Pilots u know!

[Nonskimmer]

That I am. A submariner to boot.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

I made a boo boo sorry FBJ for being late on the up take and not catching the good news earlier congrates on the sprog. \/

Thanks track!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I sure we will hear soem great dad stories soon.

 

[P38 Pilot]

Yeah so...Good luck!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Nice Avatar there 3rd ID.

 

[P38 Pilot]

Thanks! I was trying to figure out what avatar to have next so i thought about America's most decorated soldier in WWII, Audie Murphy.

Also because the guys that do changing of the guard at Arlington are with the 3rd infantry.

 

[pbfoot]

i was fortunate enough to meet tommy williams a ww1 ace 14 kills ,rum runner in prohibition and test pilot for fleet aircraft in ww 2 when he was in his 80's he used to take off in his fleet 10 i believe and looped it right after take off

 

[P38 Pilot]

Wow! That is a privilege to meet someone like that!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I do not think that the Old Guard that guards the tomb of the unknown soldier is actually from 3rd Infantry Division. As far as I know they are 3rd Infantry Regiment. They even wear a different patch than 3rd ID. I may be wrong but that is not what I thought.

 

[R Leonard]

Right, 3d Infantry Regiment. They wear, I believe, the MDW shoulder patch on the left shoulder.

Rich

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yeap thats it. It is a great honor to be in that unit.

 

[Erich]

more pilots.

ace Oskar Bösch wiuth 19 kills although he is only creditied with 18. still flies gliders professionally out of Canada.

 

[Erich]

war time pic of him while in 14.Sturm/JG 3 flying heavy SturmFw's, scored one of the last kills of the war when the Soviet fighter pilot decided to ram Oskar Sturm head on. the Soviet pilot and craft nearly vaporized, Oskar bailed out and captured by the Soviets later escaping and walking all the way home to Austria

 

[Nonskimmer]

Where in Canada does he fly from? Do you know if he's ever performed with his glider at airshows? I've seen an ex-Luftwaffe pilot from WWII perform in a glider, and the name rings a bell.

 

[Erich]

thats probably him. has been doing air shows for many many years Skim. A very neat guy....

to get him over on the west coast is a rarity

 

[Nonskimmer]

It's gotta be him. Man, that was almost twenty years ago now.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

I met this guy when I was in elementary school - he used to come by in his WW1 uniform. His Camel is on display at the USAF museum at Daytom OH.

From the site "The Airdrome."

Before enlisting in the army, Vaughn learned to fly while attending Princeton University in 1917. He completed his flight training in England and was posted to 84 Squadron as an S.E.5a pilot in May 1918. Before his transfer to the United States Air Service on 27 August, he scored 7 victories while serving with the Royal Air Force. Vaughn scored his first two victories with the 17th Pursuit Squadron on 22 September 1918. Twice that day, he engaged Fokker D.VIIs, downing Friedrich Noltenius of Jasta 27 and Karl Bauerbfeind of Jasta 34 before his own Sopwith Camel was shot down by Wilhelm Neuenhofen of Jasta 27. Vaughn scored 4 more victories by the end of the war.

 

[Erich]

Fly am I assuming that Vaughn flew his Sop down and crashlanded when shot down by the German ?

another chap from 13.Sturm/JG 3, ace Walter Hagenah who probably flew the first air to air rocket mission when he vaporized 1 Mustang with his R4M's on his Me 262 !

 

[Erich]

another German ace from the Sturmgruppen of JG 3. RK winner Will Unger who passed away this June 2005. Will was always very kind to respond to my tons of questions with the help of his lovely daughter as Will was fighting a combination of physical problems.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Fly am I assuming that Vaughn flew his Sop down and crashlanded when shot down by the German ?

Yes - I'm assuming the one at the museum was his replacement mount.