On the morning of May 25, 1944, three pilots from the 4th Fighter Group, the “Debden Eagles”, 336th Fighter Squadron, 8th Air Force, were over Germany looking for trouble. Flying near Botenheim, they encountered German planes from III JG1, 9th … Continue reading
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It is the late summer of 1940, and the Battle of Britain is at it’s height. Racing for the coast, following a bombing mission over southern England, a straggling He111 of KG55 has been attacked by a Spitfire of RAF … Continue reading
No politics… 🙂 h/t JP … Continue reading
Mark Postlethwaite has been doing aviation art for quite a while, and does excellent work. His site is HERE, where you can see other paintings he’s done. … Continue reading
The German Me 262 jet fighters, used primarily to attack USAAF heavy bomber formations in early 1945, were very vulnerable to fighter attacks during take-off and landing. The Allies had therefore adapted a strategy of having fighters patrol in the … Continue reading
ALPINE, TX – Legendary former Texas Ranger Joaquin Jackson, 80 died Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at his home in Alpine, Texas after a short but courageous battle with cancer. Jackson served 27 years as a Ranger in Uvalde and Alpine, … Continue reading
Interesting places, interesting faces… Some of the readers ‘may’ recognize this place… Davis AFB First time was 1974, in the middle of the winter… Gave a whole new meaning to COLD!!! In and out for years, strangest thing that happened … Continue reading
Ball”Bogies, 11 o’clock high!”, shouted Lt. Doug Canning, breaking a two-hour radio silence. Maj. John Mitchell had led sixteen P-38’s of his 339th fighter Squadron from Guadalcanal’s Henderson Field to Bougainville on 18 April 1943 to intercept the Betty bomber … Continue reading
Bound for Tokyo, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle launches his B-25 Mitchell from the heaving deck of the carrier USS Hornet on the morning of 18 April, 1942. Leading a sixteen-bomber force on their long distance one – way mission, the … Continue reading
The first video is from an S-3 back in the late 90’s doing Carrier Quals (CQs) off San Diego… The same landing pattern merged to show a day trap and a night trap, flown by the same pilot in good … Continue reading