George Welch with his XP-86 Sabre

George Schwartz Welch (May 18, 1918 – October 12, 1954) was a World War II flying ace, a Medal of Honor nominee, and an experimental aircraft pilot after the war. Many people contest that Welch verifiably broke the sound barrier one week before Chuck Yeager in his prototype P-86 Sabre. Picture of George Welch with his XP-86 Sabre. ... Picture of George Welch with his XP-86 Sabre. ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe... A flying ace is a military aviator who has shot down five or more enemy aircraft. ... The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States. ... General Yeager Major General Charles Elwood Chuck Yeager (born February 13, 1923 in Myra, Lincoln County, West Virginia) is a former World War II ace and test pilot. ... F-86 Sabre at Oshkosh Airshow, 2003 The first proposals for the North American Aviation F-86 Sabre were made in 1944, but construction was not begun until after World War II. The XP-86 prototype, which would become the F-86 Sabre, first flew on October 1, 1947. ...

Early Life

George Welch was originally born George Lewis Schwartz (Kingdom of Wuertenburg Schwarzwald(Black Forest)Schwarz), Jr., but changed his name to avoid the anti-German sentiment surrounding World War I. He completed 3 years of a mechanical engineering degree from Purdue University before joining the Army Air Corps in 1939. World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... The Ford Essex V6 engine Mechanical engineering is the application of physical principles to the creation of useful WESTCOUNTYJACKASS.COM reality for machine design. ... Purdue University is a public land-grant university system within the state of Indiana. ... The Army Air Corps is a vital component of the British Army. ... Hey. ...

World War II

After a year of training, Welch was posted to the 47th Fighter Squadron on Oahu island, Hawaii. At dawn on December 7, 1941, George and another pilot, Ken Taylor, were returning from a late-night party when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Welch phoned ahead to the airfield to ready two Curtiss P-40 fighters and immediately drove with Ken to airfield. Upon taking off, Welch claimed two kills before returning to refuel and reload. On a second sortie Welch downed two more aircraft for a total of four that day. Both Welch and Taylor were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for their actions, but despite nominations were not awarded the Medal of Honor because they had taken off without orders. The Island of Oahu. ... State nickname: The Aloha State Other U.S. States Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Governor Linda Lingle (R) Official languages Hawaiian and English Area 28,337 km² (43rd)  - Land 16,649 km²  - Water 11,672 km² (41. ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ken Taylor, BA, MBA (born October 5, 1934 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada) was a Canadian ambassador to Iran. ... Satellite image of Pearl Harbor. ... The Curtiss P-40 was an American fighter aircraft which first flew in 1938 and played a vital role in the crucial middle stages of World War II. Developed from the pre-war radial-engined P-36 Hawk, the P-40 became known as the Tomahawk, the Kittyhawk, and finally... The Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) is the second highest military decoration of the United States Army which is awarded for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. ... The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States. ...

After Pearl Harbor, Welch returned to the continental U.S. to give war bond speeches until being assigned to the 36th Fighter Squadron of the 8th Fighter Group in New Guinea. Dissatisfied with the considerably older Bell P-39 Airacobra, Welch repeatedly appealed to be transferred to the 80th Fighter Squadron which flew the P-38 Lightning until he was granted a transfer. Welch continued his record of success, flying a total of 348 combat missions with 16 confirmed kills before a bad case of malaria retired him from the war. The Bell P-39 Airacobra was one of the principal fighter aircraft in service with American forces at the start of World War II. At first for a short time designated XP_45, it had just a single_speed, single_stage supercharger for its engine, instead of an exhaust_driven turbo_supercharger as initially fitted... P-38 may also refer to the P-38, an army-issue can opener, or to the Walther P38 handgun The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was one of the most important American fighters of the Second World War. ...

George Welch was portrayed in the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora! by Rick Cooper. 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The movie Tora! Tora! Tora! (トラ・トラ・トラ！), released in 1970, is a dramatization of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the series of American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness. ...

