January 11, 1943 (Monday)

Barbers Point NAS

Six days to go. Two-hour formation hop today. Nothing eventful except that each of us lost our tempers with the others. Formation flying in these planes is very tiring. For any kind of tight formation work an incredible amount of arm and leg muscle is needed. We’ll be able to tell all ex-bomber pilots in the future — they’ll have well-developed arms and legs, and will have big “pots” and wide asses, from sitting all the time.