is the pilot of his crew at the age of 25. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs, Ray E.Chitty, Fernald. His wife is the former Shirley Arnold of Baxter, Lt. Kittleson takes up his responsibility of bombardier and by teamwork which he has been taught on this field, will unite his efforts with other members of a flying Fortress crew trained by the 2nd army air force, which has the task of readying 4-engine bomber crews for overseas duty. He is the son of Elon E. Kittleson of St. Ansgar. Listed among the instructors at the Alexandria army air field, are many officers and enlisted men who have seen action in every theater of war. These veterans direct crews through training conditions that simulate actual combat, stressing teamwork, formation flying and high altitude missons. [Mason City Globe-Gazette - Friday, August 11, 1944

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