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PostPosted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:01 pm
by Splitpin

PostPosted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:48 pm
by Ian Warren
A true red tail ... of the early years ... Kit Carson would be proud winkyy.gif

PostPosted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 10:49 pm
by Splitpin
Argh yes Kit Carson ..... i was in the Air Force with a "Kit " monroe ... nice chap , not sure where he is now.
What is "Kit" short for anyway ?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 11:00 pm
by Ian Warren
I'll have to dig that up for ya , think it was based from a cowboy magazine of the period .

PostPosted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 1:49 am
by bruce448
I think Kit was His actual middle name (Leonard K Carson).


some good pics of the 357th

PostPosted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 10:21 am
by Ian Warren
bruce448 wrote:
QUOTE (bruce448 @ Jun 25 2014,2:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I think Kit was His actual middle name (Leonard K Carson).

That's the one Bruce thumbup1.gif I'll dig up other details on the fella .. still based from a kid's cowboy cartoon mag from the period .

PostPosted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 11:09 am
by Yob
You know... if most people posted this meany pics of the same aircraft i would get really bored. But your mustang shots keep me coming back to see the lastest shot is....

Fantastic work Marty.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:26 pm
by Splitpin
Yob wrote:
QUOTE (Yob @ Jun 25 2014,11:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You know... if most people posted this meany pics of the same aircraft i would get really bored. But your mustang shots keep me coming back to see the lastest shot is....

Fantastic work Marty.


Cheers Ej .... so i can bore you some more ?

PostPosted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 10:16 pm
by emfrat
Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ Jun 24 2014,8:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Argh yes Kit Carson ..... i was in the Air Force with a "Kit " monroe ... nice chap , not sure where he is now.
What is "Kit" short for anyway ?

SP, "Kit" is a fairly common abbreviation of "Christopher" - you don't see it much these days though, since "Christopher" is too hard for today's teenage parents to spell, and of course there is no TV star on the vegie channels using that name either... sad.gif

PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:02 am
by Ian Warren
Bit of a mistake here, on further digging that is the 328th FG aircraft but also the 352FG carried the 'PE' fighter group - were the Famed 357th was Bud Anderson's and Chuck Yeager's group and this is were "Kit" Carson joined the squadron pre Xmas 1944.

PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:50 pm
by Splitpin
emfrat wrote:
QUOTE (emfrat @ Jun 25 2014,10:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
SP, "Kit" is a fairly common abbreviation of "Christopher" - you don't see it much these days though, since "Christopher" is too hard for today's teenage parents to spell, and of course there is no TV star on the vegie channels using that name either... sad.gif


Thanks Mike .... "you don't see it much these days though, since "Christopher" is too hard for today's teenage parents to spell, and of course there is no TV star on the vegie channels using that name either... sad.gif " ..... he he , love it , wont say anything else should i be sent to the wall of shame .... or the invisible place cool.gif

PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:58 pm
by Ian Warren
I was going to say something .. Kris Kristofferson ... but they all OK with a 'K' just to hard to spell it with a "C"