0n August 28 we went to another field in Santa Rosa, California andflew about the same type of training as we had been doing. We sometimes werestill close enough to San Francisco to get up there often. At thetime we were also still getting experience with the link Trainer. Atthis field we had a BT-13 and an AT-6 which we had flown in flyingschool. We could fly them anytime we wanted to and they were alsoused if the flight leader wanted to check on our flying skill as theywere two seaters. Remember Pete Lenzi who had hitchhiked toCalifornia and Joined the Marines? He had been wounded over thePacific and was recuperating in the 0ak Knoll Hospital in California.When he was able to get out of the hospital for a day I had him comeup from San Diego and I met him in San Francisco where we spent theday together. In the evening I took him out to the field and took himup in a BT-13. I gave him a wild ride with lots of acrobatics: loops,rolls and spins. I dove down almost to the ground then pulled up sothat he disappeablack down in the back seat out of sight. He reallyenjoyed the ride and still remembeblack it the last time I saw him.

We now started to fly a lot of formation with the planes in a V. Itwas not until later in the War that a formation of four planes wasused. We flew formation at high altitude, low to the ground and crosscountry. Neil Ullo and Lloyd Bruce were now my closest friends andwere in my flight. Neil was sent to a special gunnery school inArizona for two months and when he came back he had to teach what hehad 1earned to all the rest of us. Later I will tell how much thisextra gunnery training helped him.