Recent content by Paul Clouting

There are two Martin B-26 aircraft that I know of carrying the nose name "Swamp Angel". 41-17890 of the 17th BG / 34th BS. 42-96100 of the 386th BG / 555th BS, coded YA-O. I will have to look and see if there are any photographs in my collection of these two. My initial search didn't show...

Thank you Sabrejet. This was the same webpage that I managed to find some of the accident report reel numbers from, but it does not include those for 1945 onwards, nor does it list the minor accident report reels. On the subject of AFHRA requests, when I first started requesting reels you were...

I have recently been requesting digitised aircraft accident report files from the Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) at Maxwell, Alabama as part of a research project. My request to the membership is this. Does anyone have access to a definitive list of reel numbers and more...

Out of the SQN's listed, only 14 SQN flew any operations out of North African bases. All the other SQN's operated out of bases in Italy. 14 SQN flew most of their missions round the Mediterranean. 39 SQN mostly attacked targets in Yugoslavia. All the other SAAF SQN's were involved in operations...

Could this be the remains of a US Navy JM-1 Marauder, Navy Bu No 66666 which crashed 2 miles Southwest of Tontouta Airfield, New Caledonia on 17th December 1944? The aircraft flown by Lt (JG). R A Miller was taking off from Tontouta Airfield, and suffered starboard engine trouble immediately...