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| Mark Brian Elliott | 17/Aug/2002:18:34:12 | |
| This is a great sight, hopefully others will visit lest they
forget Mark | ||
| Linda Larson | GREAT DEALS and GIVEAWAYS | 16/Aug/2002:18:43:54 |
| Wonderful job .. | ||
| T.Pearson | 15/Aug/2002:16:52:51 | |
| Greetings from Friends of 78th FG in England. Active Group for
English Membership, Address... 159 National Avenue, Hull, East Yorkshire HU5 4 JA , England . Mjr T. Pearson, for details of group and activities. | ||
| LTC J.R. McMains, US | 10/Aug/2002:13:08:28 | |
| Great Website! I have a big interest in WWII Air History. My
father was a pilot with the 41st FS, 35th FG in the SW Pacific area. | ||
| Victor Drake | 29/Jul/2002:16:49:58 | |
| Sorry for mistyped E-mail address Vic | ||
| Jeff Paton | 21/Jul/2002:17:15:22 | |
| I havent been into your web site yet ,will do in a few moments,I
would personally like to thank and honour all you American personel that took part in the dark days of WW11. I was born in 1940,September.The battle of Britain was in its final stages,but I was oblivious to this,being a new born baby,and all the hardship of my county.My father was a flight engineer in the Royal Air Force with 514 sq at Waterbeach Cambridgeshire,he was on Stirling Bombers and MK11 Lancasters,survived two tours,and was thankfull belive me.I grew up to appreciate and respect the air war, My father fought from his home ground England.But you lads came from a long way a way and fought and died from,hear England. not for me personally,but for Democrosy and freedom to live as one see's fit anywhere on this planet I am now 62 years young, and all you American lads and Lasses , Fighter,Bomber and supply Group personel,I and my family thank you for our years.I will now visit your web. | ||
| Victor Drake | 18/Jul/2002:10:04:57 | |
| Thanks gentlemen for your help when we were alone 39/45 Vic | ||
| James F. Fisher | 16/Jun/2002:20:08:43 | |
| Absolutely a superior site. I flew with the 83rd Ftr. Sq at the
latter end of the war. Enjoyed every minute of it.Continued to fly 51s with the California ANG until 54 then onto the greatest airplane ever devised the F-86. | ||
| Phil Newton | 29/May/2002:10:19:00 | |
| S! Sirs.. I enjoyed my visit. thankyou | ||
| Tony Foster | 27/May/2002:22:23:38 | |
| I want to let the members of the 78th Fighter Group know on this
Memorial Day we thank you for your personal sacrifices so long ago that allows we Americans to live free. Thank you! | ||
| Ron | Independent Herbalife Distributor | 23/May/2002:22:31:08 |
| I just retired from the Air Force in Aug 01 but really appreciate
all of you that gave so much so that today's generations do not face the same situations that you had to endure for freedom's sake. SALUTE and Best of Health to all who served. | ||
| Justyn Keeble | UK Warbirds | 09/May/2002:18:52:46 |
| I have just come across your site dedicated to the 78th FG, and
may I say it is great to see the 78th remembered in such detail! Keep up the good work. Justyn Keeble | ||
| Andrew J Oats | 08/Apr/2002:00:23:15 | |
| Hey thanks for the site and the tribute to all fighter pilots
of WWII. I use to fly A4-K Skyhawks for the RNZAF but now I fly F-A/18's for the RAAF. My father used to fly P-40s in the Pacific in Fiji during the war | ||
| Dave Jackson | 07/Apr/2002:10:00:20 | |
| Sir's thought you would all like to know that Steve Gray owner of the fighter collection at IWM Duxford has brought a new P51D which has a history with the 78th. The aircraft is old HL-W 'Twilight Tear' from the 83rd FS. | ||
| Asasia | www.american-bald-eagles.com | 26/Mar/2002:22:57:14 |
| Loved your site. | ||
| Le Carvese René | 21/Mar/2002:19:53:17 | |
