Pehaps the club would consider extending an invitation to Col. Davis to speak.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/02/20/1869476/ace-met-enemy-twice.html
http://www.worldwar2.ro/forum/index.php?showtopic=5097&st=30
http://web.me.com/valor2/War_in_Romania/Col._Barrie_Davis.html
http://www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.asp?ID=620
http://www.airportjournals.com/Display.cfm?varID=0811025
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Runway/9601/325davis.html
Cheers,
Lee G.
Love to hear his stories :)
Hey fella's, just let me know if you want me to contact Mr. Davis.
Quote from: Ronnie Murray on Sun 02/26/12 09:52 AM
Hey fella's, just let me know if you want me to contact Mr. Davis.
Ronnie that would be great, if we can get him for the May 20th meeting that would be even better as that is an open date.
I for one would like to see the club ask Mr. Davis to be a guest speaker for one of our upcoming meetings. The 'Checkertail Clan' was a very interesting Fighter Group and has a unique history. For example; late in the war a Photo Detachment from the states was attached to the group in Italy with the mission of documenting the group's activities in color. These guys were supplied with Kodachrome film as well as the means for developing the film. Then it came to pass that there was a shortage of B&W film for the gun cameras. The solution was to respliced the Kodachrome film to fit into the gun cameras. This proved to be successful and resulted in some of the finest gun camera footage of the war, particularly the coverage of strafing missions. At one time this film was shown at group reunions and good copies may still be floating around with some of the old hands. Well worth looking into.
Michael