Guestbook Entry (msg id: 611)
RECHERCHE RENSEIGNEMENTS SUR AVION ET MISSION DU PILOTE AMERICAIN MORT LE 14.07.1943 A MON VILLAGE EN FRANCE WARD K WORTMAN 0.885416 JACKSON R WORTMAN EAST 306 19th SPOKANE WASH MERCI
Posted By: BEN PIERRE FRANCE
(BEN Pier @ AOL.COM)
on 02/21/1999 3:58:29 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 610)
RECHERCHE RENSEIGNEMENTS SUR AVION ET MISSION DU PILOTE AMERICAIN MORT LE 14.07.1943 A MON VILLAGE EN FRANCE NOM DU PILOTE WARD K WORTMAN 0.885416 T 43 A JACKSON R WORTMAN EAST 306 19th SPOKANE WASH MERCI
Posted By: BEN PIERRE FRANCE
(BEN Pier @ AOL.COM)
on 02/21/1999 3:52:10 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 609)
This is truly a great website. My father Robert Harper Daum flew P47-N’s off of Ie Shima late in WW2. Unfortunately he was killed doing what he loved most back in 1962. He was the operations officer in Thule Greenland and took off one day and was never seen again. He would have loved this website as he truly loved the ’JUG’. It is nice to see the specials on channels like the Discovery Channel where people really show respest for this fantastic aircraft. Very few people other than we enthusiasts realize that the ’JUG’ was the first propellor-driven aircraft to exceed 500MPH in level flight. As you may be able to tell I am quite a fan of this machine and only can hope to see and hear one in person. Thanks again for this great website. Bob Daum
Posted By: Bob Daum
(bcdaum@aol.com)
on 02/15/1999 8:56:22 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 608)
hello there I’m a 13 year old thinking of becoming a pilot I like your site Bye CLinton
Posted By: Clinton
(Jollygreengia18@hotmail.com)
on 02/15/1999 11:50:23 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 607)
I’m a Friend Of The American Fighter Aces and hope I can make one of you reunions soon.
Posted By: Gary M. Dortch
(dortch1@mindspring.com)
on 02/13/1999 11:07:12 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 606)
Great site - dad was a mechanic on the JUG in Pacific area (New Guinea and vicinity; 347th Fighter Group) with many tales to tell. Have one picture of him on the wing of one named ROLY POLY with two unknown buddies (and 4 kill markers painted on!). Am going to have the photo restored & blown up.
Posted By: Danny Mullen
(dzmul@worldnet.att.net)
on 02/13/1999 4:16:07 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 605)
Great Web Site. Thanks for the memories. I’m trying to join in the recreation of memories with 1/12th scale models. Would just plain love the chance for a check-ride in a true-blue P47 - hopefully with a back seat!
Posted By: Pete Rundel
(pete4dgs@erols.com)
on 02/08/1999 11:57:52 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 604)
My father’s uncle, Capt STEVE DENNIS from MICHIGAN, flew P-47s in Europe during WWII. The Army said he was killed cleaning a handgun. I’d like to correspond with anyone who knew him. I flew the A-10 Thunderbolt II, and am currently a pilot with Delta Air Lines. Thank-you.
Posted By: Jeffrey J. Jurecic
(70472,1537 @compuserve)
on 02/07/1999 4:00:19 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 603)
Father was P-47 fighter pilot 358th ftr. group 365 ftr.sqd. C.O Wright one kill (me109) 84 missions total He loved the airplane and so do I.
Posted By: David Wright
(jugp47@fuse.net)
on 02/04/1999 10:46:03 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 602)
A great web site and a terrific plane. I’m an F-15 pilot in the USAF stationed at St. Louis and am looking for a copy of a film I had seen on PBS while stationed in England. The film was ’A Fighter Pilots Story’. Any one who could pass me where I could geta copy would be greatly appreciated.
Posted By: Star Smith
(ssmith@rd-link.dcrs.dla.mil)
on 02/02/1999 10:36:23 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 601)
Sorry about the previous garbled message, it looks like about 4 different e-mails got merged together. I hope you can make some sense out of the beginning of it. I have no idea where the rest of it came from!
Posted By: Patricia Gaffney-Ansel
(Pabi@att.net)
on 01/31/1999 10:44:26 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 600)
For all that you gentlemen did for freedom, thank you and may God bless you!
