Veteran needed

Mgawa · **Posted:** Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:53 am

Greetings all,

many of you know that i am work color profiles and a hunderds of them are published last year in various publication. Also I have support one local competition in Serbia with various of my work. I would like to do something more...

Who would like to help me to get in contact with any living pilot from WW2? My idea is to make profile of his airplane, print some limited edition for my self and give to this veteran to sign it. This material will not be used for sale but especially as gift. So this will be used on various competitions for modelers as first target.

I don't care if anybody want to print more and make money. let it go. Just want some number of signed copy for me. Never mind if the vetarn is japanese pilot, US, Brit, Dutch...

Thank you for reading this. If the WIX authorities think that this will be good way to earn money for the forum work- no problem.

Cheers

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:31 am

There's a retired General here in Salem I'm close with
who would help out. He flew P-47Ds in the 410th FS
373rd FG 9th AF 1944-45. His P-47 was R3+A "Gal-O-My-Dreams".

Mgawa · **Posted:** Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:47 pm

God bless you Jack!!! Now how can I contact you about this old hero? My email is:

srecko.warplane@gmail.com

I would like to send you some hi resolution samples of my work

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:45 pm

1Lt Staryl Austin 410th FS April 1945

P-47D R3+A bar 410th FS 373rd FG March 1945

Bombed up and ready

Gal-O-My-Dreams s/n 44-33288

trooping the line....

daveymac82c · **Posted:** Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:36 pm

A friend from the local museum used to fly Mosquitos during WWII.

His name's Jack Meadows. I could try getting a hold of him and get him to e-mail you.

Cheers,

David

Mgawa · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:17 am

This is really nice respose friends! I will repeat my email:

srecko.warplane@gmail.com

Jack- images are really nice! I will try to make profile in following days and if your friend find them correct and nice we will continue on print poster work. All right?

Cheers :razz:

Bluedharma · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:15 am

If you are still looking for people...
There are two guys here in the Denver area.
It would be very cool to see something done for them.
I will check with someone who knows them both and try to get back to you.

Lt Col James Harvey III
Tuskegee Airman
(The First Top Gun!)

Lt Lynn Daker (B-25 pilot)
Out of the 36 missions he flew, Daker took enemy fire 28 times.
On one of his missions, Lt. Lynn Daker was forced to ditch in the ocean only a few hundred yards from a Japanese-held island. He and his crew were safely rescued.

Mgawa · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:48 am

Both hero's are interesting for me

Please do contact them in my name and explain my interest and idea. Thank you very much

Mgawa · **Posted:** Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:42 pm

First preview :razz:

Mgawa · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:08 pm

Sorry I bother you again but I have just find that in France is still living Jacques Lamblin, Amédée Passemard and Denis Ponteins, Dewoitine D.520 pilots from GC II/7

Also to note that I have email to all of you who show interest to help. Thank you for attention

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:19 pm

The color profile you sent me was awesome!!!

Mgawa · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:08 pm

Thank you Jack and you have final version in mail box now. So hope we can continue on final deal about poster layout. Did you show this profile to the pilot?

Django · **Posted:** Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:31 pm

Great pics and great profile too. I'm curious to know what he thinks.

Mgawa · **Posted:** Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:05 pm

Hope that answer will come soon with few text details for poster layout. BTW- did Austin have air claims on P-47?

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