| I live near Lorient, a U-boat base (west of France ). May be
you flew over there ? A lot of your friends did ... all the best to you all René | ||
| Wayne L. Coleman | 13/Mar/2002:15:22:17 | |
| This is a tremendous web site. Great history of Duxford and the
78th. Those who created and maintain this site should be thanked many times over. Thank You !! | ||
| Pete McDonough | 18/Feb/2002:20:45:05 | |
| Hi! Great web site !!!!! I was too young for WW 2 ..... I was
in the 84th FIS at Hamilton AFB, CA from 1958 to 1962. We flew the F-89J Scorpian, and had two Genie nukes on one hour alert, with heat seekers and radar guided GAR's on five minute alert. Later switched to the F-101B, Voodoo. I was a backseater, a RIO, and it was the best assignment of my 33-yr military career. FYI, we ran head-on snapups in the F-89J, and quartering frontal attacks in the F-101B, against T-33 targets, and Sac bombers as part of Air Defense Command/Norad exercizes. In those days, the skies were covered with contrails as they merged in a peacetime intercept scenario, while preparing to shoot down any enemy bombers that entered our airspace. I admire all of you who ended the reign of terror in Europe and Asia, just as I admire the men and women who protected us in Kuiwait and in Afganistan. It would be nice to visit Duxford one day, and see the museum! Pete McDonough in Sacramento, CA | ||
| Andy Frith | 16/Feb/2002:14:26:41 | |
| An outstanding memorial to some very brave men and there machines. | ||
| Dana Muelot | 51FEVER Designs | 09/Feb/2002:13:59:59 |
| Enjoyed the site very much. The content is first class and very
user friendly. Would like to install a link to this site on my web site. Please contact me regarding my request. Great Job. Sincerely Dana | ||
| 83 Maj Ghost | Tribute To W.W.II Veterans | 26/Jan/2002:06:50:22 |
| ~S~ Gents: Good job and WELL DONE! I hope you continue this site as it is a fitting tribute to those who helped to preserve the freedom we now enjoy. I fly with the 83rd CFS squadron and I look forward to seeing some of the 78th FG upstairs. Regards, Ghost (Mike Traweek) | ||
| James | 25/Jan/2002:13:07:26 | |
| i am looking for rare 83rd fighter squadron signs 83rd being
apart of the 78th fighter group if anyone as any information feel free to contact me by E-mail thanks P.s thats rare squadron aigns for the 83rd thanks | ||
| bill angle | 21/Dec/2001:12:15:55 | |
| To Frank V about the 51 escort out of Foggia, Italy. My brother
flew out of Foggia and the planes had red noses and the squadron was called the redheads. He can be reached at DANGLE0326@aol.com his name is George Angle | ||
| Trevor Bagley | 18/Dec/2001:10:25:39 | |
| Enjoying your site,Have emailed Bill Blystone since he was stationed
at Atcham nr Shrewsbury, Shropshire and i live just a few mile away, although i was very young in WW11, i still have a few memories of one or two planes hitting the Wrekin hill,(the bits of which are still found to this day) a flashing red beacon was soon errected after these crashes to help stop this,it was dimantled some years after the war despite efforts to save it, come the year 2,000, a brand new one was fixed up with grear jubilation from the local population, although it may not be quite as bright as the original one, at least we now have the beacon again which also serves as a memorial to all of the airmen who were at Atcham, Trevor Bagley, Ironbridge, Shrops. | ||
| Rachel | 15/Dec/2001:12:36:32 | |
| Great site. I would like to get in touch with the two sisters from Grimsby who are looking for their GI father. Their moms name is Iris Vogan of Elm Ave. I live in America. I could not get to their email site. | ||
| dick hewitt | 29/Sep/2001:10:46:06 | |
| I just "messaged" but forgot to include my e-mail.
