TEASER! Sgt. Haralson Collection

[Taylor Stevenson]

Here are a couple photos from a collection I recently acquired. Sgt. Kenneth E. Haralson served with the 47th Liaison Squadron flying Stinson L-5 Sentinels in the ETO. The 47th LS was attached to Gen. Omar Bradley’s HQ from Early 1944 until VE-Day. I have over 400 original photos taken by Sgt. Haralson during this time period until his death on January 22, 1945. He was the only pilot to be lost in combat from the 47th LS. I will be scanning in the rest of the collection over the course of the summer and will post all pertinent photos here on WIX.

The collection includes photos of Gen. Eisenhower, Gen. Patton, Gen. Bradley, Gen. Simpson, Gen. Lee, Gen. Montgomery, Fred Astaire, Dina Shore, P-51s, P-38s, P-47s, L-5s, B-25s, Hawker Typhoons, Spitfires, JU-88s, FW-190s, Me-109s, etc. etc.

If you have any information on any of the aircraft, units, landmarks, and/or individuals in this collection, please let me know.

Enjoy!



Sgt. Kenneth Eugene Haralson. Stinson L-5 Pilot. 47th Liaison Sq. Born Oct 28, 1921. KIA Jan 22, 1945. Buried US Cemetary Epinol France.


Sgt. Haralson helping Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower into the back of his Stinson L-5 Sentinel "Judy".


Color Photo of Gen. Omar Bradley and Gen. Bernard Montgomery talking in France.


Color Photo of Gen Bradley and Gen. George S. Patton talking in front of a linup of 47th LS Aircraft including "6C-E" "Princess VII" a Stinson L-5


Photo of Lt. Gen. Lee taken in Aug 1944 in front of the tail of a 47th LS L-5. Note the invasion stripes. Black taped off base coat and hand painted white stripes.


Color Photo C-47 "Suzanne" Bare Metal with Invasion Stripes and 9th AF emblem on the nose. British Auster Liaison aircraft in three tone scheme in the backgound. Bradley and Bernard Montgomery walking in forground.


Color Photo of General Bernard Montgomery in a British Miles Messenger Liaison aircraft. Notice the three tone Camo and Invasion Stripes. Also note the emblem on the cowling.


Color Photo of the Pilots and Crews of the 47th Liaison Squadron. France Early 1945. Notice the Colt M1911 .45 cal pistols and flight jackets

[Zachary]

Holy gold mine Batman!!! Thanks for sharing these Taylor - that's quite the treasure trove you've acquired!

Zack

[RyanShort1]

Ok, I'll say it. Dallas is the L-birds capital... Nice catches!

Ryan

[RMAllnutt]

Wow... that's a seriously important cache of photographs you have there. Very cool indeed! Thanks for sharing them.

Cheers,
Richard

[Django]

Stunning! Were his photos sent back to the family? How did you end up with them. Can't wait to see the rest!

[gary1954]

More please.........specially the B-25 stuffings

[Taylor Stevenson]

Thanks guys! It'll take me a while to get all of them scanned in. I just decided to post a few photos from the first couple pages of the first album. Lots of good stuff. Mainly L-5s, however there are a lot of fighters/bombers and a ton of daily life photos of the men of the 47th LS.

Django - eBay Last thing we [L-5 owners] wanted was for this collection to be bought and then parted out for profit. So preserving this incredible collection of history was my main objective.

Ryan- I knew you'd come around You'll like these photos the most!

[RyanShort1]

Thanks guys! It'll take me a while to get all of them scanned in. I just decided to post a few photos from the first couple pages of the first album. Lots of good stuff. Mainly L-5s, however there are a lot of fighters/bombers and a ton of daily life photos of the men of the 47th LS.

Django - eBay Last thing we [L-5 owners] wanted was for this collection to be bought and then parted out for profit. So preserving this incredible collection of history was my main objective.

Ryan- I knew you'd come around You'll like these photos the most!

Well, I knew I didn't have deeper pockets - otherwise we'd be trying to rival Big D...

Ryan

[Taylor Stevenson]

Knee deep in finals (I'm a junior at Vanderbilt). I'll try to get some more scanned over Christmas break. Sorry for taking so long to get them up.

[Mr. Pilot]

Taylor. How goes school and scanning?

[TimAPNY]

(I'm a junior at Vanderbilt).

In Nashville?

Great photos thanks for sharing them with us.

Tim

[Mr. Pilot]

I thought Taylor said he had more pictures than what he posted; he just had to find the time to scan them.... Right?

[whistlingdeath77]

great photo's