Presentation Date: September 23, 2010
Lt. Col. James H. Stanhope USAF (Ret)
* Born in 1923 in Everett, WA
* Moved with his mother to Alameda (Hayward and then to Niles Canyon shortly thereafter)
* Met his wife, Juanita, while in grammar school
* Attended Washington High School in Fremont
* After seeing P-39's fly over the Bay Area (probably from Hamilton AFB), he volunteered to join the Army Air Corps as a Cadet.
* Sent to Montana State University for ground school, he was in Class 44C flying P-40s at Luke AFB, P-39's at Eufreda, WA, and P-38's at Van Nuys. A fellow test pilot of Tony Levier, Milo Bertram,
trained his how to fly the P-38 with one engine out.
* Deployed to Italy at a mere 6 knots on the USS Patch, a troopship.
* Arrived Naples and rode on a 6X6 to San Severo on the East Coast of Italy
* Joined the 14th FG, 48th FS and flew 36 missions of different types
* Returned home and separated from the AAF.
* Rejoined a year later as a Regular Officer and served in Korea and Peru before separating from the USAF in January 1965
* Juanita and Jim have one daughter and live in Fremont today * Born in 1923 in Everett, WA
* Moved with his mother to Alameda (Hayward and then to Niles Canyon shortly thereafter)
* Met his wife, Juanita, while in grammar school
* Attended Washington High School in Fremont
* After seeing P-39's fly over the Bay Area (probably from Hamilton AFB), he volunteered to join the Army Air Corps as a Cadet.
* Sent to Montana State University for ground school, he was in Class 44C flying P-40s at Luke AFB, P-39's at Eufreda, WA, and P-38's at Van Nuys. A fellow test pilot of Tony Levier, Milo Bertram,
trained his how to fly the P-38 with one engine out.
* Deployed to Italy at a mere 6 knots on the USS Patch, a troopship.
* Arrived Naples and rode on a 6X6 to San Severo on the East Coast of Italy
* Joined the 14th FG, 48th FS and flew 36 missions of different types
* Returned home and separated from the AAF.
* Rejoined a year later as a Regular Officer and served in Korea and Peru before separating from the USAF in January 1965
* Juanita and Jim have one daughter and live in Fremont today