Linwood P. Smith Lt. Col, USAF, Retired A 2 nd generation pilot muses about his love of the Mustang

2 Col. Paul Linwood Smith Lt. Col. Linwood P. Smith Major Paul N. Smith

3 Pearl Harbor – the Day of Infamy All Americans called for an immediate response!

4 Atlantic City, NJ

5 Pennsylvania State College

6 Nashville, Tennessee

7 Maxwell Air Force Base, AL

8 Camden, AR The Boeing Stearman Nicknamed the Kaydet Air Force Contract Primary Flying School Training aircraft leading to the Mustang

9 The BT-13 The Air Forces Basic Trainer Greenville, MS

10 The Air Forces Advanced Trainer c The AT-6 Jackson, MS

11 Remember these from the Flying Tigers P-40 Fighter Aircraft Naples, FL

12 USS Mount Vernon

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16 Fowlmere, England

17 P-51 Cockpit

18 The Mustang was a real joy

19 Aircraft challenges

20 Initial flights in England

21 Mustangs in ground operations Attacking ground targets in support of ground troops With in-line engines they were very vulnerable to being shot down

22 P-47 Thunderbolt takes over low level work P-47 Thunderbolts were better suited to ground operations missions

23 Mustangs take over high level bomber escort

24 The 503 rd Fighter Squadron Me

25 Big Brother & Little Friends Enduring bond between bomber crews & fighter pilots of the USAAF 8 th Air Force

26 Bomber escort missions

27 Magnitude of the Daily Missions

28 Joining our bombers

29 An anxious moment!

30 Weather problems

31 Firing the guns

32 Photo missions

33 Firth of Fourth Bridge (Scotland)

34 Then and Now

Linwood P. Smith Lt. Col, USAF, Retired A 2 nd generation pilot muses about his love of the Mustang