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Does anyone have ANY info on the P-39 (all models) in the Aleutians/Alaska are in WW2? Im also interested in Lt. Jimmie Fields, and the 18th F.S., 343 B.G., 11th Air Force (USAAF). Thanks in adance!
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I know it's been a while, but there is this display in the USAF Museum at Dayton Ohio;i thought only 38s and 40s were up there but there were a bunch of 39s.
there was some stuff in this book.
P-39 Airacobra Aces of World War 2 - Google Books
and then this..
Fighting the Japanese in Alaska
From September to November 1942 pilots of the 57th Fighter Squadron flew P-39s and P-38s from an airfield built on land bulldozed into Kuluk Bay on the barren island of Adak in Alaska's Aleutian Islands. They attacked the Japanese forces which had invaded Attu and Kiska islands in the Aleutians in June 1942. The number one foe that claimed the most lives, however, was not the Japanese but the weather. The low clouds, mist, fog, driving rain, snow and high winds made flying dangerous and lives miserable. The 57th remained in Alaska until November 1942 and then returned to the United States.
looks like you want to focus your searches on the 57th FS
I know it's been a while, but there is this display in the USAF Museum at Dayton Ohio;View attachment 656033
I think you meant to write, "....to groundhog out of the contract....."
Neat stuff!Good lord, who called the tommyknockers?
And you wondered why performance suffered.Ahhhhh....so THAT's the unnecessary additional cockpit heater that the British specified in an effort to weasel out of the contract. Now I get it!!!
I know it's been a while, but there is this display in the USAF Museum at Dayton Ohio;View attachment 656033
What otter
Lord have mercy...
They are mentioned in the book "Thousand-mile War" that I recently posted about in a discussion about Japanese floatplanes. I'll look into it and msg you but I believe post #4 covers everything I saw in the book.Does anyone have ANY info on the P-39 (all models) in the Aleutians/Alaska are in WW2? Im also interested in Lt. Jimmie Fields, and the 18th F.S., 343 B.G., 11th Air Force (USAAF). Thanks in adance!