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#00001   P-47D AC parked 50th FG   50th Fighter Group's Thunderbolts dispersed across the forward operating field near Nancy, France. Note Cletrac Perley, Richard American France, Nancy 1944
#00002 219447 P-39 AC idling 357th FG Saga Boy II Group CO, Col. Edward S. Chickering's airplane being started with the hand crank. July 1943 Airacobra training at Hamilton Field, CA, for 357th Fighter Group before shipping out of England to join the 8th AF in July 1943. Group CO Col. Edward S. Chickering's P-39 is being started by teh ground crew the hard way---with the hand crank to get the inertia starter going. NASM [AF photo?] American Calafornia, Hamilton 1943
#00003   AT-6 Trainer AC pilot     Who cares if this is a staged AAF public relations shot? No question this Flying Cadet at Luke Field, Arizona, 1941, is happy to climb into the hot rod he could never afford during the depression. Only this one his wings and 600 hp under the hood. Pilot standing on wing with mail bag in his hand. USAF (NA) American Arizona, Luke Field 1941
#00004 138309 P-39D Airacobra AC maintenance     Fighter transition P-39D.Airocobra on the line at Page Field, Ft. Myers, Florida in March 1943 Skinner, W.J. American Florida, Ft. Myers, Page Field 1943
#00005 MM345 Mosquito MK XV AC parked 25BG (R) 653BS   A very bright Mosquito of the 25thBG (R) - 653rdBS. These aircraft were adopted in late October 1944 for 'Chaff' dispensing. Used to block enemy radar, 'Chaff' was the code-name for metalic foil strips that were released to confuse radar by disrupting the signal. These Mosquitos were used especially for the task of flying ahead of bomber formations to aid their arrival safely over the target. The bright red tail was adopted to avoid some friendly fighter pilots from mis-identifying them Me410's, that had a very similar shape. (This aircraft should be recorded as Mosquito PRXVI?) [same as #04537] Astrella British England, Watton 1944
#00006   P-38J AC TO 82nd FG   An 82nd Fighter Group Lightning departs from Foggia, Italy, on a bomber escort mission in 1944. The colorful red spinners nose standing out against the morning sunrise. Zurney, W American Italy, Foggia 1944
#00007     GI 97FS 82FG   L to R: Lt. Billie B. Watson, Maj. Steve Stone and Capt. George Marvin coming out of mission briefing. Heading out from Foggia, Italy, for a mission with the 97th Squadron, 62nd Fighter Group. Zurney W American Italy, Foggia 1944
#00008   P-38 AC pilot 97FS 82FG   1st Lt Walter Zurney sits in his P-38 after his 50th & last mission. Zurney was one of the rear breed of sergeant pilots later commissioned as flight officers before going off to combat. Walter Zurney [credit] American Italy, Foggia 1944
#00009 413298 P-51D AC parked 52FG 2FS Marie Fred F. Ohr's 2nd Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group P-51D with his six kills on the side. Originally equipped with reverse lend-lease Spitfires and sent from England to the Mediterranean, the 52nd later converted to Mustangs and became a part of teh long-range escort units covering the Fifteenth Air Force. Bamberger, F American Germany 1945
#00010   P-38 AC ground 14th FG   The 14th Fighter Group's North African base during 1942 were barren stretches of Tunisian desert. Pilots and ground crews lived in tents or holes and food was a major topic of conversation. Latour, Ira American North Africa 1942
#00011   Spitfire, Supermarine AC pilot 31FG Lonesome Polecat Bill Skinner takes a pensive look at his Spitfire Mk. V after returning to the 31st Fighter Group base at Montecorvino, Italy on 1 October 1943 after covering the landings at Salerno. An 88 mm flack shell went off between him and his wingman, putting a sizable dent in hsi spit. Skinner American Italy, Montecorvino 1943
#00012   Supermarine Walrus amphibian AC parked 31st FG   An RAF air-sea rescue Walrus sits ready at Korba, Cape Bon, Tunisia. These lumbering biplanes were a most welcome sight across Europe and the Mediterranean when a downed flier was sitting in a raft or bobbing in his Mae West. tragically, the pilot of this aircraft was killed during the first German air raid on Korba in May 1943, leaving the American 31st Fighter Group without rescue support until another pilot was transferred in. Skinner, Bill British Tunisia, Cape Bon 1941
#00013     Scenery     In March 1944 Mt. Vesuvius erupted and covered the surrounding area with lava cinders, destroying the 340th Bomb Group B-25s near Pompeii and generally doing more damage than all the Luftwaffe's air raids. This was the view from Naples harbor. Skinner, Bill American Italy, Naples 1944
#00014     GI     USO show, probably in Italy Skinner American Italy  
#00015     Scenery     Muddy conditions on field showing Dodge command car & jeep at least partially bogged down.   American Sicily  
#00016     Scenery     North African tea vendor. Photo is reversed   American    
#00017   Macchi C.202 Folgore AC parked   Whacky Macchi Italian fighter, possibly captured in Sicily. Pilot on wing. Flipped image, 12/6/06   Italian    
#00018   P-51D AC parked 99FS 332FG Tuskegee Airmen   A red-tailed P-51D of the all-black 301st Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group in November 1944. though segregated from their fellow fighter pilots and often subjected to biased criticism, as 332nd pilot Louis R. Purnell recalled, "When you fly, nothing else matters. I could have been flying for the devil and it wouldn't have mattered." Not one bomber was lost in the time the 332nd provided escort for the Fifteenth Air Force's bomb groups. Red-tail--the Tuskegee airmen. Bamberger, F American Italy 1944
#00019   Spitfire, Supermarine, Mk IX AC parked 307FS 31FG   A 307th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group Spitfire Mk. IX sits ready for the day's mission. Skinner, Bill American North Africa 1943