Lt. Fred D. Nightingale (msg id: 2426)
My father, Fred D. Nightingale, was a member of the 371st Fighter Group, 405th Fighter Squadron. He sadly passed away, too soon, in 1983. I am in possession of his wartime memorabilia including the hardcover story of the 371st published in 1946. If anyone remembers my father or might like info contained in said book, please contact.
Posted By: Janet a. Nightingale
(Birdatfairview@aol.com)
on 05/16/2012 5:00:43 PM EST
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Lt. Fred D. Nightingale (msg id: 2425)
My father, Fred D. Nightingale, was a member of the 371st Fighter Group, 405th Fighter Squadron. He sadly passed away, too soon, in 1983. I am in possession of his wartime memorabilia including the hardcover story of the 371st published in 1946. If anyone remembers my father or might like info contained in said book, please contact.
Posted By: Janet a. Nightingale
(Birdatfairview@aol.com)
on 05/16/2012 4:57:36 PM EST
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Capt C A Austin (msg id: 2424)
Hi Judy, did you contact the person who left message 2309 in this Guestbook, dated April 10, 2011? Also if you do get the MACR it will have the ground witness account. Good luck!
Unfortunate the spammers have hit this guest book.
Posted By: PastPilots
on 05/16/2012 10:50:25 AM EST
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Capt. c.A. Austin (msg id: 2422)
thanks for the message from Past Pilots. I appreciate the info. I knew most everything you related except that Austin was thrown clear and carried into town. I though he had died in the wreckage. I actually visited the town and saw the memorial. I was able to download photos of it and other details, however I would love to be put in touch with eye witnesses. I went to the website you suggested and saw the listing of Capt. Austin but couldn't retrieve any other info. Do you have any further suggestions?
Many thanks,
Judy Woods
judy.woods01@comcast.net
Posted By: Judy Woods
(judy.woods01@comcast.com)
on 05/12/2012 11:04:51 PM EST
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looking for buddies (msg id: 2421)
my name is capt. joe roy hollaway jr. i flew with the 358th fighters group 367th fighter squadron over in europe. i realize that since im 89 years old that it might be hard to find anyone who was there but my daughter wanted me to give it a try. My plane was called "hairless joe"
Posted By: joe roy hollaway
(hollysharp60@gmail.com)
on 05/11/2012 1:24:26 PM EST
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Captain C. A. Austin (msg id: 2420)
Best wishes with your book Ms. Woods. 358th FG Captain Charles A. Austin, Jr. (Serial # O-673297) of the 366th FS was shot down by flak near the village of Limetz-Villez, (Yvelines ), France July 4, 1944. If you have not yet obtained MACR 6636 there are some witness accounts and follow up. Capt. Austin made a belly landing after his plane was hit by flak, but was thrown from the aircraft and died enroute to Limetz. His P-47 was named "ETTA II" believed to have been for his wife. He is buried in the Normandy American Cemetery but a nice memorial to him is located in the town near the crash site.
Posted By: PastPilots
on 05/10/2012 12:05:52 PM EST
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Charles A. Austin (msg id: 2419)
I'm sorry to see that Lt. austin is not recorded on your site as having flown a P-47 out of england in 1944. His plane was shot down over Limetz, france on Judy 4. does anyone have any info on him. I am writing a novel about him.
Posted By: Judy Woods
on 05/05/2012 10:33:42 PM EST
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Lt. Charles A. Austin (msg id: 2418)
I'm sorry to see that Lt. austin is not recorded on your site as having flown a P-47 out of england in 1944. His plane was shot down over Limetz, france on Judy 4. does anyone have any info on him. I am writing a novel about him.
Posted By: Judy woods
(judy.woods012comcast.com)
on 05/05/2012 10:28:59 PM EST
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P-47 ground crews (msg id: 2417)
On Dec. 31, 1941, my father enlisted in the US Army to become part of the AAF. On April 24,1942, Pvt. Peter L Titus graduated from the Republic Company school that trained mechanics to work on the P-47.
