Wishing you were here ~ April 2012

Yes I do, just click on my Day 3 album and you should see about a half dozen there. I should have even more on my HDD. Let me know if you want to see those, too.

Doolittle Raiders Reunion – Day 1
Doolittle Raiders Reunion – Day 2
Doolittle Raiders Reunion – Day 3

Cheers,

Logan

Great images Logan, thanks for sharing them. Is that last shot a Fisher XP-75 Eagle?? Do you have any more images of it?

Doolittle Raiders Reunion – 70th Anniversary, 20 B-25 flyover

I thought some of you might be interested in my photos from the event and the museum.

This whole week I’ve been at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio for the 70th Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. Four of the surviving five crew members from the raid were there and were honored by a flyover of 20 B-25 Mitchells, the largest such gathering since World War Two.

On Wednesday, April 18th, I was fortunate enough to fly on a a B-25. It was the 70th anniversary of the raid and the 20th anniversary of the restoration flight of “Miss Mitchell”, the plane I flew in. I was joined on the flight by a pilot from WWII who had logged 68 combat missions in B-25 Mitchells nearly 70 years before. The aircraft was combat-ready, one of only 2-3 Mitchells on earth with fully functional turrets in both positions.

If you’re interested, I’ve uploaded some of the photos from the trip to a few Photobucket albums, including a lot more from the USAF Museum itself. I’ll also post just a few of my favorites below, too. Enjoy!

Doolittle Raiders Reunion – Day 1
Doolittle Raiders Reunion – Day 2
Doolittle Raiders Reunion – Day 3

Cheers,

Logan

The raid remembered:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/18/doolittle-raiders-lift-spirits-sky-high-at-commemo/