Funny thing about Tex Hills carrer he started life in the military as a officer in the US Navy flying TBD-1 Devastators. Anyone know what Tex was flying during the Korean War?
The P-40 is my favourite WW2 warbird, I’ve built 4 so far! Last one was a what-if.
that looks nice, alfaspud .
troublemaker66:
Hans-
Any of the Tigers still with us?
Damned-few, and I’m glad I got to meet the ones I did back in the 80s and 90s…
Here’s the current AVG Roster:
Two Pilots:
Ken Jernstedt
Carl Brown.
Six ground crew
Charles Baisden (armorer)
Michael Callan (ground crew)
David Harris (headquarters staff)
Frank Losonsky (crew chief)
Kee Jeung Pon (engineering specialist)
Joseph Poshefko (armorer)
Randall Richardson (weatherman)
Edward Stiles (crew chief)
Some Tigers went home early, got a “dishonorable discharge,” and for that reason aren’t recognized by the Flying Tigers Association.
The other, main reason there are so few left is that the Tigers were mostly drawn from the pool of “Pre-war” pilots and ground personel, guys that had first enlisted in the mid-late 1930s, hence they tend to be bit older than the “typical”, Post-7 December 41 WW2 veterans…
Just read in the paper this past weekend that a Flying Tiger crew man passed away…
News Story Here…
Doesn’t give much info about his service but I thought given your recent topic of conversation it was worth noting.
Heres a beaut . It resides at Hill Aerospace Museum , Hill AFB , Utah .
