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A Little Color To Brighten Your Day..................

Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:00 pm

It's Friday, another hour and a half and i'm out of here.........
I'm not goofing off, but rather channeling my efforts in a completely
different direction. BTW reprints arer always available!!!!
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B-24J "Hookem Cow" 1945
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B-17G 91st BG "General Ike"
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Lt Oscar Chenoweth in a F2A at Opa Locke, FL early 1942. Oc was later an ace in VF-38 and VF-17.
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Capt Jack Ilfrey CO 79th FS
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Former AVG pilot Ken Jernstedt & Parker Dupouy with a RAF P-47D prior to a test flight in 1944.
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P-51B 23rd FG in China 1944
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Lt Larry Liebers ace of the 82nd FG 1943

Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:38 pm

Nice one, keep em coming :)

Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:33 pm

jack, glad your not on my business payroll!!!!!! :lol:

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Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:57 pm

glad your not on my business payroll!!!!!!

Gee Tom I may need to file a lien on ya. what's your ssn?
When ya work a 60 hr week and can't gey a vac. day off till next April
you need to keep a screen open with wix (helps with keeping my sanity).

Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:31 pm

The photo of Jack Ilfrey is, obviously, after they replaced the P-38s with that "whatchamacallit".

Mudge the stirrer :twisted:

Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:06 pm

Sweet, all Fridays should be colored day by Jack.

Thanks for your time in posting these,

Lynn

F2A

Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:32 pm

Great stuff Jack..the NHC still ID's the F2A pilot as Lt. Walter Haas...
www.history.navy.mil/photos/ac-usn22/f- ... 2a-msc.htm

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Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:34 pm

the NHC still ID's the F2A pilot as Lt. Walter Haas...

They're goofy in the head. Both Tom Blackburn & Oc's brother said
it's him.

Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:41 am

Thanks Jack, You give the weekend a great start! Please keep it up!

Re: ???

Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:04 am

Jack Cook wrote:
the NHC still ID's the F2A pilot as Lt. Walter Haas...

They're goofy in the head.


You'll get no argument from me on that point. Folks who store their history
at the bottom of the sea have to be a bit "teched" in the head...

Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:47 am

Those are great!

Thanks!

More Please!


did I say ! ?

Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:49 am

Stunning stuff, as usual... allow me to pile on my thanks and appreciation for not just sharing all this with us, but having the foresight to gather it all together whenever and wherever you can! :)

Lynn

Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:24 am

I love those color photos keep them coming Jack!

Amazing!

Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:10 pm

They are very nice :D

Sort take's away the " old " feel to the big WW2, those young men really do look like boy's not long out of school.

Wet behind the ear's, but man did those boy's do a great job of it, I do wonder if today's gen, would measure up to the same task's :roll: .

And yes please mr colour man, more if you have any!!! :prayer: :prayer:

Cheerio all :partyman: , Far and WIDE!

Tally Ho! :spit

:supz: Phil in Oz :roo:
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