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P47 Pilots Guestbook
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 725)
The 406th FS 371st FG is having thier annual reunion at Ft Walton Beach,Fl. Oct 21-25 . Just wanted to let people know. Visit my site at gene.madore.net
Posted By: Francis ’Gene’ Madore
(gene.madore@dexis.net)
on 09/20/1999 9:31:43 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 724)
I am currently researching the 8th AF mission of May 28, 1944. My draft manuscript is almost complete now and at this moment I am trying to fill in some major gaps in it. In this regard I am especially looking for pictures of Lts Philip H. Hazelett and William S. Orvis of the 78th Fighter Group, 82nd Fighter Squadron who both were shot down by light flak while strafing and who both were killed. Anybody with a picture or information on either one or both of these pilots, please E-mail me. Your help is greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Ivo de Jong (Ruijsstraat 8, 6712 ED Ede, The Netherlands)
Posted By: Ivo M. de Jong
(ivojong@telekabel.nl)
on 09/20/1999 3:48:07 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 723)
I accessed the P47 site to get the dates for the re-union in Savannah. My dad, Lt. Col. Sandy Ross (Ret.), a P47 Pilot living in California, will be attending, and from there he hopefully will be able to come down to Florida for his youngest grandson’s Bar Mitzvah. I’m very proud of my Dad and all of the P47 Pilots. I salute you and give honor to whom honor is due. God bless you.
Posted By: Wendy Ross Ginsberg
(wginsbe@ibm.net)
on 09/20/1999 12:52:13 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 722)
Seeking any information from P-47 pilots out there regarding Capt. Don P. Kerns, Aviation Cadet Class 42-K, Cimarron Field Oklahoma, and later a 62 combat mission veteran flying the ’Dallas Blonde’ with the 319th FS of the 325th Fighter Group - the Checkertail Clan. Any information provided will be most sincerely appreciated and helpful in my research on this pilot.
Posted By: Shawn Southern
(s_southern@msn.com)
on 09/19/1999 1:08:10 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 721)
I am a retired Canadian Air Force pilot. My hobby is Stained Glass and my Three Dimensional Stained Glass Aircraft may be of interest to your guests. If anyone wishes to view my work, please visit me at http://mars.ark.com/~stellar/
Posted By: Rudy Preus
(stellar@mars.ark.com)
on 09/19/1999 12:21:44 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 720)
I am looking for information on post-war uses and users of the P47 and why they weren’t deployed to Korea. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks to all the P47 pilots and ground crews.
Posted By: Jon Clinton
(jclinton@hibbing.com)
on 09/14/1999 5:43:36 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 719)
Just returned from the funeral of my wife’s grandfather - Lt. Col. Charles T. Ryan of Jeffersonville, IN - who sadly and unexpectedly passed away this week. He was a P47 pilot in, I believe, the 362nd flying ground support for (again, I believe) Patton’s army. He truly was a great man and I very much regret not asking more questions about his USAAF experiences. One story that sticks out - maybe someone will remember it - is when he was stateside flying in New Jersey and ran into the NJ State Police radio tower head-on with his P47....he hit it square and did very little damage to the plane! If anyone knows of ’Charlie’, please drop me a line....he was a great person who truly would (and did) do anything for his country and his family.
