Ricardo Posted December 12, 2007 Share #1 Posted December 12, 2007 Hi Fellows, One A2 Korea War Jacket: My best, Ricardo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ricardo Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share #5 Posted December 12, 2007 PLEAE, any tip to find more informations about this Jet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ricardo Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share #8 Posted December 12, 2007 One extra ... Officer Visor Cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jurgo Posted December 12, 2007 Share #10 Posted December 12, 2007 Wow Great Jacket !good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ricardo Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share #12 Posted December 12, 2007 Some history: 8th Operations Group (8 OG) (Tail Code: WP) 80th Fighter Squadron (80 FS) (F-16C/D, yellow tail stripe) The 80th Fighter Squadron (nicknamed the "Headhunters" or "Juvats"). The Headhunters' history began only one month after Pearl Harbor, as the squadron shipped out to fight in the Pacific Theater. Over the years, the Headhunter Squadron scored more than 251 aerial victories in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam The Jet: The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first operational jet fighter used by the United States Army Air Forces and, as the F-80, saw extensive combat in Korea with the United States Air Force. As one of the world's first successful turbojet-powered combat aircraft, it helped usher in the "jet age" in the USAF and other air forces worldwide. In Korea War: On 25 June 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea, starting a war that would last three years. As the war in Korea began, the 347th Fighter Group was assigned to the 8th to fly combat missions. The wing provided air cover for the evacuation of Americans from Korea on 26 June, the day after the invasion. The wing had several additional squadrons attached to it during the first months of the war in addition to the 35th, 36th, and 80th Fighter Squadrons, these being: 9th Fighter Squadron (27 June - 9 July 1950) (F-80C) 68th Fighter Squadron, All Weather (1 March - 1 December 1950) (F-82E/G) 77th Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (2 July - 10 October 1950, 25 June - 22 August 1951) (F-51D) 339th Fighter Squadron, All Weather (26 June - 5 July 1950) (F-82E/G) Other units attached to the 8th in Korea were: 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing (Attached September - October 1950) (F-80C) 452nd Bombardment Wing (Attached November 1950) (B-26) 49th Fighter-Bomber Group (Attached July - September 1950) (F-80C) In these early operations, the wing flew the F-80 Shooting Star jet fighter and propeller driven aircraft such as the F-51 Mustang and F-82 Twin Mustang. The first aerial victory of the Korean War went to 1Lt William G. Hudson, of the 68th Fighter Squadron, All Weather in an F-82. Later the same day, 35th Fighter-Bomber Squadron F-80s scored the Air Force's first confirmed kills from jet aircraft. In August, the wing briefly reverted to the F-51 Mustang, returning to the F-80 in December 1950. Throughout the war, the wing principally conducted air-to-ground operations, providing close air support to United Nations ground forces and attacking targets such as supply centers and transportation assets. The 8th Fighter Wing is known for the heroic actions of its members, including Major Charles J. Loring, a pilot in the 80th FS, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on November 22, 1952 when he flew his badly damaged F-80 aircraft into an enemy artillery emplacement near Sniper Ridge so that entrenched U.S. Infantry men could escape. During the next three years, the 8th flew more than 60,000 sorties while operating from bases in both Korea and Japan. The wing participated in 10 campaigns and earned three unit citations. The wing finished the war flying the F-86 Sabre beginning in 1953 and became responsible for air defense over South Korea until relocated to Itazuke Air Base, Japan in October 1954. Its wartime participation in Korea earned the wing two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations and ten campaign streamers, while the 8th Fighter-Bomber Group separately earned a Distinguished Unit Citation. During the war in Korea, the 8th shot down 18 enemy aircraft, most in the earliest days of the war before the wing's mission changed to air-to-ground operations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share #13 Posted December 12, 2007 Images: Legend: Lockheed F-80C-10-LO Shooting Star 49-8708 of the 8th Fighter-Bomber Group, Korea, 1950. The Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star was a single-seat, single-engine jet fighter-bomber used by the US Air Force during the Korean War. A prototype of the F-80 first flew on 8 January 19944, and the first service models were delivered in October 1944. It entered US Army Air Force service early 1945, and two arrived in Italy just before the end of the war in Europe. The F-80 was the US’ first operational jet fighter, and 1,732 were built. The F-80 was the most common USAF fighter for the first year of the Korean War. By 1950 the Fifth Air Force, based in Japan, had transitioned to an all-jet fighter force (except for the all-weather F-82 fighter). On 25 June 1950 the Fifth Air Force contained three wings of F-80C fighters, and the rest of the Far East Air Forces (FEAF) contained two more wings of F-80s, totaling 365 F-80s serving with operational units. There were also 22 RF-80 reconnaissance jets serving with the FEAF. The F-80C, the main version used during the Korean War, had a 5,400-lb thrust engine, a maximum speed of 594 mph, and was armed with six 0.50-inch machine-guns. It could also carry up to eight under-wing rockets, and 2,000 