here's his photo my father age 20 -


he was drafted at age 18 -then spent 3 years in southern Italy -
he was in the army airforce - he had kept photos of the planes he flew in etc, and I found a photo of Musolini sp? after death - in my father's footlocker,too -
they were quite shocking for a young girl to see!
one of his photos of the planes -


These are P-51Bs or Cs of the 31st Fighter Group. The ship with the 'MX' code was assigned to the 307th Fighter Squadron, while the other with the code 'HL' was from the 308th FS. The stripes on the tail were red...
I had a man comment on the photo -
These fellows who flew photo reconnaissance missions in WWII were a brave lot... flying alone and unarmed into enemy territory, with only a fast ship to carry them out of harms way if it found them. Many did not return... too many. A special breed they were...