Posted By: Jason Carney
(tjcarn@aol.com)
on 09/12/1999 2:30:22 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 718)
My Dad flew a P-47 In WWII. I am trying to figure out his squad, etc. just to begin my search of his war history, buddies, etc. I have located a card which lists him as: ’H’ Sqdn 123 AAF BU. And, have a picture of him standing outside a building marked, ’379th Officers’. Am hoping someone might point me in the right direction where I should look...or the piece of paper I should be looking for that would have the right info to begin my search. Would be most grateful for any assistance. Thanks! CC
Posted By: Candice Coleman
(ckc0819@aol.com)
on 09/11/1999 9:15:48 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 717)
My Uncle 1st Lt Vernon Zieske flew the P-47 with the 36th Fighter Group, 23rd Fighter Squadron. My heartfelt thanks to Tom Glenn, author of ’ P-47 Pilots’ (The Fighter/Bomber Boys), member of the 36th Fighter Group Association and P-47 Pilots Associations for putting me in touch with my Uncle Vernon’s wingman, Willie Friend and other members of the 23rd Fighter Squadron. Tom also though his contacts with P-47 Pilots Association put me in touch with the 361st Fighter Group Association which originally flew P-47 before transitioning to the P-51. My father 1st Lt Clarence Eugene (Bud) Zieske flew the P-51 with the 361st Fighter Group. Joseph Mack Zieske Ormond Eureka, CA Son of 1st. Lt. Clarence Eugene (Bud) Zieske, KIA 8/12/1944, Rosiers, France 8th AAF, 361st Fighter Group, 374th Fighter Squadron, P-51 (B7-H 42-106942) Nephew of 1st. Lt. Vernon Lloyd (Zeke) Zieske, KIA 1/26/1945, 9th AAF, 36th Fighter Group, 23rd Fighter Squadron, P-47
Posted By: Joseph Mack Zieske Ormond
(SonofP51@aol.com)
on 09/11/1999 4:22:49 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 716)
I’m glad to have found our Webpage ! Hope to see all of my buddies from the 373rd Ftr.Gp.410th Ftr. Sqdn at the Savannah, GA reunion May 14, 2000 at the DeSoto Hilton Hotel.
Posted By: Glenn B. Haines
(w5vei@juno.com)
on 09/05/1999 5:07:55 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 715)
HI EAGLES, IM A MAJOR PILOT (F-5 FIGHTER) IN THE MEXICAN AIR FORCE AND NOW CHIEF OF TRAINING FOR IT,I DO ADMIRE ALL YOU WISE OLD WARRIORS AND WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOU. LOOKING FOR WRITEN BACKGROUND ABOUT MEXICAN P-47D SQUADRON 201 IN PHILIPINES (CLARK FIELD 1945)WHO FOUGHT BY YOU AMERICAN GUYS.
Posted By: AARON S. VILLAR BERNAL
(TORNADOI@HOTMAIL.COM)
on 09/04/1999 9:55:19 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 714)
Happy to find this site!
Posted By: Wayne J. Hoeck
(hoeck@mail.tds.net)
on 09/01/1999 5:03:49 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 713)
My father (Calvin Holloway) was a member of the 391st fighter squadron, 366th fighter group during WWII. I am trying to find survivors of that group. He is particularly interested in finding John Wesley Rankin of Grays Landing, Pennsylvania and Perry Justice of Waycross, Georgia. If you have any information about this group, please contact me. Thank you.
Posted By: Esterine Stokes
(stokesfam@mindspring.com)
on 08/29/1999 10:50:26 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 712)
I love the P-47s. I own models of P-47’s that are some of my fav models. I have bought a flight simulator for my comupter that has P-47s for u to fly against german or if u wnat allied aircraft. I would do anything to get a p-47 in my hands.
Posted By: Jacob
(jacobnews2@yahoo.com)
on 08/26/1999 10:13:48 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 711)
Class 42H from Kelly Field - An original member of 354th F.G.. We flew the P-51 and the JUG in combat. I had two tours from December 1943 until end of war on May 8, 1945. I know the impact of 8 -50 caliburs from both ends. I’ve tipped a boxcar over strafing in a Jug. I also felt the other end when a P-47 from the 56th thought my Mustang was an ME 109 (one of which I was shooting at when hit). You would not believe what the enemy felt when they got it. I do and barely survived to fly another day. Anybody else get the same?
Posted By: Dr. Clayton Kelly Gross
(parprob@aol.com)
on 08/23/1999 7:57:33 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 710)
As an aviation researcher here in Luxembourg, I found back more than 200 crash sides. I located for the moment up to 80 crash sides of P-47. Especially they went down during the battle of the bulge. I possess several pictures of p-47 which went down here in Luxembourg. I have now found a picture of the plane of 1st Lt Rodney W. PERCY 362 FG / 379 FS. he went down on 22nd january 1945 near the town of Wiltz. I have some pictures of this plane. Is there anyone who could help me to find back this pilot. i would get in contact with him. For everyone who can help me I want to express my thanks. John from Luxembourg
Posted By: DERNEDEN John
(derneden@pt.lu)
on 08/22/1999 6:29:28 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 709)
I was in the class of 43J graduating from Eagle Pass, Tx I flew the Thunderbolt in Europe with the 406th Fighter Gp, 514th Fighter Sqdn completing 67 combat missions.To say that I loved this plane is an understatement.I’ve been a member of the Thunderbolt Pilots Assn. for many years BJS
Posted By: Bernie Sledzik
(sledzikb@aol.com)
on 08/22/1999 2:27:53 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 708)
Hello everyone ! I’m always searching for anyone who remembers my fiance’s uncle, Second Lt. Cecil Gurganus. He flew with the 362nd Fighter group, 377th fighter squadron. He was killed in a mid-air in March 1945. In 1996, my fiance and I visited Wormingford airfield to see the 362nd memorial. We found the field peaceful and the locals vey friendly. Funny how the imagination works, I could swear I heard P-47’s and P-51’s. We also managed to find ’The Crown’ pub for a fantastic lunch and pint. Plans to return to England are underway ! Hope to hear from someone !