He rose through the ranks of enlisted men to Staff Sargent in seven months. He was part of the 92nd squadron of the 92nd fighter group. He served in North Africa, Invation of Italy, India, Burma and the 14th AAF in China. He waved off the pilots in China with "Ding Hoa" (the best) and counted the returning planes. He often worried if the shortened training given to mechanics contributed to any flight crews and planes that went down. It haunted him for forty years.
Posted By: Sky's Daughter
(skydot@aol.com)
on 05/03/2012 12:40:27 PM EST
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To JOHN F KELLEY, re GEORGE HAY (msg id: 2414)
My father was George Hay and a P-47 pilot. If we are talking about the same man, he was from Oshkosh, WI and his middle name was Hilton.
Posted By: Julie Hay Eddy
(jeddy116@bellsouth.net)
on 04/17/2012 11:35:23 AM EST
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To John F. Kelley, re GEORGE HAY (msg id: 2413)
My father was George Hay. If we are talking about the same man, he was from Oshkosh, WI and his middle name was Hilton.
Posted By: Julie Hay Eddy
(jeddy116@bellsouth.net)
on 04/17/2012 11:33:19 AM EST
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Curly Edwinson (msg id: 2412)
Hi Bill, Col. Clarence T. "Curly" Edwinson was CO of the 86th Fighter Wing in Germany, the only combat-capable fighter group (P-47's) of the USAF in Europe in 1948.
Posted By: PastPilots
on 04/11/2012 11:52:04 AM EST
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last p-47 squadron in germany (msg id: 2411)
looking for the name of a colonel w/nick name of 'Curly".....obviously bald.
had command of squadron in the late 40's (or early 50s?) in u.s. sector.
Posted By: bill halpin
(whalpin@adbrokerz.com)
on 04/09/2012 1:44:05 PM EST
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to pastpilots (msg id: 2408)
thanks for your reply, i didnt think i would get one!! it was bath road in lymington i have written out a few pages of my memories about that time, i will send it to you if you give me your address regards terry gittoes
Posted By: terry gittoes
(gitteronie@sky.com)
on 03/14/2012 10:20:36 AM EST
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Lymington Airfield (msg id: 2405)
That is quite an experience Terry. Yes, Lymington Airfield was the ay base of the 50th Fighter Group for 3 months before moving to Normandy following the invasion. This group included at one time the 10th, 11th, 12th, 81st, 313th and 445th Fighter Squadrons). If you have not already seen there are some other good stories and photos from this short period at the old Snooks Farm which you may recognize at this website:
http://community-2.webtv.net/XY-MyOtherSelf/LymingtonALG/
Grandmother must have live on Spa Road! Thanks for sharing your connection with this piece of history.
Posted By: PastPilots
on 03/09/2012 2:42:57 PM EST
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a boys war time memories (msg id: 2404)
i was 12 yrs old in 1944, does anyone remember the p-47 base in southern england called SNOOKS FARM when one of the planes crashed on take off!! i was on the airfield that day!! and another time one came in to land and let go of a 500 lb bomb when he put his undercarriage down it landed in the lymington river and covered my granmothers house in mud happy days??
Posted By: terry gittoes
(gitteronie@sky.com)
on 03/09/2012 7:21:22 AM EST
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Walter Graham (msg id: 2403)
Shirley, Hopefully you still check this site because you e-mail was not working. I'm friends with a WWII Pilot Walter Graham. He was a bomber pilot in 1944 and could be the same person you are looking for. Please e-mail me if you get the chance.
Posted By: Seth
(seth.davis.1@ang.af.mil)
on 03/07/2012 12:17:25 PM EST
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Robert f krug (msg id: 2402)
My father Robert F Krug flew a p47 in Europe during WW2
does anyone remember him?
