"Chris Mark" wrote in message

....snip
.. When we
moved to Sicily to bolster the 12th Fighter Wing during the invasion of
Italy,...snip
Chris Mark

Nice story, old chap but the 12th was a B-25 outfit during the war, didn't
become a Fighter-Escort unit until 1950, assigned to SAC.
Perhaps the booze was flowing too freely when you were priming the old vets?
We have the same recurring problem periodically on RAM NG.