Posted By: John H. Brasher
(brasher@airmail.net)
on 01/31/1999 10:01:49 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 599)
My father, 2Lt George P. Gaffney, Jr. (from Madison, WI) went MIA in New Guinea on 11 March 1944 in a P47 three months before I was born. Miraculously, his wreck and remains were found last June and ID’d by CILHI in October. In a couple of months I’m going to Hawaii to bring him home to his country and the family that loved him and continued to speak his name. I went to New Guinea 4 years ago and buried a box of personal treasures next to the airstrip he’d taken off from that fateful day. A year ago, I found the American WW II Orphans Network, a membership of others like me, who lost fathers in the war. AWON offers assistance in finding information, records; support for those healing from a lifetime of unresolved grief and seeks to preserve the honor and history of our fathers. The AWON family has been very helpful at this extraordinary time. Go to awon.org for more information. Contact me if you want more information. I am also looking for men who were in class 43G at Eagle Pass,TX with my father. Also, at Tallahassee or Thomasville fighter pool, August - December ’43. For all our fathers, Patricia
Posted By: Patricia Gaffney-Ansel
(Pabi@att.net)
on 01/31/1999 8:56:00 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 598)
God bless you fellows for all you did....Long Live The JUG
Posted By: Greg Doane
(draq305@geocities.com)
on 01/29/1999 10:48:31 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 597)
Seeking anyone who may have known my grandfather, Stuart ’Dick’ Campbell.He flew 93 missions in the P47 during WWII,in the Asiatic-Pacific campaign. Received the Flyong Cross and Air Medal. He was shot down and MIA for about 4 months from what I am told. He retired in 1945 while in the AAF Regional and Convalsecent Hospital in Miami. He died in 1960,in St Augustine,Florida where he was born.Also,I think he trained in Arkansas. Please respond if you knew him or know how I might find out more about his service.
Posted By: Michelle LaRocco
(larocco@aug.com)
on 01/28/1999 2:49:33 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 596)
I wish I were there...... Congratulations and long life
Posted By: GENOUD.
(hau60@central.susx.ac.uk)
on 01/28/1999 11:44:55 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 595)
thanks for a cool p-47 site! where can a person get p-47 souvenirs, etc. ?
Posted By: raymond and terry sonnier
(rsonnier@webtv.net)
on 01/27/1999 2:06:29 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 594)
Thank you, and peace be with you!
Posted By: Roger Wright
(rwrights@erols.com)
on 01/24/1999 6:12:10 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 593)
I wish I could have flown one! My cousin, Don Kohler, flew Jugs and later 51’s in the 351st FS of the 353rd FG , ’The Slybirds’. He absolutely loved the P-47 and very much preferred it for ground attack! His gun camera film is fascinating and the stories were pretty intensive.Keep up the web pages!
Posted By: Chuck Larsen
(cpblp@novagate.com)
on 01/22/1999 6:27:59 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 592)
MY GRANDFATHER, CAPT. ROBERT E. STUART WAS A THUNDERBOLT PILOT. HE FLEW WITH THE 345TH F.S. ’DEVIL HAWKS’,350TH F.G.,12TH A.F. FROM NOVEMBER OF 1944 TILL JULY 1945 IN THE MEDITERRANEAN CAMPAIGN. HE FLEW 89 COMBAT MISSIONS WITH THE 345TH. THE P-47 HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE FIGHTERS .THE AIRCRAFTS FIRE POWER, SPEED, DURABILITY & AIRFOIL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OF INTEREST TO ME. NOT TO MENTION THE P-47’S INTEMIDATING LOOKS.
Posted By: Darin S. Hahn
(drailed69@aol.com)
on 01/22/1999 2:08:55 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 591)
My dad, Capt. William E Peters was based in England from 1944-45 & flew P-47’s for the 9th AF. Any P47 pilots live in Arizona? I’m sure he’d love to get in touch with you.
Posted By: John Peters
(john.peters@vlsi.com)
on 01/22/1999 9:39:32 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 590)
I am currently painting an oil of P-47’s relieving Bastogne. My Dad was in the 356th ,9th AAF. I was in the same unit 20 years later!Your data on flyable P-47’s appears in error. The Confederate Af has 6, the LoneStar at Galveston just sold a flyable razorback and I believe there are several others. Also , there appears a spanish websight for La Paz that says they are still flying the Jug as an active duty aircraft. Ain’t that GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!As a pilot and aviation artist let me invite you to visit my web sight. Lets all keep em fly’n
Posted By: Lynn Redfern
(redfern@fbtc.net)
on 01/21/1999 1:16:55 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 589)
My father also Earl, served with the 9th AAF in England and europe from 1943 to 1945 as a P47 mechanic. I will continue using this site to research his travels from england belgium france and germany . He never told me any thing about this and since he died I want to reconstruct these records . That journey will begin today. Thanks for the start.
Posted By: Earl L. Baker
(babyfelix@msn.com)
on 01/15/1999 8:15:43 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 588)
A close friend father just passed away, he was a P-47 pilot in Europe and was shot down just before the battle of the bulge. December 1944. I want to get him an accurate replica of the plane his dad flew, correct model and paint scheme. Any ideas? Please Help Jim
Posted By: Jim Dunham
(jdunham@siebel.com)
on 01/14/1999 3:32:39 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 587)
I’ve been a computer guy for about 25 years now and have done everything possible not to be a geak. I’ve seen some amazing things happen as far as progress etc. The note below about the Woolever Brothers far exceeds any of the technology. That was a beautiful thing to see. I hope it bears fruit. Happy reunion... Cheers. D Raphael sends
Posted By: Dave Raphael
(mraphael@mindspring.com)
on 01/11/1999 10:26:34 PM EST
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