Thanks,His Son, Robert Krug
Posted By: rob krug
(rfkrug22@gmail.com)
on 02/28/2012 10:17:13 PM EST
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William Buttner (msg id: 2401)
Hello
We found the location of crash of ??? william Buttner M
We would like to cross informations and confirm, contact his familly
He died the same day as Everest G King the 15/8/1944
Regards
Thierry
Thierry.boche@free.fr
Posted By: Boche
(Thierry)
on 02/26/2012 3:01:44 PM EST
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Information of David Wayne Loveless? (msg id: 2400)
My grandfather was an amazing man! He died in 1992 when I was only 11 years old. I wish I would have heard his stories and learned about his life while he was alive, but that is what I am seeking to do now. I am looking for any information, pictures, friends, anything really to help me piece together his life during WWII. I know he joined in 1942 in NY. He learned how to fly P-47s at Harding Field in Baton Rouge, LA (where my entire family still lives to this day). He married in the chapel at Harding Field in January 1944. He left for England in April 1944. He was with the 367th FS 358 FG 9th AF. He was at High Halden for a time and participated in D Day. I have been doing some research, and even bought the Orange Tails book. But I feel like I am not getting anywhere. My grandmother is still alive and I would love to find some stories to tell her. Any help you could offer would be wonderful! Thank you all!!
Posted By: Jamie Loveless
(jamie.loveless@ymail.com)
on 02/19/2012 11:10:34 PM EST
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P-47 Crash (msg id: 2399)
So it may have been a P-51? I’m unaware of P-51 website providing the same type of info but here is one.
http://www.mustangsmustangs.net/p-51/p51.shtml
There was a P-47 that crash landed near Würzburg April 1, 1945 which the pilot survived. The nearest Luftwaffe airfield was Giebelstadt (an ME262 jet base). Unsure of the pilot’s name or circumstances but believe it was with the 358th FG. Zingst was close to Stalag Luft I prison camp, which primarily held Allied officers so probably more activity in the Würzburg area during the final months.
Posted By: PastPilots
on 02/13/2012 6:07:55 PM EST
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P-47 Crash on Luftwaffe Airfield (msg id: 2398)
I checked the French website you suggested and started looking up Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs) that are available on www.footnote.com
The crash landing would have been late in the war since the captured pilot supposedly was liberated by American army troops that overan the airfield the following day.
Is there a similar website for P-51s showing crashes.
T. Sadauskas
P-47 Crash Luftwaffe Airfield (msg id: 2396)
If you have not already, visit the website:
http://p-47.database.pagesperso-orange.fr/index.html
The site is quite thorough with information on any P-47 that went down in WW II, especially if a MACR was completed - which the incident you mention would have required. If you know either the tail #, pilot, date or FG that's a big plus with your research. The site is maintained by a French historian and updated as information comes available. That's a good story - hope you keep this site posted on your findings.
Posted By: PastPilots on 02/06/2012 12:32:35 PM EST
Posted By: T Sadauskas
on 02/08/2012 4:04:58 PM EST
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Trying to find my grandfather's P-47 (msg id: 2397)
Does any one know where to start looking for. My family and I are trying to see if we can find it. My grandfather was James Dean Griffin, his P-47 was name "Ellie" after my grandmother Eleanor, whom is still alive.
Posted By: Derek Scott Griffin
(derekgriffin@sbcglobal.net)
on 02/07/2012 10:02:45 AM EST
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P-47 Crash Luftwaffe Airfield (msg id: 2396)
If you have not already, visit the website:
http://p-47.database.pagesperso-orange.fr/index.html
The site is quite thorough with information on any P-47 that went down in WW II, especially if a MACR was completed - which the incident you mention would have required. If you know either the tail #, pilot, date or FG that's a big plus with your research. The site is maintained by a French historian and updated as information comes available. That's a good story - hope you keep this site posted on your findings.
Posted By: PastPilots
on 02/06/2012 12:32:35 PM EST
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P-47 Crash Landing on Luftwaffe Airfield (msg id: 2395)
Looking to confirm a story about a P-47 strafing a Luftwaffe airfield in Germany and crash landing on the same airfield. Pilot survived and was taken prisoner.
Location of the airfield was either near Zingst in northern Germany near the Baltic Sea or near Wurzburg in southwest Germany.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Posted By: T. Sadauskas
on 02/05/2012 12:29:00 AM EST
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