Breaking the Sound Barrier

In the spring of 1944, Welch was approached by North American Aviation to become a test pilot for the P-51 Mustang. Resigning his commission from the army, Welch accepted. He went on to fly the prototypes of the FJ Fury, and when the F-86 Sabre was proposed, Welch was chosen as the chief test pilot. The project gained momentum and was moved to Edwards AFB, California, the same base at which the Bell X-1 was being developed. North American was instructed that they were not, under any circumstances, to break the sound barrier before the X-1 achieved this milestone. However, Welch disregarded this order, and during a test flight on October 1, 1947 he entered a steep dive from 35,000 ft. During the dive, Welch observed symptoms compatible with Mach jump, and a sonic boom was heard at the base. However, due to problems with the landing gear, further full-speed flights were delayed. On October 14, the same day that Yeager was to attempt supersonic flight, Welch performed a second supersonic dive. This time he started from 37,000 ft, and executed a full-power 4g pullout, greatly increasing the power of his sonic boom. Yeager broke the sound barrier approximately 30 minutes later. North American Aviation, Inc. ... The North American P-51 Mustang was a successful long range fighter aircraft which entered service in the middle years of World War II. The definitive version of the single-seat fighter was powered by a single supercharged V-12 Merlin engine and armed with six . ... North American FJ-4 Fury. ... F-86 Sabre at Oshkosh Airshow, 2003 The first proposals for the North American Aviation F-86 Sabre were made in 1944, but construction was not begun until after World War II. The XP-86 prototype, which would become the F-86 Sabre, first flew on October 1, 1947. ... Edwards Air Force Base is a base located on the border of Kern County and Los Angeles County, California in the Antelope Valley, northeast of Lancaster. ... The Bell X-1 was the first aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in controlled, level flight. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... When an aircraft breaks the sound barrier, an unusual cloud sometimes forms in its wake. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... General Yeager Major General Charles Elwood Chuck Yeager (born February 13, 1923 in Myra, Lincoln County, West Virginia) is a former World War II ace and test pilot. ... g (also gee, g-force or g-load) is a non-SI unit of acceleration defined as exactly 9. ...

Due to the political investment in the X-1 program, the Pentagon ordered the results of Welch's flights classified and in fact did not allow North American to publicly announce that the XP-86 had gone supersonic until almost a year later. The Air Force still denies that Welch broke the sound barrier first. However, a USAF documentary about the X-1 says the X-1 and Yeager were the first to break the sound barrier "in level flight". This leaves the door open for Welch's claim.

Later Career

Welch went on to serve with the army again in the Korean War as an instructor where he reportedly downed several enemy aircraft while "supervising" his students. However, Welch's kills were in disobeyance of direct orders for him to not engage, and credits for the kills were thus distributed among his students. After the war, Welch returned to flight testing — this time in the F-100 Super Sabre, an upgraded version of the F-86. Welch became the first man to break the sound barrier in level flight with this aircraft on May 25, 1953. However, stability problems with the aircraft arose and on October 12, 1954, Welch's YF-100 disintegrated during a 7g pullout at Mach 1.55. Welch ejected, but the supersonic ejection severely injured him and tore several panels out of his parachute. Though Welch was alive when rescuers found him on the ground, he died shortly thereafter in hospital. The Korean War (Korean: 한국전쟁/韓國戰爭), from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ... The North American F-100 Super Sabre was a jet fighter aircraft that served with the USAF from 1954 to 1971 and with the ANG until 1979. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External Links

The Amazing George Welch: Biography

September 23, 2005 'George S. Welch's Tribute Website'

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Major George S. "Wheaties" Welch USAAC(USAF) // Pearl Harbor Hero // Triple Ace // First to Mach One // Chief Test Pilot, North American Aviation (1947-1954) ==

