Recent content by Col Campbell

Got into this thread very late. Here are some pictures of the highly modified 1920s era Navy torpedo bomber (Davis-Douglas DT-2), dubbed the Douglas World Cruiser (DWC), that could use both wheels or pontoons to take off and land. Four copies (of five) of this aircraft were used in the 1924 US...

While assigned to the 191st MI Company, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, TX, in the mid 1970s, our image interpreters had access to aerial imagery taken along the southern-most air corridor from West Germany into Berlin. One roll they examined was taken while crossing one of the Soviet...

Here's a report from WFAA Channel 8 in Dallas with two different videos showing the collision. The first one does seem to back up mjfur's opinion that the P-63 was following the lead of his wingman who is just briefly visible on the far right of the video for a few seconds. At the end it...

Also not a pilot, but could the pilot of the trail SU-25 gotten into the jet wash/turbulence of the lead aircraft, jinked to the right a little (engine exhaust trail indicates this) and then overcorrected back to the left, loosing lift on his wings? If he did have speedbrake failure that would...

I couldn't resist -- because two pieces of tail are better than one! :D Jim

A good place to begin searching for grave sites in the Find-a-Grave web site. While not all graves are included since the site is maintained and increased by private individuals, you might find your airman. All of the state-side national cemeteries and the overseas ABMC cemeteries are...

According to the American Battle Monuments Commission web site - Cemeteries & Memorials | American Battle Monuments Commission - the only Asiatic American cemeteries are in New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, and the Republic of Korea. My guess...

Here are some bomb loads from my father's flight log of his B-17 missions against oil targets. Nov. 25, 1944 – mission against synthetic oil plant in Merseburg. Carried 12 x 500-lb GP bombs. Feb 6, 1945 – mission against synthetic oil plant in Chemnitz. Carried 6 x 500-lb bombs. Feb 9, 1945...

Thanks for the link about Marjorie Stetson. I can highly recommend Liz Mundy's book Code Girls. Jim

Most likely it is still an active Belgian military base and the Belgian military insisted that Google blur the image. Jim (US Army, ret'd)

That is so amazing!! Being the son of a B-17 crewman, this just makes my day. Congratulations, Mr. Bally. Just as a note, the 'triangle B' tail marking is from the 92nd Bombardment Group, which was the first group to fly non-stop from Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick, Scotland, in August...

They are located in Hudson, Massachusetts -- web site Too bad they are too far away from Mississippi for an easy visit. Looks like a very nice museum. Jim

I never realized that the individual airborne segments got their own codenames. Jim

Thanks, Wurger. I didn't realize there was a second page to the respponsess. It is, as you have identified, a USMC M-51. Oops on my part. Jim

And #7 (IMG575) is a USMC M-88 heavy armored recovery vehicle with the a-frame folded down and no extra track blocks on the side. Picture is of a German M-88, but still the same vehicle. Of course with the Marines retiring (i.e., getting rid of) their M-1 Abrams tanks, I would guess that the...