Question For You Arm Chair Historians
Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:39 pm
Who was the only member of the AVG Flying Tigers to receive the Distinguished Service Cross in WWII?
Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:55 pm
If I recall correctly, Tex Hill received the DSC.
Zack
Zack
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Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:49 pm
Incorrect answer!
No pony for you
No pony for you
Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:55 pm
Chennault maybe? Otherwise I'm stumpified....and I soooo wanted a pony...
Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:57 pm
Zachary wrote:If I recall correctly, Tex Hill received the DSC.
He did. As did John Alison.
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Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:57 pm
Nope.
you have to earn the pony
you have to earn the pony
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Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:06 pm
He did. As did John Alison
Wrong-o and also John Alison wasn't in the AVG.
Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:10 pm
http://www.afa.org/magazine/july2002/0702tex.asp
Tex Hill was in the AVG - yes?
Tex Hill received the DSC - yes?
So in what way is the answer "Wrong-o"?
Tex Hill was in the AVG - yes?
Tex Hill received the DSC - yes?
So in what way is the answer "Wrong-o"?
Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:14 pm
And we stand (or sit) by as we pause for a station break.
Re: Question For You Arm Chair Historians
Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:15 pm
Jack Cook wrote:Who was the only member of the AVG Flying Tigers to receive the Distinguished Service Cross in WWII?
Okay, so Hill received his DSC post-WWII.
And the answer is..............?
Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:26 pm
"God is My Copilot" author Robert Scott????
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Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:34 pm
Scott wasn't in the AVG and was awarded the Silver Star.
Pony slowly fading away
Pony slowly fading away
Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:24 pm
Bruce Holloway?
Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:31 pm
Frank Adkins.
Mike
Mike
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Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:06 pm
You guys are lame 
Bruce Holloway wasn't in the AVG and Adkins was in the Navy.
3rd Sqd crew chief Henry Olson got his wings and flew P-47s in the 396th FS 368th FG 9th AF in 1944-45.
1Lt Olson after downing a FW-190 on June 13, 1944
OLSON, HENRY L.
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Henry L. Olson (0-815376), First Lieutenant (Air Corps), U.S. Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Pilot of a P-47 Fighter Airplane in the 396th Fighter Squadron, 368th Fighter Group, NINTH Air Force, in aerial combat against enemy forces on 20 October 1944. First Lieutenant Olson's unquestionable valor in aerial combat is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the 9th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.
Headquarters: U.S. Strategic Forces in Europe, General Orders No. 55 (1945)
Bruce Holloway wasn't in the AVG and Adkins was in the Navy.
3rd Sqd crew chief Henry Olson got his wings and flew P-47s in the 396th FS 368th FG 9th AF in 1944-45.
1Lt Olson after downing a FW-190 on June 13, 1944
OLSON, HENRY L.
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Henry L. Olson (0-815376), First Lieutenant (Air Corps), U.S. Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Pilot of a P-47 Fighter Airplane in the 396th Fighter Squadron, 368th Fighter Group, NINTH Air Force, in aerial combat against enemy forces on 20 October 1944. First Lieutenant Olson's unquestionable valor in aerial combat is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the 9th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.
Headquarters: U.S. Strategic Forces in Europe, General Orders No. 55 (1945)