Americas First Heroes of WWII - Pearl Harbor,T.H. Dec. 7, 1941: Defense of Oahu4+ Victories in 2 sorties of Air Combat // 14 Victories in 4 AirBattles - New Guinea PTO WWII Ace // (NB: Actually the first pilot to fly Mach 1 (maiden Flight of NAA YP-86 in a supersonic dive on Oct.1, 1947)

WWII Pilot George Welch Merits Medal - By Harry F. Themal (11/26/01)

Adm.Husband E. Kimmel and Gen. Walter C. Short aren't the only survivors ofthe Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 60 ears ago to be wronged by themilitary establishment. The two commanding officers were deniedpromotion to a permanent higher rank when they retired, and it's now upto President Bush to right that wrong. Wilmington native 2nd Lt. GeorgeS. Welch, USAAC (5'7"-135lbs. @age 23 yrs.), America's first World WarII hero, mysteriously failed to get a deserved Medal of Honor after hewas one of the few pilots able to take off and battle the Japanese airfleet bombing our Hawaiian military installations on Dec. 7, 1941. Thenight before the attack "Wheaties" Welch and pilot Ken Taylor hadpartied and gotten just two hours' sleep when they heard bombs explode.They drove in Taylor's car under enemy fire to their P-40 fighterplanes 10 miles away at Haleiwa Field. As described in Welch's citationfor his Distinguished Service Cross: "He immediately, on his owninitiative, took off ... armed only with 30-caliber machine guns.[When] he observed a formation of approximately 12 planes ... heattacked and shot down an enemy dive bomber with one burst from threeguns. At this point he discovered that one gun was jammed [and] hisplane was hit by an incendiary bullet, which passed through the baggagecompartment just in rear of his seat." Welch shot down another planebefore he ran low on fuel. He landed at Wheeler Field to refuel andreplenish his ammunition, then "immediately took off, headed straightinto the attack [of a second wave of 15 planes] to the assistance of abrother officer who was being attacked from the rear." Welch shot downat least four planes that day even though his plane had "bulletsstriking his motor, propeller and cowling." Old excuses Two excuses arecited for Welch not getting the Medal of Honor. One is that Gen. HapArnold, head of the Army Air Corps, thought Welch deserved it but wasoverruled by a commander who said Welch and Taylor had taken offwithout orders. Another is that President Franklin Delano Rooseveltwanted an instant hero to cheer the nation, and it would have taken toolong for Congress to act. A photo of FDR honoring Welch in the WhiteHouse was widely circulated. In 348 Pacific Theater missions, Welchshot down at least 16 planes and won many other decorations. His warcareer ended in September 1943 when he got malaria and was sent to ahospital in Sydney, Australia, where he met his future wife. Welchbecame a test pilot. Aviation experts confirm that in dives in anexperimental plane over California desert in October 1947, Welch becamethe first pilot to break the sound barrier. He was again acting on hisown, several weeks before Chuck Yeager was supposed to break Mach 1.Welch was killed in October 1954 when his YF-100A disintegrated in atest flight. Welch was a graduate of St. Andrew's School in Middletownand attended Purdue University (Engineering: Phi Delta UpsilonFraternity) before enlisting in 1939.Randolph and Kelley USAAC Fields,TX and Hamilton Field, CA. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis Schwartz, lived at 906 Blackshire Road in the Westover Hills area of Wilmington, DE. They changed the name of their two sons to Welch, Mrs.Schwartz's maiden name, because they sensed anti-German feelings afterWorld War I. Welch's sons, Giles and Jolyon, live in California. Maj.Welch has not been forgotten here. George S. Welch Elementary School onthe Dover, DE (USAF) Air Force Base was named in his honor by theCaesar Rodney School District in 1962. He was recently inducted intothe Delaware Aviation Hall of Fame. His portrait, painted during thewar by Peter Hurd, hangs in Legislative Hall. Delaware's congressionaldelegation should lead the effort to honor Welch posthumously as one ofour country's great war heroes. The Delaware Medal of Honor HistoricalAssociation has launched a petition drive to make him the 15thDelawarean so honored.