It is: rahew2.com@juno.com Just in case anyone wants to contact me. Been there and did the"whole nine yards". Thanks p47dick | ||
| Dick Hewitt | 29/Sep/2001:10:32:32 | |
| Am a first time viewer of this web page. Have been a member of
the 78th FG Assn since its inception in 1943. Then I was a member of the 82nd F.Sq. and flew with them for over 400 hours of combat. My Book "Target of Opportunity tells my Tales and Contrails of the2nd WW. ISBN 0-9705180-0-5. Dick Hewtt, Lawrence, KS, 66046 | ||
| Manny Gorin | 20/Sep/2001:16:53:08 | |
| Dear All I live in France, about a half mile from where Lt Richard Kuehner died in 1944 (42-26317 P-47D MX-U Kuehner Lt. Richard S Lost in this a/c 10 June 44 - KIA). As he was from the 82nd squadron, I would like to know if you had a chance to know him or to meet him. I am trying to find his family as I have an eye witness of his last combat and a few belongings. Please help me!! Thank you so much Very truly Manny | ||
| Raul De Anda | 19/Sep/2001:18:01:14 | |
| Great Website! My brother Louis De Anda, 1st Lt is one of the
P-51 fighter pilots recognized as an ACE. Would like to find any books or chronicles on Duxford Eagles in WWII. Thanks again. | ||
| Angela | The Wartime Memories Project | 31/Aug/2001:11:52:16 |
| Really enjoyed your site, glad to see the memories being kept
alive. With so many of those who lived through the war passing on, will the next generations get to know the little stories that make up the big picture? I hope so. Please call by my site: http://www.wartimememories.co.uk It goes a little way towards recording the tales which will otherwise be forgotton in years to come. | ||
| Grimsby ladies. | 29/Jul/2001:13:28:21 | |
| The e mail address for the message below is rosalindavenue@hotmail.com. | ||
| Grimsby U.K. ladies. | 29/Jul/2001:13:25:06 | |
| Hello, We are two sisters that lived in Elm Avenue, Grimsby U.K. Does anyone know of an American G.I. who was stationed in Goxhill up to 1945 and was associated with Iris Vogan of the same address, please contact this e mail address. Kind regards. | ||
| Raymond Achey | 10/Jul/2001:20:31:30 | |
| Greetings, I would like to say that this is one of the best USAAF sites I have ever had the pleasure of viewing. I am proud and honored to sign your guest book. To members of the 78th Fighter Group, thank you for your WWII contributions and the many sacrificies necessary for freedom's sake. YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!! Raymond Achey Rachey01129@cs.com | ||
| Charlie Taliaferro | THE KITCHEN TABLE GANG TRUST | 29/Jun/2001:22:03:28 |
| We are trying to get the word out about our project and thought
perhaps you might be able to help us. Veterans . . . WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!! Have you ever spent spent time in a veteran's hospital? This not-for- profit group works to lessen the bleakness that permeates most Veterans Health Administration hospitals. Check out the Kitchen Table Gang Trust at http://taliaferro.net/veterans Many military veterans have deemed our efforts worthy of support and we hope you will too. Hand salute! | ||
| Frank V. | 22/Jun/2001:11:15:12 | |
| I was a waist gunner in a B-17 of the 15th Air Force and am wondering
if anyone knows which P-51 squad (possibly the 52nd) escorted the 15th out of Foggia, Italy in 1944. The P-51s had a yellow tail, possibly with black to form a checkered pattern. Me and my surviving crew mates owe our lives to one of those pilots for a flight over Blechhammer, Germany Oct. 13, 1944. Friday the 13th. Thank You. | ||
| Burt Newmark | 23/May/2001:05:25:35 | |
| Wonderful memories. Makes me feel connected to all you wonderful
people. I flew WZK(BAR) " Lady Eve in the 84th. Say hello. Burt | ||
| Cee Arnett | 29/Apr/2001:14:10:54 | |
| My grandfather was a menber of the 78th group.Hugh Holland | ||
