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Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:01 pm
Eddie Rickenbacker
Tommy McGuire
Gregory Boyington
Lance C. Wade
Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:07 pm
The Spit XII drivers of 41 Squadron. Sadly many of these guys are no longer with us. Photo taken at Coltishall in 85. Getting included in the picture is still one of the highlights of my life.
Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:09 pm
That's a great pic Dan, what an Honor!
Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:10 pm
A few of my "favorites"...
Col. Charles McGee 302FS 332FG
Col. Lee Archer 302FS 332FG
Col. Bud Anderson 363FS 357FG
Col. William Whisner 487FS 352FG
Col. David Schilling 62FS 56FG
Gen. John Meyer 487FS 352FG
Gen Robin Olds 434FS 479FG
Lucky enough to meet and talk with 4 of these special people.
Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:11 pm
general robert scott
butch o'hare
robin olds
captain kobayashi ijaaf
dick bong
tommy maguire
ralph parr korea
john glenn
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tom d. friedman on Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:40 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:35 pm
Jack Cook wrote:I've got some good shots of Lanowski when he was flying P-51s with the 354th FG.
I'd be interested to see them if you get a chance to post them, Jack. I didn't realise that he flew with the 354th as well.
Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:27 pm
PAF pilots Tadeusz Sawicz and WitoldLanowski with 355th FS P-51B at Boxted, UK Nov 1943
Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:27 pm
1Lt Bob Goodnight & Lanny Lanowski Nov. 1943 354th FG
Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:22 pm
Colonel Don Blakeslee.........
Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:51 pm
Pretty much "All of the above" plus.....
Jack Ilfrey 20th FG 79th FS
Mudge
Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:53 pm
Chuck Yeager
R.T. Smith
Bob Hoover
Bud Anderson
Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:03 pm
Mudge is right about Jack Ilfrey!!
Capt Jack ilfrey CO 79th FS
Also add these 2.
Capt Bob Rankin 61st FS 56th FG
Capt Gene O'Neill 63rd FS 56th FG
Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:48 pm
Here's my list:
Tommy Maguire
George Preddy
Ralph "Kid" Hoffer
Don Blakeslee
Tom Blackburn
Ike Kempford
William Barker
Werner Voss
James McCudden
Ernst Udet
Leonard "Kit" Carson
Jerry
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Jerry O'Neill on Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:52 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:49 pm
Dan Johnson II wrote:The Spit XII drivers of 41 Squadron. Sadly many of these guys are no longer with us. Photo taken at Coltishall in 85. Getting included in the picture is still one of the highlights of my life.

As it should be. That is awsome.
Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:09 pm
I'm surprised Jack Cook didn't choose Pappy Boyington.
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