P-47D-15-RE Serial Number 42-75864 Col. Hubert ‘Hub’ Zemke, CO 56th F.G. February, 1944. Hub Zemke was one of the pre-eminent fighter commanders in the ETO in World War II. He flew 154 combat missions, was an ace with 17.75 confirmed air-to-air victories,...
Curtiss Hawk H81-A-2, P-8103, #3 of the A.V.G. First Squadron, J. Richard ‘Dick’ Rossi, Rangoon, China, February 1942. John Richard ‘Dick’ Rossi resigned his U.S. Navy commission in 1941 to join the American Volunteer Group (A.V.G.) under the...
Curtiss Hawk H81-A-2 P-8198, #5 of the A.V.G. First Squadron, Vice Leader Charles R. Bond, Rangoon, China, February 1942. Charles R. Bond, Jr. served with the American Volunteer Group ‘Flying Tigers’ in Burma and China during World War II. He finished his...
Curtiss Hawk H81-A-2, P-8162 #94 of the A.V.G. Third Squadron, Thomas C. Haywood, China, 1942. Haywood became a Flight Leader in the Third Pursuit Squadron after he joined the A.V.G. in the summer of 1941. Tom flew in the first large air battles over Rangoon, Burma...
F4U-1A (BuNo 17652) Ens. Frederick J. ‘Big Jim’ Streig, November 1943. Streig served two combat tours with VF-17 ‘Jolly Rogers’ and finished with 6 confirmed aerial victories. The aircraft depicted is from his first tour, and is a pretty typical F4U-1A and...
