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Jack Cook · **Posted:** Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:45 pm

Sit down, Strap in and hold on!!!

Capt J. Ilfrey 79th FS ME-109 kill May 1944

Mudge · **Posted:** Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:54 pm

WAHOO...That'll be a big mahalo. That would have been while they were still in P-38s as they didn't transition to P-51s until Sept. '44.
I understand that it's gun camera footage, but is that the highest resolution there is of that picture?

Mudge the smiling

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:36 pm

Send me a email and I'll send you a high res but being gun camera it's still grainy. BTW it's his double kill the 2nd one he rammed.

shilo53 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:41 pm

He rammed it? Would love to hear the story behind that and how he made it back to base.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:04 pm

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16763&highlight=jack+ilfrey

Mudge · **Posted:** Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:05 pm

Here's a depiction of one of his "rammings". Artist is Keith Hill. I happen to have this one on my "Jack Ilfrey wall". I also have a very nice sketch, by one of the artists in our merry band, of the same encounter.

Actually "ramming" is kinda' misleading. Ramming connotes a violent collision. Jack just kinda' "sliced and diced".

Mudge the Ilfrey fan

shilo53 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:36 pm

That had to be a rough ride home, Thanks for the image Mudge it kind of brings it to life.
Wasn't it the Russians that used their props a saw of sorts to bring down enemy planes as well?

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:46 pm

What many folks don't realize is but according to Jack the a/c wasn't named HJGB until sometime after this mission. I'm not really sure when it was added has you can see here Jack's taxing out on DDay and there's no name or anything on the nose.

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