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For Mgawa

Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:26 pm

A Croatian BF-109 surrendered to the allies on April 16, 1945 in Falconara, Italy.

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Ryan

Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:56 pm

One quick reply for you :D

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Srecko

Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:58 pm

I guess you've seen that before then! Any more details?

Ryan

Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:06 pm

Off course- sample captured at the end of war and I have made profile for the French Special Edition about Bf109 Aero Journal

Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:38 pm

Nice work!

Rich

Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:15 pm

Nice picture, My uncle was a Tuskegee Airmen assigned to the 96th Air Service Group / 367th Air Service Squadron at Falconara. I have several different photos of that same Croation Bf-109 and another one with the number 10 on the fuselage all taken at Falconara.

Craig

Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:45 pm

REDTAIL 332-
Welcome aboard! I'll assume you've been 'watching it from the bench' for a while and understand we really don't mean it (usually).
We look forward to hearing from you more and more with details and insider stories from the 332 and other Tuskegee tales :D :wink: :!:

Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:18 pm

Redtail 332 wrote:Nice picture, My uncle was a Tuskegee Airmen assigned to the 96th Air Service Group / 367th Air Service Squadron at Falconara. I have several different photos of that same Croation Bf-109 and another one with the number 10 on the fuselage all taken at Falconara.

Craig


Welcome to WIX! This place is great so hope you come by often. We got warbird owners here, airshow organizers, restorers, authors, historians, photographers, P-40 lovers, B-36 lovers, warbird nuts, and did I say warbird nuts? :D :lol:

Yes please share some stuff on your uncle! :D

-Nathan

Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:11 pm

Thanks for the warm welcome gentlemen. I have been watching WIX from the bench for the past 3 years at home and abroad. I am a 25 year active duty Navy veteran i.e. Flattop sailor, historian, researcher and Warbird lover you guy's have already made me feel right at home on WIX.

Craig

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Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:20 pm

A lifer dog :idea: :twisted: :P
Squid, snipe or airdale :?: :?:

Me-109's at Falconara, Italy 1945

Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:28 pm

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Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:34 pm

Awesome photos, Redtail! Thanks so much for sharing. Sure looking forward to what you can provide to the group!

kevin

Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:38 pm

Great photos Craig! Welcome aboard. Is that your uncle in that shot in front of the 109?

Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:04 pm

Craig
Welcome to WIX. Excellent pictures. The Birmingham Southern Museum of Flight has a nice display of the Tuskegee Airman. :)

Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:27 pm

No that is not my uncle in front of the 109. Actually I had two uncles that were Tuskegee Airmen. T/Sgt Rober Boyd 96th Service Group & Sgt. Clarence Huntley Jr. 100th FS. Both enlisted the AAC at the same in Oct 1942 after completing basic training in the 318th Air Base Unit at Tuskegee Army Air Field they were seperated and placed in different units. My uncle Bob became a Airplane Engine Mechanic in the 367th Air Service Squadron and my uncle Clarence Huntley aka Uncle Buddy became a crew chief in the 100th Fighter Squadron on the P-39Q,
P-47D-16 and P-51C-10-NT in the 100th FS. Between them both and their wartime friends I have been able to amass over 2000 b/w & color photos of the Tuskegee Airmen.

Craig
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