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United States Air Force - McDonnell Douglas (Boeing) F-15E Strike Eagle - USAF 90-0256 (c/n 1196/E159)
A pilot from the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron lands an F-16 Fighting Falcon, July 16, 2018, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. More than 300 Airmen from the 169th Fighter Wing of the South Carolina Air National Guard recently deployed to the 407th Air Expeditionary Group in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)
During the restoration of my 1951 M38 US Army Jeep I felt a need to search for any family members who had served during the Korean Conflict. I found 2 cousins that needed to find out more about. Wanting to honor them on the hood of the Korean War era jeep i wanted to find out their story. Capt Al Agan was a USMC reserve fighter pilot during WWII and in Korea. Reaching out online for information I was contacted by Major Grasselli who had served with Capt. Agan. He told me about his article in "The Hook" that ran in the summer of 1989 issue. He also told me about the book that had just been released by Lt Col DK Tooker called "The Second Luckiest Pilot" It was a book of stories of Adventures in Military Aviation. One chapter in his book told of Capt Agan last flight and the effort by Lt Col Tooker in trying to help Capt Agan survive. His book was released in 2000. I couldnt believe how this all fell into place. I bought the jeep in 1999 and had it restored and back on the road in the summer of 2000. I contacted Lt Col Tooker and obtained a couple of his books for my family and also for Capt Agan's two sons. Fredrick & Micheal. Lt Col Tooker was gracious enough to inscribe our books. I feel honored to do my part keeping the memory of Capt Agan alive. Also would like to thank Maj Grasselli and Lt Col Tooker for their kindness.
WWII Korean War Medals awarded to Capt Agan
Medals & Awards issued to Capt Agan
Pilot Wings, Purple Heart, Air Medal, WW II Victory Medal,
National Defense Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation, United Nations Service Medal Korea,
Republic of Korea War Service Medal,
Rifle Marksman, Pistol Marksman.
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Served as a fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain.. On 12th October 1941 he destroyed one ME109 and probably one other. During a fiece attack on 2nd February 1942 he destpyed another ME109 and damaged two others. Despite his aircraft suffering severe damage he managed to nurse it back to his base and land safely.
He received the Distinguished Flying Cross on 04/11/1941 and retired from the RAF in 1958 as a Squadron Leader and passed away in March 1993.
From the Postcrossing "Just Postcards" RR # 2394.
Stamp commemorating A.C. Khlobystov. I could not find out much info on Google, but I think this is Alexei (or Alexey) Stepanovich Khlobystov, a WWII P-40 fighter pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union. Over his short career (he was killed in action in 1943), he claimed three German aircraft kills by intentionally ramming them in the air. The story of his first two kills is thus: In a dogfight near Murmansk, Khlobystov, flying a P-40 Tomahawk, aerial rammed German aircraft two times in a single engagement. He cut off the tail assembly of one Messerschmitt in an overtaking maneuver and severed a portion of the wing of a second Messerschmitt. Both times he struck the enemy aircraft with the same right wing panel. Both Messerschmitts went down, whereas the Tomahawk landed safely at its airfield, minus most of a wing, which was repaired without any particular difficulty. Khlobystov did not suffer even a scratch. The drawing on the stamp illustrates this encounter.
1945 WWII Fighter Pilots from VMF 124 - VMF 213 USS Essex
VMF-124/213 Pilots -- Taken aboard the Essex. Standing: William A. Millington, Edmond P. Hartsock, William E. Crowe, Howard J. Finn. Kneeling: Alfred H. Agan, L. L. Clark, Wilbur J. Thomas, William J. Bedford (left to right).
Catalog #: 02-O-00009
Last Name: O'Brien
First Name: Capt Bill
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Catalog #: 02-M-00276
Last Name: McColpin
First Name: Carroll
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Harris, 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron crew chief, marshals an F-16 Fighting Falcon onto the ramp after arriving at the 407th Air Expeditionary Group, July 16, 2018, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. More than 300 Airmen from the 169th Fighter Wing of the South Carolina Air National Guard arrived to support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)
Brighton Station,
Sussex, England.
23 (or 24) March 1963
Es SR BB 4-6-2 Fighter Pilot - withdrawn June 1963.
63C011_12
Capt. Samuel Harms, 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron pilot, prepares to park an F-16 Fighting Falcon, July 16, 2018, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. More than 300 Airmen from the 169th Fighter Wing of the South Carolina Air National Guard recently deployed to the 407th Air Expeditionary Group in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana J. Cable)
The Arras Flying Services Memorial.
In the cemetery stands this unusual memorial to the fliers of WW1. The three services of the war are all represented: The Royal Naval Air Service, The Royal Flying Corps and of course the Royal Airforce.
The most notable name on the memorial is that of Edward 'Mick' Mannock, Britain's top ace of the war. Another name, less well known, but influential in the early years of the war is Lanoe Harker, who with seven victories just qualified as an ace. He fought in the very early years of the war before arms technology had caught up with the aviation leaps and bounds.
He was the first Commonwealth ace and attached a Lewis gun to his plane after taking shots with rifles. He even attacked a Zeppelin yard with hand grenades dropped manually!
He was to meet his match however when he became the eleventh victim of the greatest ace of the war, Manfred von Richthofen.
In all, 990 men are commemorated on the memorial, all with a tale to be told, and all early victims of a new and adventurous theatre of war. Sadly for them the adventure was to be short lived.
During Sanicole Airshow 2017 the Saudi Hawks performed a ~20min demonstration. Here you can see them while aligning back to the airfield for their Demonstration!
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Hurd Hatfield as Anthony Fokker and John Phillip Law as the Red Baron, in the 1971 motion-picture classic Von Richthofen and Brown. In this scene, Law (the Baron) is about to become righteously indignant uttering the lines — "I am a soldier... I have thirty men fighting for their lives... I WILL NOT STAND DOWN!"
Of course, I can't resist a movie with the name "von Richthofen" in the title ! :)
Codi von Richthofen,
The Red Baron Gallery ©