[1] (WWII Pilot George Welch Merits Medal)

History, Legend and Myth: Hollywood and the Medal of Honor by Raymond J. Castagnaro and Lyle F. Padilla

 So few US pilots managed to get airborne during Japanese attack againstPearl Harbor. George "Wheaties" Welch was not only lucky enough toclimb with a P-40B, but skilled enough to down four aggressors duringthat day of infamy. This famous action was only a brilliant start of anoutstanding flyer's career. Exactly a year after Pearl Harbor Wheatiestook heavy toll on Japanese aircraft again. This time he was flyingcontroversial rear engined Bell P-39 Airacobra with 8th Fighter Groupand shot down three enemy planes over New Guinea. As an outstanding acehe was allowed to move from P-39 equipped 36th FS to 80th FS flying newtwin- engined Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighters. Just three furthercombats in summer of 1943 sufficed to rise his score to sixteenconfirmed victories. Immediately afterwards Welch was moved to the AFBin Winter Park (Orlando), FL; recovering from malaria and then he wasordered by the USAAF to test new fighters for North American Aviation.Wheaties did maiden flights for such aircraft like P-82B, P-82E andF-86. Sadly his test-pilot career showed to be more risky than aerialcombat. On October 12th 1954 was killed during the ejection from adisintegrating USAF jet fighter Experimental prototype YF-100ASuperSabre while pulling up from a steep Mach 1 dive at 20,000 feet due to a before unknown phenomenon of dynamic yaw-coupling in whichcontrol surfaces are insufficient in the control of the aircraft at anangle of attack coupled with stalling behavior whilst pulling out of asupersonic dive. 

