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My Father in Law was a crew chief on P47s stationed at Wright Field in WWII. He has a lot of photos that we recently 'inherited' that my mother-in-law was going to throw away. At some stage, we'd like to donate these, along with his newspaper clipping collection to a museum that could put them to good use. More photos to come, this is the only one I've managed to scan so far.

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This photo was taken for National Geographic, explaining how gun cameras are now being used to record dogfights. I will scan the article and post it later.

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Throw away---- Shutter!

Great save, I hate to think how many pictures like this get tossed when someone in the family would want them or someone out side of the family might be interested.

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Very cool! More please! 8) :lol:
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Check the meager contents of this lad's tool belt......Somehow, if I had to take that panel off I would have to have the Snap On truck back up to the wing!
Let's see some more mech pics!
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I'll warm up the scanner and get some more pics up tonight. By the way, that is my father in law in the pic.
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here is the story that goes w/ the pic:

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I believe this plane went down near Greensboro, NC, after an air show appearance (ran low on fuel from making one too many passes). I believe my FIL was sent out to guard this jet until they could remove it from the field. Pilot unhurt (I believe).

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article on the captured German planes.

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this was my FIL's crew at the time, posing in front of the captured planes

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My FIL was assigned to this plane/ pilot in Miami, FL, where they were testing fuels for the D-Day invasion. I have some better pics of this plane and a P38 that participated in the testing at my office.

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My FIL had the priveledge of crew chiefing for Don Gentile several times, and was a big fan. These are some articles he saved on him.

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complete book, in excellent shape

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