Donald Danford

Lieutenant, Fighter Director

 

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Danford_Donald.jpg (49036 bytes) Pictured  here on the right, Don  "was one of the two fighter-directors aboard. Their job was to call in fighters from nearby carriers and direct them toward the "bogeys" that were about to pounce on picket station defenders."--Lloyd Boles
Don died in 1999.  His career included working as a chemist at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. fighter_director_group.jpg (169029 bytes)