| Rudy Preus | Stellar Images - Stained Glass Aircraft | 01/Apr/2001:22:35:58 |
| I am a retired Canadian Air Force pilot. My hobby is Stained
Glass and my Three Dimensional Stained Glass Aircraft may be of interest to your guests. If anyone wishes to view my work, please visit me at http://members.home.net/stellarimages | ||
| William P. Blystone | 06/Mar/2001:19:45:31 | |
| When signing the guestbook my name was entered as Blyston. Just
wanted to set the record straight. It's Blystone and I was a good friend of Howard Wagner who also served in the 82nd Fighter Squadron- We enlisted together in December of 1941, went to mechanics school at Keesler field , Mississippi and then to factory school at the Lockheed plant in Burbank,CA before joining the 82nd at the Naval Airstation, San Diego. Howard died in early 2000. We were friends to the end. | ||
| william P. Blyston | 06/Mar/2001:19:35:26 | |
| I was a member and crew chief of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th
fighter Group from early 1942 at Naval Airstation,San Diego, CA until early 1943 when we lost our P-38s to North Africa. I went overseas with unit in November , 1942 on the Queen Elizabeth. After losing our P-38s I was assigned to a Fighter training squadron at Atcham airfield nr. Shrewsbury in England where our mission was to train pilots in the P47. Some of our students were RAF pilots transferring to the American airforce- they had previously been flying Spitfires and Hurricanes. Most went to the 4th Fighter group after their P47 training. I ended up as a member of the 357th Fighter Group, 362nd Fighter Squadron at Leiston England crewing P51 Mustangs and served with them until March of 1946 with my last station being Neubiberg, Germany nr Munich. Both the 78th and the 357th Fighter Groups were excellent units and I'm proud to have served in both of them. | ||
| Emil Jimenez | 17/Feb/2001:19:14:07 | |
| Congratulations for an excelent site.My salute to all the brave
members of the 78TH that serve on wwII. As a C-47 Captain I know how we all fell about our aircraft and the storys we gather on them. I was not born by the time of the war but always fallow the story of it and with much respect the people who was on it.Thak you for keeping the younger generation informed and keeping history alive. sincerely Capt.Emil Jimenez | ||
| Cliff Marlowe | 27/Jan/2001:15:55:46 | |
| Peter Wood | 25/Jan/2001:14:37:10 | |
| I was delighted to find a site that covered the historic aspect
of Duxford, and done so excellently. Just about all the others feature this airfield as a museum and not as a thriving, buzzing service airfield which it was. Do any of the old flyers remember the garage and cafe just outside on the Royston to Newmarket Road? When I was stationed there for nearly three years in the fifties the place was still adorned with photographs of 78th's Thunderbolts and it must have been a popular off-duty rendezvous for pilots and groundcrews alike. I wonder what happened to those pictures....they would be a priceless historic record if they had been saved. Perhaps they are in the possession of someone locally. They also operated a taxi service from there in my time at least. I remember the perforated steel plate which was laid onto the grass during WWII in order to form a more solid base for heavier aircraft like the P47. Just as a matter of interest, the website photograph depicting Duxfor | ||
| aegis | 18/Jan/2001:18:48:04 | |
| I am very impressed at your site. I salute those that have put
the time and effort in! It is nice to know that those who commited their lives are so well remembered. very nice mates////mark | ||
| Garry L. Fry | 16/Jan/2001:23:31:31 | |
| Hi Ken. Just looking in. Keep up the great work. Bless all there. | ||
| Tom Hanrahan | 07/Jan/2001:11:13:29 | |
| Armorer 82nd F.S. June 1942 - Oct 1945 | ||
