506th VLR Fighter Group

[Jack Cook]

Has Promised

P-51Ds 506th FG taxing for take-off July 1945 Note no rocket rails

P-51D #557

P-51D 457th FS take-off crash

Go!

Landing crash

Another crash upon landing

506th pilots (no IDs)

Col Bryan Harper CO 506th FG

Col Harper

Capt Nowick 458th FS describes his 2 kills to his crew chief Sgt Stanfield

2Lt Frank Buzze 462nd FS

1Lt Bill Ebersole 462nd FS

[Dan Johnson II]

Nice stuff Jack.

Note the single antenna in the early striped tail photos and the twin antenna in the VLR solid tail markings.

I still haven't seen a photo of a green striped tail 457th FS, 506th 51 with twin antenna, just solid green.

[Starduster77]

Just in case somebody dosen't know of this web sight ,506FG http://www.506thfightergroup.org/index.asp
Jack do you have any photo's of Capt. Abner Aust P-51D ?
Thanks and thanks for posting these photos.
Rick

[Starduster77]

Just in case somebody dosen't know of this web sight ,506FG http://www.506thfightergroup.org/index.asp
Jack do you have any photo's of Capt. Abner Aust P-51D ?
Thanks and thanks for posting these photos.
Rick

Opps ,Sorry ,some one posted this sight on the other post concerning the dual antenna's.
Rick

[Jack Cook]

Jack do you have any photo's of Capt. Abner Aust P-51D ?

No, I don't like convicted felons

[Cripes A Mighty]

Abner Aust....felony???? Google here I come.

Great photos!

Mr. Cook where do you get such wonderful vintage pics????

edit* solicitation for arson and murder? Ouch. Seems Mr. Aust is quite the character!

Aust is no stranger to controversy in Polk County. In the 1980s, living in the Green Swamp, he started collecting tires and eventually accumulated millions of them, covering acres of land. The state finally wrested legal control of the tires from him and disposed of them.

By DANA WILLHOIT
The Ledger

[Jack Cook]

He quite a prize with numerous arrest and convictions for attempted murder, arson, receiving stolen property, endangering the enviroment ect ect

[gary1954]

Bummer

[Jack Cook]

I was told he had upwards of 25 acres of tires 15' high They were so infested with mosquitos that the county had to take control and clean it up at taxpayers expense because it was such a health risk. He married his 3rd wife in the court house on the same day he was sentenced to prision.

[Jim Beasley]

Jack thank you those are awesome -- jb

[Jack Cook]

I have more...................


P-51D wreck 15th FG

[Starduster77]

Thats ok Jack ,understand.
Didn't know all that either.Wow he lost it.
Rick

[Django]

I don't know if this is the right group or not, but I found this pic.

[Jack Cook]

531st FS 21st FG commanded by Maj Harry Crim

[Django]

Ok then, sorry to muck up your thread Jack!

Here's another...