EDITOR'S NOTE: Based on the content of the next few letters, it appears that Winfred may have had a week long furlough Tuesday September 21 - 28, 1943 (approximately). He DID NOT get to go home though!
EDITOR'S NOTE: Two letters and a postcard were mailed/postmarked home to the Folks from the boys on September 29, 1943; one letter and one postcard from Winfred, and one letter from Clifford.
Sep. 29, 1943 (1) 0530 WF Pocatello, ID Switch from 2nd to 4th AAF
Winfred and his crew have finished Phase I of their training at Gowen Field. He is in Pocatello, Idaho for a couple of days before they are transferred to a base somewhere in California. The crew has been transferred from the 2nd to the 4th Army Air Force. Winfred had a short furlough and is really missing his ‘woman’ – Lois. (This is the first of three letters the folks received from the boys on September 29, 1943.)