Waltz41 Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share #76 Posted March 17, 2016 Thanks for the comments guys. I really hope people are enjoying these pieces as much as I do! Here's some of Coryell's logbook. He wasn't the most descriptive, but it's still a great piece to have in his collection. I have a soft spot for logbooks to say the least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share #77 Posted March 17, 2016 First flight in the P-51 Mustang - November 17, 1944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share #78 Posted March 17, 2016 On his way to Iwo Jima Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share #79 Posted March 17, 2016 Whoops....first he had to get there. Sorry, mixed up the order and for some reason the uploader wouldn't let me 'un-upload' and change it :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share #80 Posted March 17, 2016 First kill...May 25, 1945 on a VLR mission to Honshu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share #81 Posted March 17, 2016 Second kill....July 8, 1945 on a VLR mission to Tokyo Sorry these are a bit hard to read! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share #82 Posted March 17, 2016 Official Citations....for VLR missions and his 2 air victories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share #83 Posted March 17, 2016 Here's a postwar letter congratulating him on more 'awards' He received a leave in April 1945 so he missed the first VLR mission, and a subsequent squadron photo that I have seen in books and on the internet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share #84 Posted March 17, 2016 The grouping also includes several of the 7th Fighter Command General Order dated papers with all promotions, awards, etc which is pretty neat to go through. Here's one for his 4th Bronze Oak Leaf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share #85 Posted March 17, 2016 And finally.....with his tour completed, it's time to go home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted March 17, 2016 Share #86 Posted March 17, 2016 Just read through the thread....extremely interesting thread, great legwork. The VLR guys had it rough, IMO, mentally, flying over long expanses of water and long distances...and the remote areas where civilities of war were not observed...many documented stories of atrocities committed by the Japanese military...can't imagine how those unlucky enough to be downed and captured could have felt...the brutality of their treatment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share #87 Posted March 20, 2016 A few more pieces of my 7th Fighter Command collection before I get to my last grouping.... Here's a couple of great books on the 7th. First is a 1947 printed First edition Wings over the Pacific book. It's a collection of photographs from the combat photographers and AAF public relations teams. Very neat book and easily found and cheap in most cases, but definitely worth it. It looks like there was supposed to be a volume 2, but I have never seen one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Waltz41 Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share #90 Posted March 20, 2016 Cool picture of Chichi Jima, where I began this thread with the Sunsetter's first strike against enemy controlled islands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share #91 Posted March 20, 2016 Great nose art collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share #92 Posted March 20, 2016 Tons of photos. In the back of the book, they have an index of identified soldiers who are pictured throughout the book. Although not identified by actual picture, it tells you the page they are on and where they are from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share #93 Posted March 20, 2016 Here's another neat little book, this more of a magazine. What's interested is that it doesn't contain much of the Fighter Groups, and I wondered if it was because they were under the umbrella of the 20th AAF, and this book focused solely on the 7th bombing and support squadrons. At any rate, a nice add for the collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Waltz41 Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share #96 Posted March 20, 2016 The official history of the 7th Army Air Force....One Damned Island After Another. I've yet to read it, but it's on the list. This is a December 1946 2nd printing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Waltz41 Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share #98 Posted March 20, 2016 And no 7th AAF collection would be complete without some Brief magazines!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share #99 Posted March 20, 2016 One of my favorite issues...so I put it in a frame and hung it on the wall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share #100 Posted March 20, 2016 Here's one detailing the first VLR mission....I had it signed by a 78th FS pilot who I still stay in touch with after I got to meet him at a Reading WWII weekend a couple years ago. I matted this and put it in a frame as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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