355th FG pics

[drgondog]

Splendid selection of photos here.

Thanks so much for sharing them with us.


No Fw 190s to be seen here. This shot shows a Bf 109E.

This wan't the shot I meant about Galland and D-9. It's in the second or third batch and just referenced as 355fg Foe Galland. I just looked at original photo I got from Galland via Tolliver and while it was marked (by Tolliver) as D-9 it looks more like an A8 with the outboard gun.

This photo does not show a JG 27 bird as the filename says; it's from JG 51. The fellow
in the center of the photo is Werner Mölders, and the aircraft is his personal Bf 109F.

Great catch - thx.

Thanks again for sharing these excellent photos with us!

I may post a couple more, any particular requests?

 

[Profiler]

Great thread, thanks for posting these images.

 

[Wurger]

I'm with Profiler.Nice pics there.

 

[lesofprimus]

Maybe some more battle damage shots Bill... That and some of those excellent gun cam clips....

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Great stuff Bill!

 

[drgondog]

Maybe some more battle damage shots Bill... That and some of those excellent gun cam clips....

Dan - I'm trying to find the right device to convert a lot of 355 vcr to DVD - I also have Whisner, Landers, Pompetti, and others from WWII and Korea on 16mm that I need to convert as it is 60 plus years old.

I don't know if you saw the excellent promo film that GD put out re: fighters from WWI all the way through VietNam (leading to "why' F-16) with interviews with Hartmann and Tuck and Parr etc. Several of the shots were from dad's film - which I loaned to them and they lost.

I still have some on VCR but the original film is gone.

I'll look for some of the BD shots

 

[ccheese]

Those are great pic's. Thanks for putting them up for us to see.

Charles

 

[Micdrow]

Awsome shots there Bill, Thanks for sharing!!!!

 

[wilbur1]

Drgon you actually have those pics? i think you said your father was in a few? THOSE ARE AMAZING!

 

[Erich]

hey Bill good to see some of those pics of yours in a larger format...........thanks for the posts as always and hopeful your Christmas was good. enjoying the snow the last couple of days in your spot ?

nice little dump today but gotta run up north for the weekend to visit ailing inlaws

E ~

 

[FLYBOYJ]

SURPRISE BILL! These are from the guy I e mailed you about - I'll PM his e mail address to you!!!

 

[drgondog]

SURPRISE BILL! These are from the guy I e mailed you about - I'll PM his e mail address to you!!!

Joe - I sent those to Pete wednesday. He contacted me thanks to you and I sent him stuff on WR-B before he bacame nelson's crew chief in WR-B. Those were pilots that had WR-B before Nelson.

 

[drgondog]

Drgon you actually have those pics? i think you said your father was in a few? THOSE ARE AMAZING!

I have about 2000 355th shots from WWII and Viet Nam. Yes my father is in about 70 of the collection... All the WR-B shots for example. The ones Joe just put up I had sent to a friend of his, Pete Caruana , who actually was a crew chief in the 355th about the time my father came home.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Joe - I sent those to Pete wednesday. He contacted me thanks to you and I sent him stuff on WR-B before he bacame nelson's crew chief in WR-B. Those were pilots that had WR-B before Nelson.

I just e mailed you - sorry for the confusion!

 

[drgondog]

I just e mailed you - sorry for the confusion!

No confusion Joe - just my way to get you to post some of my pics.

It's always great to hear from one of the vets - and the crew chiefs have a special place in my heart.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Thanks Bill!

he never had a color photo of "his plane." Dan (his son) and I made a color copy and framed it for him. Dan gave it to him on his 85th birthday (last week). Dan said his dad really got a kick out of it!

 

[ThunderThud]

Wow Totally awsome collection of pics.Thanks for sharing!

 

[chicoartist]

Bill,

Just had to pass on to you that I'm (almost) finished reading Bud Fortier's AN ACE OF THE EIGHTH ... what an excellent book, as you well know! 8)

I'm embarrased to admit that I've seen the paperback on the shelves "for ages", it seems, and each time I never picked it up, thinking, "Not another 'There I was' book ...

However, recently I *did* pick it up, and the name Fortier rang a bell for some reason, though I'm about (was, anyway) about as ignorant about the 355th as a box of hammers ... I read a bit and immediately bought it. I have not been disappointed. Probably one of the best "There I was" books I've ever read. As you know, Bud was there for 18 months or so, and saw it all. His descriptions of various "innovations" is entertaining and educational. I see that Bud died in 2005 or so - found his alum listing on the UNH website.

I have your book on order as well. I got a VG+ used copy for a good price, and can't wait to read it. Thanks again for the CD recently ... 8)

Wade

 

[drgondog]

Bill,

Just had to pass on to you that I'm (almost) finished reading Bud Fortier's AN ACE OF THE EIGHTH ... what an excellent book, as you well know! 8)

I'm embarrased to admit that I've seen the paperback on the shelves "for ages", it seems, and each time I never picked it up, thinking, "Not another 'There I was' book ...

However, recently I *did* pick it up, and the name Fortier rang a bell for some reason, though I'm about (was, anyway) about as ignorant about the 355th as a box of hammers ... I read a bit and immediately bought it. I have not been disappointed. Probably one of the best "There I was" books I've ever read. As you know, Bud was there for 18 months or so, and saw it all. His descriptions of various "innovations" is entertaining and educational. I see that Bud died in 2005 or so - found his alum listing on the UNH website.

I have your book on order as well. I got a VG+ used copy for a good price, and can't wait to read it. Thanks again for the CD recently ... 8)

Wade

Wade - he was one of my favorite people.. unassuming, quiet, smart

Bill Cummings, original and long time 355CO and Henry Brown - top 355 ace both just recently passed and i fear Gordy Graham is heading for the 'bridge.

Bill