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This beautiful nose-art panel was created by Victory Girl especially to
present to the Clifford
O. Findlay Middle school, who put in so many
hours of work for the special program they created
and hosted for our P-38 vets. |
Here's a nice shot of the P-38 we brought in for the event. What a great
picture of the "youngest generation" of P-38 fans with the "greatest
generation" of P-38 pilots, including my dad, Ed Baquet, sitting on the right.
It's also an excellent pic of
23-Skidoo (formerly Porky II), named in honor of P-38 ace P.J. Dahl of
the 475th Fighter Sqdn. We were sweating bullets as to whether the
fog in Southern California would clear up enough for her to be flown in from
her home base in Chino, and in true dramatic fashion, she just made it in the
nick of time, landing in early twilight, thanks to the tenacious efforts of Bob Alvis and the team
at Planes of Fame.
Also in
the shot are Bob Alvis (standing) and
Howard Ramshorn (far right), our Treasurer. These two guys were responsible
for 95% of the organizing and execution of the event -- and both of them
got about 12 minutes of sleep during the 5-day set-up and completion.
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