In this photo from Camel Drivers (Reed & Roland, Schiffer Publishing), the closest Camel to the camera on the far right appears to be ‘N’, making it Vaughn’s F.1 Camel F6034. I had always read and seen it depicted as having a white cowling as his...
Sopwith F.1 Camel (Clerget) N6351 of C Flight 10 (N) Sqn., March, 1918. Pilot FSL A.G. Beattie was shot down in engagement with Albatros scouts, March 1, 2018. Many thanks to historian Gregory VanWyngarden for his help researching this profile! Click the gallery...
Sopwith Camel F.1 B3921 8 Sqn. RNAS, Mont-St-Eloi, January 1918. Click the gallery thumbnail below for a larger...
37 years ago today Col. Gregory Pappy Boyington died after a battle with lung cancer. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. Below is a profile I did of the aircraft Boyington flew for his final mission when he was shot down and became...
North American P-51B, Major James Howard, 356th Fighter Squadron, March 1944, RAF Boxted, England. After James Howard served with the American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers) in China, he was commissioned as a Captain in the USAAF in July 1942. In 1943 he was promoted...
