World War II Honoree

Albert R. Anglin

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Wilmington, Delaware

Honored By

Hazel S. Anglin

Relationship

Wife

NAVAL AVIATOR. CARRIER FIGHTER PILOT. ENLISTED FALL OF 1942 INTO THE NAVY’S V- 5 PROGRAM, PILOT TRAINING. CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY IN 1943 AND SENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA TO START GROUND SCHOOL FLIGHT PREPARATION TRAINING. SENT TO FRANKLIN AND MARSHAL COLLEGE IN LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA FOR FLIGHT TRAINING. FURTHER TRAINING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA; NAVAL AIR STATION BUNKER HILL, INDIANA AND NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA IN FLORIDA. IN TRAINING FLEW MANY TYPE OF AIRCRAFT INCLUDING CUBS, N2S STEARMAN, NORTH AMERICANS AND SBD DOUGLAS DIVE BOMBERS. GRADUATED FROM NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA AS A NAVY FIGHTER PILOT WITH AN ENSIGN COMMISSION IN THE NAVAL RESERVE. ORDERED TO NAVAL AIR STATION DELAND IN FLORIDA AND BEGAN FLYING THE FM2 WILDCAT, A CARRIER BASED FIGHTER PLANE. FROM DELAND WAS SENT TO NAVAL AIR STATION GLENVIEW FOR CARRIER QUALIFICATION. AFTER CARRIER QUALIFICATION, WAS ORDERED TO CALIFORNIA TO JOIN THE VBF-98 SQUADRON AND BEGAN NEW TRAINING AS FIGHTER BOMBER FOR THE INVASION OF JAPAN HOMELAND. AT THIS TIME, THE U.S. AIR FORCE DROPPED ATOMIC BOMBS ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI, JAPAN QUICKLY SURRENDERED AND THE PLANNED INVASION NEVER OCCURRED. AFTER THE WAR ENDED, ASSIGNED TO FERRYING WAR PLANES FROM THE PACIFIC WAR TO THE MID-WEST FOR STORAGE.