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On the 20th of May (Sunday), at 1700 hrs an EAA sponsored meeting was held at the Fonseca hangar at MFD. The highlight of the meeting was two special presentations. The first was by an aircrew member of the 179th Airlift Wing of the ANG, who talked about the different C-130 training missions and how they might affect flying in and around the Mansfield area, especially at night. Following that was a talk by Lt. Col. Richard Krauss, a WWII P-51 Mustang pilot about his experiences during that war. Lt. Col. Krauss flew as a young first lieutenant for the 339th Fighter Group out of Fowlmere England in 1944 & 1945, near the end of the war when the US dominated the skies over Europe. He has one aerial victory confirmed and one probable. He also has the distinction of having a not so friendly encounter with an ME-262 jet, and lived to tell about it and to fight another day. MAC member Tommy Beech shares his pictures with us. Click on a picture to see a larger image. |
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