Posted By: Michael Tranchitella
(tbold@erols.com)
on 08/12/1999 9:24:13 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 707)
Hello P-47 pilots and friends, a German friend of mine is working on a documentation about Illesheim Airfield, which is located about 35 miles south of Schweinfurt (Germany), during WWII. I would appreciate any information you could possibly provide about Illesheim Airfield, which was home to the 48th Fighter Group and 492nd, 493rd and 494th Fighter Squadrons during May and June 1945. I would also be very interested in any information you could possibly provide regarding any flights in this area between Kitzingen, Giebelstadt, Ansbach and Illesheim. By the way, my friend and myself are glider pilots and also love to fly the blue skies, big clouds and pulling High G turns. Kind regards Juergen Pehl
Posted By: Juergen Pehl
(juergen.pehl@arcormail.de)
on 08/11/1999 3:39:17 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 706)
Class 44A. Eagle Pass, Texas. Flew Jugs until VE Day with 85 Sqdm. 79 Ftr Grp, Desert Air Force. After VE Day 66 Sqdn, 57 Ftr Grp. Italy. Nobody ever pulled the wings off a Jug.
Posted By: Robert W. Phillips (Red)
(Dickiered@aol.com)
on 08/10/1999 4:43:27 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 705)
Class 44A. Eagle Pass, Texas. Flew Jugs until VE Day with 85 Sqdm. 79 Ftr Grp, Desert Air Force. After VE Day 66 Sqdn, 57 Ftr Grp. Italy. Nobody ever pulled the wings off a Jug.
Posted By: Robert W. Phillips (Red)
(Dickiered@aol.com)
on 08/10/1999 4:43:24 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 704)
I am seeking information and photos for Capt. Don P. Kerns. Capt. Kerns was with the 325th Fighter Group, 319th Fighter Squadron, 15th AAF. Thanks for any help you might be able to give.
Posted By: Shawn Southern
(s_southern@msn.com)
on 08/10/1999 1:54:04 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 703)
I flew the Jug in the early ’50s (1951/52). I was in Cadet Class 50F and was lucky to get to fly the Jug.
Posted By: George Beal
(gbeal@koyote.com)
on 08/10/1999 1:05:00 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 702)
I am a POW (Germany) Surviver. I flew all my 58 missions in a P-47. in the 347 th F.SQD.,350 th F.Grp, 12th Air Force,one of the fighter bomber boys. The P-47 was rated by many as the most destructive plane, in both air to air combat and front line support attack bomber. I loved to fly the P-47. LEE TRACY
Posted By: Leon (LEE) Tracy
(ajacobsen@acservices.com)
on 08/09/1999 4:51:06 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 701)
The town in which I am living (St-Ghislain, Belgium) was seriously bombed in WW2 because of its important marshalling yard. The bombings occured on the following dates: April 12, 1944: 9th Air Force B26, plus maybe others (escort ?) April 15, 1944: probably RAF Mosquitoes April 22, 1944: probably 9th Air Force ? April 23, 1944: 9th Air Force P47 April 26, 1944: 9th Air Force B26 + escort (RAF Spitfires ?) May 1, 1944: heavy bombing by RAF Bomber Command As an WW2 aircraft enthusiasts, I am looking for information on the subject (order of missions, log-book extracts, reminiscences, losses, bombing assesments reports, photographs, and any other details, ... Can somebody help. Thank you very much indeed.
Posted By: Philippe Gilgean
(finet.gilgean@skynet.be)
on 08/08/1999 4:48:57 AM EST
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