[ATTACH] Fw-190 crash landed at the 9th AF base of the 404th Fighter Group on 1-1-45.
[ATTACH] The name says it all...
[ATTACH] Crazy Horse and one of them new fangled kerosene burners
[ATTACH] How about a two seat Mustang? Many of the surviving Mustangs have installed a jump seat where the radio equipment originally sat....
Well, here you go... [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Clarence "Bud" Anderson, Lakeland, FL ~1995
A search of the Missing Aircrew Reports did not return a hit on that name...
Its a Consolidate A6 turret that was used as the B-24 tail turret. Also on the nose of some B-24's, many carried the Emerson A-15 on the nose.
And 8th Fighter Command became fairly adept at sending fighters ahead to the German's staging areas and engaging the interceptors before they...
In basic terms, an interceptor's primary target is incoming bombers. The escort fighter's primary target is the interceptors coming after the...
To amplify Rich's point, B-17 and B-24 transition training was a ten week course. That would have been followed by a 90 day crew training course...
Hmmm, 13 supposed ditchings and not a single hit on his name in the Missing Aircrew Reports. Color me skeptical. “At 25 missions you could quit,...
I received a photo of a of a B-24 pilot from one of his relatives who thought the photo "was of his commissioning". However, the photo shows the...
Some details would be helpful. Was this a USAAF pilot or RAF? If AAF and shot down, what was his disposition - POW, KIA, evaded? An AAF pilot...
The AAF removed all B-17s from the Pacific by the end of 1943 leaving only B-24's there in "Heavy" category. (the B-29 was "Very Heavy") All...
"Angus White" would have been the radio call sign of the day for a particular flight of 4 aircraft. Angus White 2 would be the wing position off...
Brigadier General (RET) Floyd H. Trogdon passed away September 9 at the age of 95. He had long served at the President of the 449th Bomb Group...
I read this book Dogged Courage a while back:...
This issue that may never be resolved is that when an incident does occur, the lawyers are going to go after the deep pockets.
From 2014 - Lt. Col. Cole's goblet is in row 1 on the left. They are all upside down now. [ATTACH]