It can be argued that George S. Welch was cheatedout of the Medal of Honor on two occasions, one of his acts of valorbeing depicted on film: "Tora_Tora_Tora" 1971 Welch was assigned to the47th Fighter Squadron, 18th Fighter Group flying "Suzy" a Curtis P-40Kittyhawk at Wheeler Field, near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1941. Fellowfighter pilots of the 18th Group,stationed in 1941 Hawaii WWII ETOpilots: Francis S. Gabreski of PA and Col. Joe McKeon P-51 Mustangpilot of New York, NY (now resides near March AFB in Redlands, CA)(whowould later go on to become the top American Ace in the EuropeanTheater in World War II P-47 Thunderbolt(died in 2002) described him."He was a rich kid, heir to the grape juice family, and we couldn'tfigure out why he was there since he probably could have avoidedmilitary service altogether if he wanted to." Many Japanese militaryaviators would regret that he hadn't. In the beginning of December,1941, Welch and 2nd Lt. Kenneth Taylor had moved their P-40s away fromthe main airfield at Wheeler to a nearby auxiliary field at Haleiwa aspart of a gunnery exercise. The vast majority of Army Air Forcefighters at Wheeler were parked in neat rows on the main flightline;although war with Japan appeared imminent, it was decided that thepossibility of sabotage from the ground presented a greater threat thana potential air attack, and it was easier to guard them while parked inneat rows than dispersed on the airfield perimeter. Thus when theJapanese carrier-based sneak attack against Pearl Harbor and Wheelerand Hickam Fields came on the morning of December 7, 1941, the majorityof the Army Air Force fighter force was easily destroyed on the ground,several of them when the first P-40 pilot attempting to take off tofight was hit and killed on his takeoff roll and his fighter wentcrashing down the flightline at Wheeler. That Sunday morning Welch andTaylor were just leaving an all-night black tie affair at WheelerField, Hawaii. As they stood outside an army barracks watching thetropical dawn grow brighter, neither had any idea of the momentousevent which was about to change their - lives. Welch was saying thatinstead of going to sleep, he wanted to drive back to their own base atnearby Haleiwa Field for a nice Sunday morning swim. Suddenly theJapanese swooped down on Wheeler Field, which was a center for fighteroperations in Hawaii. Dive bombers seemed to appear out of nowhere.Violent explosions upended the parked planes, and buildings began toburn. Welch ran for a telephone and called Haleiwa as bullets sprayedaround him. "Get two P-40s ready!" he yelled. "It's not a gag--the Japsare here." The drive up to Haleiwa was a wild one in a convertiblecoupe. Japanese Zeros strafed Welch and Taylor three times. When thetwo fliers careened onto their field nine minutes later, their fighterplanes were already armed and the propellers were turning over. Withoutwaiting for orders they took off. As they climbed for altitude they raninto twelve Japanese Val dive bombers over the Marine air base at Ewa.Welch and Taylor began their attack immediately. on their first pass,machine guns blazing, each shot down a bomber. As Taylor zoomed up andover in his Tomahawk, he saw an enemy bomber heading out to sea. Hegave his P-40 full throttle and roared after it. Again his aim was goodand the Val broke up before his eyes. In the meantime Welch's plane hadbeen hit and he dived into a protective cloud bank. The damage didn'tseem too serious so he flew out again--only to find himself on the tailof another Val. With only one gun now working he nevertheless managedto send the bomber flaming into the sea. Both pilots now vectoredtoward burning Wheeler Field for more ammunition and gas. Unfortunatelythe extra cartridge belts for the P-40s were in a hangar which was onfire. Two mechanics ran bravely into the dangerous inferno and returnedwith the ammunition. The Japanese were just beginning a second strafingof the field as Welch and Taylor hauled their P-40s into the air again.They headed directly into the enemy planes, all guns firing. This timeKen Taylor was hit in the arm, and then a Val closed in behind him.Welch kicked his rudder and the Tomahawk whipped around and blasted theVal, though his own plane had been hit once more. Taylor had to land,but George Welch shot down still another bomber near Ewa before hereturned. Perhaps twenty American fighter planes managed to get intothe air that morning--including five obsolete Republic P-35s. Most ofthem were shot down, but their bravery and initiative accounted for sixvictories in the one-sided aerial battle Welch was nominated for theMedal of Honor for his actions on Pearl Harbor Day, and the Air ForceChief, General Henry H. Arnold was reportedly anxious to receive thenomination. Unfortunately for Welch, the intermediate chain of command,their pride evidently smarting from having been caught off guard andsuffering the evastation they did, reasoned absurdly that Welch hadtaken off without proper authorization and could therefore not beawarded the nation's highest military award; the award was downgradedto a Distinguished Service Cross. Welch remained in the Pacific Theaterof Operations and went on to score 12 more kills against Japaneseaircraft (16 in total). After the war, he became the Chief Test Pilotfor North American Aviation, makers of a long line of successfulfighters that began with the P-51 Mustang, generally recognized as thebest fighter of any air force in World War II. Welch began testing theprototype P-86 (later redesignated F-86) Sabre, a new jet fighter whichcombined the aerodynamic advances of the propeller-driven Mustang withthe lessons of swept-wing research the Germans had developed for theirjet aircraft toward the end of the war. Raymond J. Castagnaro and Lyle F. Padilla (History, Legend and Myth: Hollywood and the Medal of Honor)

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Major George S. Welch's, USAAF WWII - PTO 5th AF 1941-1943 Aerial Combat Victory Chart:

Victory Date Time IJN A/C A/C flown - (s/n) Unit Victory placement 1.) 12/07/41 08:15+ dive bomber P-40B 47 PS Ewa, Oahu - Territory of Hawaii 2.) 12/07/41 08:15+ bomber P-40B 47 PS off Barbers Pt., Oahu 3.) 12/07/41 09:00+ Zero P-40B 47 PS Wahlawa - Haleiwa 4.) 12/07/41 09:10+ Val P-40B 47 PS 5m off Ewa, Oahu