lbs. of bombs, but that heavy a load of ordnance greatly reduced its range. The F-80 easily outclassed any aircraft possessed by the North Koreans, but it was limited both by its operational range which made it difficult to carry a heavy bomb load or to patrol for any length of time and by the length of runway it required for take-offs and landings. The range limitation was partially overcome by the use of improvised, “Misawa” tanks, developed by the 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing based at Misawa Air Base, Japan, which added more than 220 gallons to the plane’s fuel capacity. Several F-80 squadrons also converted back to F-51 Mustangs which could be based nearer to the front to provide ground support to the embattled UN forces defending the Pusan Perimeter. The two groups that operated F-80s, the 49th Fighter-Bomber Group and the 51st Fighter-Interceptor Group, quickly gained air superiority over the North Korean Air Force and allowed UN aircraft to fly freely anywhere over the Korean peninsula. That changed on 1 November 1950 when Soviet pilots flying MiG-15s were first encountered near the Yalu River. F-80 pilots held their own in early aerial battles, including the world’s first jet-to-jet kill, which according to USAF records occurred on 8 November 1950 when Lt. Russell Brown, flying an F-80, shot down a MiG-15. Despite this it became clear that faster fighters would be required to deal with the MiG threat, and the United States dispatched a wing of F-84 Thunderjets and a wing of F-86 Sabres, while the F-80s were relegated to action further from the Yalu and were increasingly dedicated to ground support and interdiction. During December 1950 a third group, the 8th Fighter Bomber Group, switched from F-51s back to F-80s. During 1951 two of the fighter groups operating F-80s transitioned to F-86 and F-84 fighters, leaving only the 8th Fighter-Bomber Group flying the F-80. The 8th FBG continued flying the F-80 until February 1953 when it began converting to the F-86F Sabre. F-80 pilots are credited with 17 air-to-air victories in Korea, three of them against MiG-15s, as well as the destruction of many aircraft on the ground. They also carried out many of the interdiction missions during the first half of the war. From: www.korean-war.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share #14 Posted December 12, 2007 Hi Friends, PLEASE, any have some contact with USAF to find more information about # FT-827 P-80 Shooting Star pilot and jet history??? Thanks!! Best regards, Ricardo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share #15 Posted December 12, 2007 Honors: Campaign Streamers in Korea War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea Summer-Fall, 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953. Decorations in Korea War: 24 Aug–25 Sep 1950; Korea, 27 Oct–2 Nov 1950. Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation: 27 Jun 1950–31 Jan 1951. I looking for more information ... help me, please!!! Thanks!! Best regards, Ricardo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share #16 Posted December 12, 2007 Hi, The jacket have ten blue rectangles painted in the back. Please, what they mean? Missions? Kills? Thanks in advance!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share #17 Posted December 12, 2007 Hi, The jacket have ten blue rectangles painted in the back. Please, what they mean? Missions? Kills? Thanks in advance!! Image: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted December 13, 2007 Author Share #18 Posted December 13, 2007 Hi Fellows, Please, I need some tips to find more informations about the jet and pilot. Any tip?? Thanks! Best regards, Ricardo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted December 13, 2007 Author Share #19 Posted December 13, 2007 NICE image: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted December 13, 2007 Author Share #20 Posted December 13, 2007 Painting by Gerry Asher 1 November 2001 Gerry writes: "I just finished a painting for Korean War Headhunter Jerry Minton, titled 'The 23rd Psalm. It depicts an armed recce hop (the 94th mission of his tour) he flew the night of 7-8 January 1953. Searching Purple Route 4 north from Pyongyang, he picked up a southbound truck convoy and started to reverse course to make the run just south of Sinanju. As he started the turn, the radar-controlled searchlights defending Sinanju's bridge complex kicked on and sent Jerry's blood pressure up a point or two. Jamming everything into the corner, he tightened his diving turn and evaded the searchlight battery, and dropped his ordnance on the convoy. The title was my choice, as Minton admitted that throughout his tour, this mission was the one where he felt God's protective hand the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted December 13, 2007 Author Share #21 Posted December 13, 2007 Hi, Maybe the tail number is ... 418.??? Regards, Ricardo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted December 14, 2007 Author Share #22 Posted December 14, 2007 NEWS!!! Serial number = 491827. "49" number = USAF contrat year and the 3 last numbers used in Korea War was buzz number - radio code of pilot. Jet = F-80C-10-LO. ....and.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted December 14, 2007 Author Share #23 Posted December 14, 2007 THE JET!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted December 14, 2007 Author Share #24 Posted December 14, 2007 Some Fellows!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted December 14, 2007 Author Share #25 Posted December 14, 2007 More informations!! Inside the jacket have one serial number painting: G179499 Please, any idea about this number? Thanks!! Best regards, Ricardo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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