My thanks to Don, and Lt Col Bower (USMC, not USN) of http://www.collingsfoundation.org for enabling me to support our troops in Iraq!!
A “private F4” about to fly tomorrow…..
See you tonight Sadam. Meet me over Baghdad, 12 oclock high…
PS those are live ejection seats….
Let’s roll!
By: China Clipper - 2nd April 2003 at 18:03
I was told….
I think there may have been a few ME 109E’s as probables… but did not want to mention those…. as perhaps they were confused and they may have been Jap Tony’s instead… since they look alike, kinda sorta…
The port side of the aircraft had a whole long line of bombs, a freighter and 10 rising sun flags painted on it…
That is about all I can say…. Anyway, that is what my escort told me…
That’s my story and I am sticking to it….
But, if you want the real story…. you can ck out this link…
http://www.collingsfoundation.org/cf_news_08-08-2002_B25.htm
(I guess the other gunners besides the top turret got the other 5 Japs… )
By: Moggy C - 2nd April 2003 at 17:22
Re: Ellington Field, B25
Originally posted by China Clipper
I was told this B25 survived a dogfight with 50 Jap planes, and got 10 of em… Both sides ran out of ammo…
Ah! So good to see the USAAF was stringent with its vetting of combat claims.
Were they absolutely sure they were all Japanese?
Moggy
By: China Clipper - 2nd April 2003 at 00:35
the real F4 jockey, (Marine aviator)
Lt Col Bower…
By: China Clipper - 2nd April 2003 at 00:21
B17G the 909 @ Ellington Field, Houston, TX
a collingsfoundation.org aircraft!
Thanks Don, for the tour!
By: China Clipper - 2nd April 2003 at 00:08
Elliington, 909’s nose interior
909’s nose section, really nice job on the restoration. It has lots and lots of original gear in it… radios, electronics, oxygen systems, ammo boxes, etc.
By: China Clipper - 2nd April 2003 at 00:00
Ellington Field, B25
I was told this B25 survived a dogfight with 50 Jap planes, and got 10 of em… Both sides ran out of ammo…
It has a Norden bomb site too…
By: China Clipper - 1st April 2003 at 23:58
Ellington Airfield, F80
Ellington Field is where NASA JSC astronauts train also… The SuperGuppy was on the ramp too!
By: China Clipper - 1st April 2003 at 23:56
More Ellington aircraft
The Dragon and His Tail, B24,
Watch Auto Week for an article on the most vehicles built by Ford… guess what it is….
clue: it has more horsepower and more .50 cals than a Mustang…
(either the Ford or the P51)…
This baby was made at Willow Run, Michigan…
collingsfoundation.org aircraft…
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