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Dale “D.D.” Brannon, an Ohio native whose lanky six-foot frame almost disqualified him from flying fighters, held the unit together while a parade of higher ranking commanders came and went. And then there was Oregonian John A. Thompson, handsome, skilled, and fearless under fire.
One of the squadrons that shared Henderson Field with the Marines was the 67th Fighter Squadron, a somewhat orphaned group of Army Air Corps pilots, who had arrived on 22 August, led by Captain Dale Brannon, and their P-400 Airacobras, an export version of the Bell P-39.
Late in the afternoon of 22 August, the Cactus Air Force was augmented by a detachment of five Army Air Forces P-400s—the export version of the Bell P-39 Airacobra—of the 67th Fighter Squadron (“The Fighting Cocks”), under Captain Dale D. Brannon.
Oct 11, 2012 · was the 67th Fighter Squadron, a somewhat orphaned group of Army Air Corps pilots, who had ar-rived on 22 August, led by Captain Dale Brannon, and their P-400 Aira-cobras, an export version...
One of the squadrons that shared Henderson Field with the Marines was the 67th Fighter Squadron, a somewhat orphaned group of Army Air Corps pilots, who had arrived on 22 August, led by Captain Dale Brannon, and their P-400 Airacobras, an export version of the Bell P-39.
He subse-quently authored the book Guadalcanal: The Island of Fire, in which Ferguson described the mission of the 67th Squadron, at that time com-manded by Capt. Dale D. Brannon. The Japanese soon launched their first major drive to recapture the airfield and the bridgehead.
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They were joined on August 22 by the U.S. Army's 67th Pursuit Squadron under Major Dale Brannon, with five Army P-400s (an "export" version of the P-39); and on August 24, by 11 x SBD dive bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise because they were unable to land on their carrier, which was damaged in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons.
