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mighty8af

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P-61 veterans - 04/04/2006 10:38:33 AM
Hello,
I am an illustrator searching for P-61 Black Widow veterans.  Recently I completed a painting depicting an ETO P-61, in which I plan to reproduce in the form of prints.  It would be a great honor to meet and possibly get the autographs of any ground crewmen, pilots, aircrew, and anyone serving with the P-61 units of World War II.  Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much,
Chuck Taylor
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RE: P-61 veterans - 06/30/2006 06:09:37 PM
Wish you could have met my father, but he passed away in 2003. He was James R. Smith, radar observer on the Jing-Bow Joy-Ride. I have a fairly lengthy memoir he wrote that I could email to you, if you're interested. If has a lot of details about the two air kills he and pilot Carl Absmeier (also passed) had, as well as a number of significant intruder missions.
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RE: P-61 veterans - 06/30/2006 06:47:36 PM
Contact the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Berks County, PA.  They are restoring one and probably have contacts with former crewmen.  www.maam.org
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RE: P-61 veterans - 07/01/2006 06:26:23 PM
Dick Murphey, Arizona - 418th NFS Pilot  P-61s.  murpheyr@cox.net
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RE: P-61 veterans - 11/26/2007 01:14:20 PM
Chuck,
I just met Ray Horn, 426th NFS.  He was stationed in China in support of B-29 bomber group.  He is 91 yr old, lives in Reno, Nevada.
Tom Bullard

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