| Scott -&- Pam Sheeler | 22/Dec/2000:20:15:55 | |
| Derek Horne | Derek's Chuck Yeager site | 11/Dec/2000:14:51:13 |
| This is a fine site. But I hope you can help me, I have an artwork
by artist Keith Mallen of a P-51D called "Sherman Was Right", I wonder if you can give me some background information on this aircraft and its pilot. Keep up the good work. | ||
| Doug Wolfe | 26/Nov/2000:10:19:58 | |
| Great Site I flew as a pilot with 52nd fighter group North Africa
with Spitfires Dec 42- May 4 43 with 42 combat missions as a 2nd Lt. Reading stories in your site makes me again realize how lucky I was. | ||
| Kathy McWilliams | 11/Nov/2000:12:13:59 | |
| Great Site! Ran across this by accident while looking up my fathers
genealogy. I have mission records (very interesting reading) from 5/1/44 through 9/3/44 for my father's group and I recognized a number of names in his flight group from the P47 message group and also the 78th web page...some of which show the MIA's last mission from my Dad's perspective. My father was 2nd Lt. William John Luckey and I have pictures of him in his plane "Mr. Luckey". Please email me @ kmcwilliams@ga.prestige.net if you/family recognize the name. I will publish another message w/ the surnames in his group shortly so you can search and will be glad to scan any mission records you would like to see. Sincerely, Kathy | ||
| Patrick MUNOZ | 03/Nov/2000:08:38:50 | |
| I was really impressed and would like to express my great and
deep thanks to those who fought and died for delivering the occupied european countries. I am leaving in a country with many traces of those fierce air battles and I can not prevent myself from having a fought to those young chaps when I am passing by one of those sites. Thanks again From Lyon, france | ||
| Patrick MUNOZ | 03/Nov/2000:08:35:39 | |
| I was really impressed and would like to express my great and
deep thanks to those who fought and died for delivering the occupied european countries. I am leaving in a country with many traces of those fierce air battles and I can not prevent myself from having a fought to those young chaps when I am passing by one of those sites. Thanks again From Lyon, france | ||
| Miles D. Baker Maj.U | 01/Nov/2000:14:05:16 | |
| Nice page. I never did find your URL. I'll have to go through
search every time. I won a 1/32 model of Big Beautiful Doll at the P-51 Mustang Pilot's Association reunion in Tucson, AZ. 10/'00. I was in the 325th Fighter Group, 318th. Squadron, The CheckerTail Clan. Italy, 44/45. | ||
| Clark Clemons | 24/Oct/2000:23:51:31 | |
| Member of 78th, 84th sqdn, WZ-W:Site is real nice Ken. | ||
| robert dmccoy | none | 24/Oct/2000:15:33:46 |
| wasa member of 78th fighter group 83rd squadron | ||
| Richard Voitier | 345th Information Exchange | 13/Oct/2000:21:48:45 |
| Excellent site! Very good opportunity for sharing the history and honoring the courage of these real heroes. | ||
| Dick Hewitt | 09/Oct/2000:18:27:42 | |
| What a super sight (site)and the color and pics are great. Watch
for my book "Target of Opportunity" coming out 10/31/2000. Look for details on the P-47 Advocates Web Site: http://www.p47advocats.com/guestbook.html "In echelon, we carry on,nothing could stop the U S Air Corps." | ||
| D. E. 'Bud' Biteman | 11/Sep/2000:13:53:46 | |
| From one old Jock to many others. I am Founder/President of 18th
Fighter Wing Assoc., author of "Unsung Heroes of the Korean Air War".. and only wish we could have had Jugs to carry us through that war. I did have the oppotunity to fly a war-weary razorback over the hump from India to China in Nov '45, and learned to love it ... even the old wrecks. (I described that flight in the "Diffenbaugh Project" of the Unsung Heroes series. To the Webmaster .. a good job, well done. D. E. 'Bud' Biteman, LCol USAF Ret Pres., 18th Fighter Wing Assoc. | ||
