Okay, I may have this one
P-39
Britchik/Little Shaver
Ground Attack
Shaving
What about the B-24D unit that was based in the South Pacific I think it was? My pride and joy is a 1/48 scale Monogram B-24D “Moby Dick”. It was part of the Army Air Force during WWII. It had skull but in place 2 crossbones it had 2 bombs. Was this an actual unit or is the kit purely fictional?
Klem, the unit you refer to is the 90th BG and they were indeed known as the Jolly Rogers, but that question dealt only with US navy units.
Roadkill, you have it exactly! Although I was looking for ‘strafing’, ‘ground attack’ is A-O-K. I must confess that I was having a tough time thinking of a new question, so I just stole this one from another forum… hehe…
To justify it, however, I was the first one to get the answer correct. (Of course, I didn’t give anyone else a chance to answer! LOL)
Anyhoo, it’s your show Kevin…
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My question is going to be fairly easy, seeing as it was the topic of a thread here about a month ago.
- Who is the only USAAF pilot still listed as MIA during the attack on Pearl Harbor
- What type of aircraft was he flying.
- What unit did he belong to.
- What unit did the plane belong to.
- What base did he fly from.
Fightnjoe should know this one!!
Well, I know this one but I’ll give it a while to give some others a chance at it… [;)]
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Steve, since I’m going to be away from the computer until next Saturday, I’ll let you award the next question and answer this if you want. I really figured this one would’ve been answered fairly quickly.
2ndLt Gordon Sterling is still listed as MIA, when his P-36 was seen going down near Kaneohe Bay, HI. He belonged to the 46th Pursuit Sqaudron based at Wheeler Field but jumped into a loaded P-36 that Lt. Norris had selected from the 45th Pursuit Squadron.
Bravo Dragonfire. I give the floor to you. (and the next question)
Next question:
“Duke” Cunningham and Willie Driscoll were the first aces of the Vietnam War. On the day they got their Fifth Victory they were also shot down by a SAM and narrowly escaped.
-What was the squadron that rescued them?
-What ship were they taken to?
-What are the names of the crews (pilots and crewmen) that pulled them out?
The unit was HC-7 Sea Devils, flying HH-3As, CSAR variants of the Sea King. The unit was also known as the Big Mothers, after the callsign used by the HC-7 Sea King crews.
The ship from which the helos involved in the rescue were launched was the USS Okinawa, LPH-3. The two rescued aviators were initially flown to this ship before being sent back to the USS Constellation (CVA-64) on an H-46 Sea Knight.
Cunningham was rescued by the following crew in ‘Big Mother 65’:
LT Tom Kautsky
LT. Joe Driscoll
AMH2 Mike Foley
AT2 Tom McCann
Willy Driscoll was rescued by the following crew in ‘Big Mother 62’:
LT. Frank Pineger
LT. John Kennedy
ADRAN E.C. Milledge
ADJ2 H.D. Freeman
Backup was provided by LT. Bob Jones and LT. Mike Ekdall in ‘Big Mother 61’. I dunno the names of the other two crewman.
For a PDF version of the history of HC-7 as told in ‘The Hook’, go HERE and download ’ Orphans of the SEVENTH Fleet’ parts one and two.
This rescue mission is also listed in the ‘Rescue Log’ found on the same web page. (Also in PDF format.)
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I figured BlackWolf would get it. [:D] I thought it was a bit ironic that LT(jg) Willie Driscoll was the one that punched them out of the flaming Phantom and then LT Joe Driscoll pulled him out of the water. [:)]
I turn the floor back over to you…