5.) 12/07/42 11:20 Val P-39D-1 41-38359 36 FS 10-15m NE of Buna, New Guinea 6.) 12/07/42 11:25 Val P-39D-1 41-38359 36 FS 6m NE of Buna, New Guinea 7.) 12/07/42 11:50 Zero P-39D-1 41-38359 36 FS 10-12m E of Buna, New Guinea

8.) 06/21/43 11:15 Zeke P-38G 80 FS over Lae, New Guinea 9.) 06/21/43 11:15 Zeke (2) P-38G 80 FS over Lae and Salamua, New Guinea

10.) 08/20/43 11:00 Tony P-38H-1 42-66578 80 FS Wewak, New Guinea 11.) 08/20/43 11:00 Tony P-38H-1 42-66578 80 FS behind Wewak, New Guinea 12.) 08/20/43 11:00 Tony P-38H-1 42-66578 80 FS E of Wewak Pt., New Guinea

13.) 09/02/43 10:00 Zeke P-38G-15 43-2203 8 FG over Wewak, New Guinea 14.) 09/02/43 10:00 Zeke P-38G-15 43-2203 8 FG over Wewak, New Guinea 15.) 09/02/43 10:00 Zeke P-38G-15 43-2203 8 FG Wewak Bay, New Guinea 16.) 09/02/43 10:45 Dinah P-38G-15 43-2203 8 FG N of Madang , New Guinea

Showing defense of Pearl Harbor, T.H., New Guinea and Australia actions) In the 8th FG he was assigned with P-39D-1 s/n 41-38359 "K" nicknamed: "MissHelen the Flying Jenny". He used this plane to score his triple killduring first anniversary of Pear Harbor. After his move to 80th FS hewas assigned with P-38G-15 s/n 43-2203 (Large white "E" painted onnacelle)

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Links:

http://home.att.net/~C.C.Jordan/index.html (Planes and Pilots of WWII) [ http://home.att.net/~historyzone/Welch1.html] (The Tiger of Pearl Harbor)

[2] (Breaking the Sonic Wall)

[3] (AcesWild: The Race to Mach 1 by Al Blackburn, SR Books 1999) [ http://www.acepilots.com/usaaf_welch.html] (Major George S. Welch)

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[dmohha@aol.com] (Delaware Medal of Honor Historical Association: Paul Cathell, President) david_aiken@hotmail.com (David Aiken: <http://www.usspennsylvania.com/DavidsCorner.htm>)

[5] [6] (Pearl Harbor Historical Association)

honker@ptialaska.net(Don "Bucky" Dawson - Ketchikan AK aviation artist (Gen. Kenneth TaylorAir National Guard, Anchorage, AK and Pearl Harbor historian) [ http://www.mindspring.com/~jaybirdone/headhunters/] (USAF 80th Fighter Squadron - WWII - PTO)

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Contact Information:

Name: Jolyon C.B. "Jay" Welch

Email: jaywelch70@yahoo.com

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Website:

[ http://www.geocities.com/jaywelch70/My_Dad.html]

1. Major George Schwartz Welch boards North American Aviation's New Yf-100A Super Saber experimental ultra top secret prototype at Muroc Dry Lake, Rosamond, Calif. October 12, 1954 [ http://www.geocities.com/jaywelch70/gswelch_yf100a.jpg]

2. October 1, 1947 Muroc, Calif. YF-86 Saber Jet North American Aviation Chief Test Pilot Major George Schwartz "Wheaties" Welch [2]

3. craggwelchwewak3sept1943 [3]

4. gswelch80thp38 [4]

5. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Honors Delaware Pearl Harbor Hero 2nd Lt. George Schwartz Welch and his parents in the White House oval office on start of US War Bond Drive [5]

6. 2nd. Lt. G.S. Welch USAAC P-40B 15th Pursuit Group "sighting in guns" Haleiwa, Oahu, TH 1941 [6]

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