| pete oliver | 01/Sep/2000:13:54:32 | |
| very good site | ||
| Shirley Wittering | 31/Aug/2000:09:48:33 | |
| As Archivist to the Thriplow Society within whose parish Duxford
is, I find the photographs of Thriplow 'Hospital', very interesting. It hasn't changed. I shall be corresponding with Mr T.W.Whitehead soon. | ||
| John R. Cirillo | 29/Aug/2000:15:18:36 | |
| John R. Cirillo | 29/Aug/2000:15:16:15 | |
| dannymorris | 28/Aug/2000:03:48:16 | |
| Frank Aldridge | Yoxford Boys | 11/Jul/2000:04:41:20 |
| Great to see the 78th get the recognition they deserve, as do
all those that put there lives on the line in the days of WWII. Have put a link on my site, maybe you could do the same! keep up the good work Frank .... | ||
| James F. Fisher | 28/Jun/2000:16:50:26 | |
| Great site. Well done. | ||
| Jim Doran | 19/Jun/2000:14:33:49 | |
| Thanks. I'm Superintendent of the Veterans Assistance Commission
of McHenry County, Illinois. One of my Commission's officers, and the only Commission founder still is active is Captin Connie Chioles, 83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group from 8/17/44 to 8/13/45. As for the Virtual 78th Fighter Group - we should talk. I fly the virtual US Navy fighters (Wildcat, Hellcat, Corsair) with Fighting Seventeen in the virtual combat game "Warbirds". (Also been known, on occasion to take off in a PBJ Mitchell or PB4Y Privateer (B-24 Liberator) ). I've enjoyed your page and printed some of it for Connie. | ||
| andrew height | none | 14/Jun/2000:09:17:06 |
| Hi , Ken , Great site and I am glad someone has doen one for the best fighter group in the 8th . I am the group's UK contact here at Duxford and i hope you get many more visits from everyone who is interested , or could be interested in aviation history . Brilliant ! Andy Height. | ||
| Martin Kyburz | 31/May/2000:09:16:10 | |
| Found some pretty interesting information about this famous outfit.
Will come again. 'till then - Blue Skies, always. Martin | ||
| Roland Sorgner | 21/May/2000:14:08:04 | |
| Congratulation for that great site - In memory of all this great
aviators - a salute from Austria | ||
| Diane Roberts Czekal | 05/May/2000:21:38:23 | |
| Great job guys keep it up. Diane daughter of Don Roberts | ||
| Kerry Myers | 28/Apr/2000:09:25:44 | |
| Kudos to the web wizards whose good works keep the memory alive.
Kudos to the men of the fighting 78th Fighter Group who gave selflessly to preserve our freedoms. | ||
| tom mclaughlin | 26/Apr/2000:22:23:03 | |
| hi friend of one ofthe pilots who was at duxfort and flew p-47s
i have been giving info on the site and he has given me name of polits to look up found a couple so far just need permisson to make print outs for him thank you for agreat site tom | ||
| Dale Roberts | 26/Apr/2000:09:54:48 | |
| Ken, You have done an outstanding job on your 78th Fighter Group History section, since I was last here in November, 1999. I will make time and get those images to you, that we talked about. You might want to send me some parameters as to dpi and byte size. Again, I want to congratulate you on a job well done and for preserving the memory of those, who should never be forgotten. Thank you. Dale Roberts | ||
| Phil Barber | 22/Apr/2000:20:12:30 | |
| PAVEL SPACEK | 11/Apr/2000:12:55:38 | |
| I AM GLAD TO VISIT THESE WONDERFULL WEB PAGES.GOD BLESS THE MEN
WHO FOUGHT AND LOST THEIR LIVES FOR OUR FREEDOM: | ||
| howard l negley | 07/Apr/2000:15:19:37 | |
| great site----my father was w/o jg howard b. negley assigned
to the 78th and have heard very little about his days there. my search for family history led me here---any help you could provide would be helpful. thanks. | ||
| Boomer111 | 02/Mar/2000:14:41:43 | |
| Glad to see another tribute to the men of the "Mighty 8th". Fine job! | ||
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