This is the squadron patch on some of the A-2's in this crew photo. There were 4 different squadrons of the 17th Bomb Group involved so some of the crew photos show 4 different patches on their A-2's. Doolittle wore a Wright Field arrowhead patch. The only decent one I ever tracked down is all...
That Doolittle Raid photo is of Crew # 3. The man in the ill fitting A-2 on right is Lt. Jacob Earl "Shorty" Manch, co-pilot of "Whiskey Pete". The crew bailed out over China at 10 pm at night when they ran out of fuel. Manch survived the raid and the war but was killed in the bailout from a...
The other night I stumbled across a website while doing a search for a place that sells M-421a reproduction summer flight jackets, which I've always wanted to add to my collection. It's a blogsite dedicated to USN & USMC pilots, their flight gear and jackets.Mainly focusing on the years 1930′s...
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