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Thanks for the info, I looked over his log some more. Seems he flew Snafuperman 4 times, he sometimes listed the name and other times just the #118. I love some of the comments in his log, " few fighters, flak moderate, (only) eighteen holes in ship"..no trouble, just eighteen holes... I'm...

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Hello, I'm wondering if anyone has a source for info on particular B-17s. This B-17 flew in the 15th AF, 2nd Bomb Grp., 20th Sqdn, the first half of 1944 and was lost in August/September, 44-(I think) when the 20th was wiped out on a mission. There is a painting of it done by a Pilot in...

Chief, In the mid 70's I was in and out of WillowGrove quite a bit. At that time they used to have about 6 Warbirds on static display near whatever the main road was that went by the base. I never got a chance to walk over to them but as I recall they had an ME-262, and either a 109 or 190...

Jhor9 Thanks for you service and I hope all is well. Just how cold was it sitting in the pilots position @28,000ft? My dad flew in the 15th, 2Bomb grp., 20thsqdn, since he didn't talk about it all that much, we never got around to general flying conditions. Thanks Doug

I thought maybe we could talk about the times we have seen Warbirds at places other than orgainized events. I always enjoy these chance encounters more that viewing a public display. Growing up in the 60's, I lived near enough to Republic Field on Long Island, NY to see quite a few warbirds...