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Cranston Fine Arts  Aviation Art World War Two Veteran Signatures United States C  Childress, Hubert |
[UP] - Canning, Doug - Cannon, Joseph - Cannon, Michael - Carl, James - Carl, Marion - Carson, Leonard - Caswell, Dean - Cavit, Charles - Cavoli, William - Cervantes, Henry - Chevalier, Frederick - Childress, Hubert - Christie, Bill - Cinibulk, Robert - Clark, John - Clemons, Clark - Clingan, Wilbur - Clouthier, Leo - Coberly, Jat - Coe, Jerome - Coen, Oscar - Cole, Richard - Coleman, Wayne - Collinsworth, J - Compton, Keith - Comstock, Harold - Conant, A - Conlin, Raymond - Conte, Ralph - Cormier, Richard - Creel, L - Crockett, John - Crosby, John - Crowe, Steve - Cummings, Donald - Cunningham, Dan - Curry, James - Curtis, Bob - Cutler, Ed |
Colonel Hubert M. Childress
Hubert Childress was posted to England, joining the 27th Photo Recon Squadron, 7th Photographic Group flying the F5 - a specially adapted photo-recon version of the P38 with cameras and no guns. Hubert flew his first combat mission on New Year's Eve 1943, and was heavily involved in many reconnaissance missions prior to D-Day. He also flew the Spitfire MkIXs on several operations. He flew 58 combat missions and later commanded the 7th Photographic Group (R)
| Colonel Hubert M. Childress - Signed Aviation Art |
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Doolittles D-Day, 6th June 1944 by Robert Taylor. By any military standards, it is difficult to imagine the Supreme Commander of the largest air force of the day, piloting himself over the battlefront during the early moments of one of historys greatest military operations. But General Jimmy Doollittle was no ordinary commander. Already awarded Americas highest decoration for valour, General Doolittle was, by the summer of 1944, in command of the American 8th Air Force. On the morning of 6 June, D-Day, he dispatched 1350 bombers together with his entire fighter force to attack enemy ground installations near the beachheads. Sitting around waiting for intelligence reports was not Jimmy Doolittles style. He was going to see for himself what was happening! With Pat Partridge as wingman, they took off flying P-38 Lightnings - chosen for their distinctive profile in the hopes they would deter friendly fire - and climbed above the overcast. Having observed the 8th Air Forces operations at first hand, as they turned for home, Doolittle spotted a hole in the clouds, flick-rolled through it and disappeared beneath the cloud layer. Pat Partridge had his head in the cockpit, probably changing his gas tanks, and when he looked up there was no sign of his Supreme Commander, he circled around for a while, then headed for home. Beneath the clouds Doolittle saw - the most impressive and unforgettable sight I could have possibly imagined - . As some 5000 ships of all shapes and sizes landed 176,000 troops on the enemy held beaches of Northern France, Doolittle flew up and down the battlefront assessing how the invasion was progressing, and after a two and a half hour sortie, headed back to base. After landing, Doolittle hurried over to General Eisenhowers headquarters to provide the first report Eisenhower received, beating his own intelligence information by several hours. |
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