One more stang .

[Splitpin]

[Ian Warren]

A true red tail ... of the early years ... Kit Carson would be proud

[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 ?

[Ian Warren]

I'll have to dig that up for ya , think it was based from a cowboy magazine of the period .

[bruce448]

I think Kit was His actual middle name (Leonard K Carson).


some good pics of the 357th

[Ian Warren]

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

[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.

[Splitpin]

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 ?

[emfrat]

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...

[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.

[Splitpin]

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...

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... " ..... he he , love it , wont say anything else should i be sent to the wall of shame .... or the invisible place

[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"