Several hundred men and 348 aircraft including C-47 transports, Waco CG-4A gliders, P-51 fighters and B-25 bombers were assigned to the mission. He is credited with .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}12+14 victories as a squadron leader with the Flying Tigers and another six as an officer in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II. Lt. Col. William Broman, Commander. Taylor Bye was descending for a strafing run and about to unload rounds from her A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft's 30mm GAU-8 Avenger Gatling gun last year when the training mission went sideways. A-10 Thunderbolt "Heritage Hawg" | National Review During a training strafing run at about 375 mph, the 30 mm GAU-8/A Avenger rotary cannon on his aircraft unexpectedly failed, triggering an explosion that blew off the canopy, stripped off some of the panels, and damaged the landing gear. In addition to Byes experience, a similar accident occurred in Nevada in July 2020 when an A-10s engine stalled and its gun overheated, causing significant damage but no injuries. The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Major (Air Corps) David Lee "Tex" Hill, United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Pilot of a P-40 Fighter Airplane in the 75th Fighter Squadron, 23d Fighter Group, Tenth Air Force, in aerial combat against enemy forces on October 25, 1942, while performing bomber escort duty over enemy-held territory in the China Theatre. [2], Hill made his first kills on January 3, 1942, when he downed two Nates over the Japanese airfield at Tak, Thailand. Ling-Temco-Vought A-7D-11-CV Corsair II Serial No: 71-0338 of the 75th Tactical Fighter Squadron, taken in May 1973. For the health and well-being of all friends and family, there will be a memorial service in June. The boys had snuck out of church one Sunday, and paid for the flight with their collection money. Quigley served as a fighter pilot and commanding officer with the Flying Tigers 23rd Fighter Group/75th Fighter Squadron stationed in Hengyang, China, during the war. 169th Aerospace Control Alert 803-647-8188. Arrangements entrusted to Greenlawn Funeral Home. Upon return to Maine in 1959 the squadron converted to the McDonnell F-101B Voodoo supersonic interceptor and the F-101F operational and conversion trainer. The 75th AMU repaired A-10C tail-995s damages from a gun malfunction and failed landing gear. Bye successfully landed an A-10C Thunderbolt II with minimal damage, during an in-flight emergency last year, earning her the Air Combat Command Airmanship Award. It is believed that he was the first to down a Zero with a P-51. "What's most important is preventing total loss of the A-10 or, even worse, her life.". (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Jamie Sansom, 75th AMU production superintendent, were the maintainers who oversaw the reconstruction of tail-995.
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