P-47D-10-RE Serial Number 42-75121 61st F.S., 56th F.G. Assigned to Lt. Col. Leslie C. Smith (ace with seven victories.) Also flown by Lt. Frank Klibbe on nine missions between January 24th and February 8th 1944. Profile notes: Photos are not clear as to if this...
SBD-3 BuNo 4690, Lt. (j.g.) Stanley W. ‘Swede’ Vejtasa and Chief Radioman 3rd Class Frank B. Wood, Scouting Five, USS Yorktown (CV5), May 8, 1942. During the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 7, 1942, Swede and several other SBD pilots sank the Japanese...
SBD-3 BuNo 4687, Lt. Richard H. ‘Dick’ Best and Chief Radioman James F. Murray, Bombing Six, USS Enterprise (CV6), June 4, 1942. Dick Best was the commanding officer of VB-6, USS Enterprise, during the Battle of Midway. Best flew B1 on two missions on June...
Making slow progress on the SBD-3 profile. I’m still trying to locate dimension and detail information for the DF antenna inside the cockpit so that will likely be one of the last items added. So far markings research has been completed for the following pilots:...
P-51B-15-NA “Little Joe” 43-24818, 5th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group, Lt. Joe Blackburn, Madna, Italy, June 1944. Click the gallery thumbnail below for a larger view of this...
