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USAAF North America safety crew & airplane test

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The impressive score on fighter Ace Louis E. Curdes' "Bad Angel" P-51. Curdes served two combat tours during WW2: one with the 82nd Fighter Group in North Africa and the other with the 3rd Air Commando Group in the South Pacific. In the Mediterranean he was shot down, captured, became a prisoner-of-war in Italy and later escaped after some months in captivity. The American flag there was not a "blue-on-blue" incident. Curdes shot down a C-47 in the Philippines to prevent it from landing on the Japanese held airfield. The C-47 ditched in the sea and Curdes flew out next morning in the PBY which rescued the crew and passengers, among them several nurses. One of the latter married Curdes after the war.

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Curdes shot down a C-47 in the Philippines to prevent it from landing on the Japanese held airfield. The C-47 ditched in the sea and Curdes flew out next morning in the PBY which rescued the crew and passengers, among them several nurses. One of the latter married Curdes after the war.
Best pick up line wich will take some guts, i think;

Hi i am Curdes. I shot you down. Fancy a drink?
 
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The impressive score on fighter Ace Louis E. Curdes' "Bad Angel" P-51. Curdes served two combat tours during WW2: one with the 82nd Fighter Group in North Africa and the other with the 3rd Air Commando Group in the South Pacific. In the Mediterranean he was shot down, captured, became a prisoner-of-war in Italy and later escaped after some months in captivity. The American flag there was not a "blue-on-blue" incident. Curdes shot down a C-47 in the Philippines to prevent it from landing on the Japanese held airfield. The C-47 ditched in the sea and Curdes flew out next morning in the PBY which rescued the crew and passengers, among them several nurses. One of the latter married Curdes after the war.

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And "Buck Wheat" who was a crew chief before becoming an "injineer".
 

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P-51D-20-NA 44-72437 6N-C "Pauline " Lt. Col. Joseph L Thury. 505th Fighter Squadron, 339th Fighter Group, 8th AF.

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311th's 530th Fighter Squadron Yellow Scorpions scoreboard kills

left 88 kills 517 train right 136 kills

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311th's 530th Fighter Squadron Yellow Scorpions scoreboard kills
Left 88 kills 517 train right 136 kills

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P-51D-20-NA 44-63673 Sort Fuse ETO 8 kill markings

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You can clearly see 14 in the photo, and the text says "16 noted".
 
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