Warbird Information Exchange

Well now there's a hero for ya! ... A very distinguished and proud looked gentleman indeed and no question he served his country honorably. Another fine example of why we have the freedoms we do today. Thanks for posting a photo of your father. I'm sure your quite proud of him, ... as we all are.

Mark

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“Knowing what’s right, doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.”

Where was the water in relation to that CORONADO on beaching gear in Shanghai?

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Don't make me go get my flying monkeys-

I was thinking similar thoughts about that one as well Bill.

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“Knowing what’s right, doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.”

Thanks for the CBI posts. My dad was with ATC flying C 46's and an occasional C 47 mainly from Kunming from Jan 45 till Sept 45. Still have all his old logs and paper work down to his transfer orders and even meal tickets and spare Chinese money found in his survival vest.

Looking at a couple pics you can see a C 46 fuselage standing alone. My dad had told me at one base they had made a C 46 fuselage into a mess hall. I wonder if that might be it?

Regardless thanks for the photos! It is still hard for me to comprehend that he did all that as a 22 year old. When I was 22 I could barely tie my shoes and get out of bed!

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Flying Piper L4-J 45-55209

Nice Mark, but 60th FS 33rd FG...??? 33rd Fire from the Clouds, 60th Fighting Crows


Here's a few from Pop.




Dad and Frank "Hollywood" Carter




Believe this to be Assam, India but could be in China. I was lucky enough to speak with Sgt. Joe Webber before he died. I actually gave him one of Dad's three Air Medals for his 85th birthday with a certificate stating that without crew chiefs like him, pilots like Dad would never have earned the Air Medal. He opened it at his birthday party with 250 family and friends and was blown away. Sometimes, you get an opportunity to do something really cool and memorable. Joe died a few months later.



The Flat Top boys


Squadron Commander Col. Dunn's damaged Jug


Dad's buddy, Frank Carter's P-38 with engine failure...


Ya, the deer never had a chance...Pop is third from right.

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"There are old pilots and bold pilots but few old, bold pilots."