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Lt. Walter McCreary in #25 and Lt. Robert Martin #15 prepare to take off from Ramitelli

Lt. Sanford Perkins 100th FS with his crew chief and armorer

Lt. Alphonso Simmons tells it all to his crew chief Sgt. William C. Bright.
P-51C #17 Gripper Dan
Lt. Simmons went MIA on 9Aiug44 Evadee, KIA, 3Mar45, P-51D #17 Grippers Dans II

Capt. Howard L. Baugh 99th FS

Capt. Walter Downs Operations Officer 301st FS

Capt. Fred Hutchins 302nd FG aka Little Freddie

Armorer Sgt. Guy S. Mills and assistant remove one of the 50 Cal's from Lt. John Briggs P-51C Travelin Lite.

Capt. Wendell Pruitt 302nd FS and his crew chief S/Sgt. Sam Jacobs

Lt. Earl R. Lane and his ground crew.
Lt. Lane is credited with a ME-262 kill on 24Mar45 over Berlin Germany.

The mount of Lt. Earl R. Lane. A bonifide jet killer.

An ex-52nd FG P-51B/C with a freshly painted red tail July 1944.

332nd FG Hack, Douglass A-20 Havoc

My now 9 month old son is African American (I hate the word adopted as he's my kid just as much as my other kids)

Considering I'm a WW2 aviation nut, I figured I'd better get him started early, so he has a 1/18th scale Red Tail Mustang hanging over his crib. His routine is to have to be held up to spin the prop when he gets up, so i think we're on the right track.

These photos are great. I did my little guy's Mustang for him. Any idea if that's black trim on the nose or dark blue in the photos? Also interesting to see the variations in the painted tails.



Thanks for sharing these images.

Dan

Excellant!!
All new to me and I have tried to get most of the books from the 332 FG out there.
Thank you for sharing.
Rick

I don't think I had seen any of these shots before. Thanks for sharing!