"Korean War USAF Pilot's Civil War Kepi." Topic
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| Kaoschallenged | 22 Nov 2012 10:34 p.m. PST |
I ran across this photo awhile back while doing a search on the Internet. It is said to be a photo of Edwin Hatton,Douglas B-26 Invader Pilot before a mission in Korea in 1952. He appears to be wearing a American Civil War style Kepi with his wings on the front and what looks like two letters on the top. Does anyone know anything more about this? Robert
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| Desert Fox | 22 Nov 2012 10:52 p.m. PST |
Looks like his initials "EH" on the top. Anyone make out what is between his wings and the visor? Maybe on the chinstrap? Looks like some sort of symbol with verticle hashmarks on each side. Squadron symbol with the hashmarks representing number of completed missions? Looking at the pics from the link, what was the B-26 armed with during the Korean Conflict? It looks like one nasty bird! |
| Lion in the Stars | 22 Nov 2012 11:13 p.m. PST |
Which one?
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8x .50cals in the nose, possibly 6x .50cal in the wings, up to 8x .50cal under the wings, what looks like 8x 250lb bombs under the wings, and another 4000lbs in the bomb bay. Oh, plus twin-.50cal dorsal and ventral turrets. lots of firepower for strafing. |
| Kaoschallenged | 22 Nov 2012 11:14 p.m. PST |
Jeez you are right I didn't think of EH LOL. The hashmarks could also be little bomblets too. From what I understand since it was used quite a bit for night time interdiction some like the B-26B were armed with 8 .50 cal M2 HMGs firing forward and two .50s in the dorsal turret. The C model had 6 .50-cal. machine guns. 2 in each under wing pod and 2 in the upper, remote controlled turret. 6,000 lbs. of bomb carried internally and under wings. Robert |
| Kaoschallenged | 22 Nov 2012 11:22 p.m. PST |
Wings on the C were also strengthened to carry 14 5in rockets and 2000lbs in bombs too. Found a great site on the A/B-26 armament,
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Robert
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| BrianW | 23 Nov 2012 8:32 a.m. PST |
After looking at the original picture, it looks like the bright parts of the chinstrap are bombs, and the item in the middle looks like a rendition of a railroad steam locomotive.
BWW |
| Dee Jay | 23 Nov 2012 9:25 a.m. PST |
A search on Google brought this up airmedal.org/hatton.htm From there they were sent to Pusan Korea in Jan. of 1952 and he flew 55 single plane night missions. He earned his Distinguished Flying Cross on 4/24/52 He took out a 10 car train with a front to back attack dropping 14 260# frag bombs and then reverse from the back to the front dropping 4 ,500 pounders and then straffing the wreckage with his 14 50 caliber machine guns under a heavy amount of ground fire for what he considered a good nights work. Which would explain the locomotive. |
| Kaoschallenged | 23 Nov 2012 11:27 a.m. PST |
Thats it!! A Locomotive!! Thanks  . Robert |
| Kaoschallenged | 23 Nov 2012 8:12 p.m. PST |
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| Kaoschallenged | 23 Nov 2012 8:26 p.m. PST |
The 17th Bombardment Wing in the Korean War
By John V. Garrett, Ph.D. PDF link |
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