Sopwith F.1 Camel (Le Rhone), F 5967, 1st Lt. Glenn D. Wicks, B Flight, 17th Aero Squadron, 1918. Glenn Wicks was credited with destroying two enemy aircraft, the first was a Fokker D.VII southwest of Bruges while cooperating with D.H.9 bombers on August 14, 1918,...
In this photo from Camel Drivers (Reed & Roland, Schiffer Publishing), the closest Camel to the camera on the far right appears to be ‘N’, making it Vaughn’s F.1 Camel F6034. I had always read and seen it depicted as having a white cowling as his...
Sopwith F.1 Camel (Clerget) N6351 of C Flight 10 (N) Sqn., March, 1918. Pilot FSL A.G. Beattie was shot down in engagement with Albatros scouts, March 1, 2018. Many thanks to historian Gregory VanWyngarden for his help researching this profile! Click the gallery...
37 years ago today Col. Gregory Pappy Boyington died after a battle with lung cancer. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. Below is a profile I did of the aircraft Boyington flew for his final mission when he was shot down and became...
