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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:

I FLEW F-86'S WITH 3 DIFFERENT SQUADRONS FROM 1954-1960
514th AT RAF STATION MANSTON, ENGLAND
526th AT RAMSTEIN AFB, GERMANY
357th AT NOUASSEUR AFB, MOROCCO
ALL OF THESE WERE FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRONS. I FIRST FLEW AN F-86F AT MANSTON, ENGLAND ON 1 SEPTEMBER,1954 AND FIRST EXCEEDED MACH 1 IN THIS AIRCRAFT DURING THIS SAME MONTH I LATER BROKE MACH I IN F-86D OVER THE NORTH SEA OFF THE THAMES RIVER A FEW MILES NORTH OF DUNKIRK,
FRANCE.
OTHER MODELS OF THE F-86 THAT I FLEW WERE THE F-86K FROM BELFAST IRELAND FOR DELIVERY TO THE NORWEGIAN AIR FORCE.
THE F-86L AT MOODY AFB, GEORGIA AS AN ALTERNATE IN PREPARATION FOR THE 1958 PROJECT WILLIAM TELL AT
TYNDAL AFB, FLORIDA.