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by Joe Gopan » Mon Nov 05, 2018 12:54 pm
What else is coincidental about this post War Dow Field history is that the Air guard CO, B/Gen Phillip E. Tukey was a former Squadron CO. of 56th Fighter Group Zemkes Wolfpack and a wartime CO of the 356th Fighter Group, Col. Harrison Thyng was Air force Adviser to the Maine Air Guard, and one of the Base Commanders during this time was Glen Eagleston, a famous WWII Ace.
The newly formed Air Force Reserve Squdron at Dow had just been delivered a P-51D and Col Eagleston wanted to take it for a flight, he wiped out the tailwheel along with other damage leaving the Air Force Reserve Squadron without their new P-51.
The connections to famous WWII personnel at Dow is endless.
More to come.
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Joe Gopan on Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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