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Cranston Fine Arts  Aviation Art World War Two Veteran Signatures United States D  Douglas, Paul |
[UP] - Dahl, Perry - Davidson, Roy - Davis, Barrie - Davis, Ben - Davis, Narval - De Groot, Philip - Delgado, Ralph - Delong, Phil - Denison, Richard - Diamond, Walter - Dickman, William - Dienhart, Edward - Dingivan, Edward - Dobrowolski, Joseph - Donahue, Archie - Donis, James - Doolittle, Jimmy - Douglas, Paul - Downing, Wayne - Drake, Walter - Drew, Urban - Drucker, Marjorie - Duffy, James - Dungan, Fred - Dyke, James |
General Paul Douglas
After joining the military as a Private in 1940 Paul Douglas transferred to the USAAF for pilot training, arriving in Europe to join the 268th Fighter Group. Flying P-47 Thunderbolts, he was credited with 8 air victories and destroying 27 enemy aircraft on the ground. On two occasions he shot down three enemy aircraft on one mission. He commanded the 396th Fighter Squadron and became deputy commander of the 386th Fighter Group, flying a total of 136 combat missions in World War II. He later commanded the 36th Fighter Group in Belgium, France and Germany. Paul Douglas later flew 101 combat missions in the F-105 in Vietnam, and in all completed over 6000 flying hours as a command pilot, and is one of the most highly decorated Air Force pilots. Douglas died on December 26, 2002. He is buried in the Central Texas State Veteran's Cemetery in Killeen, Texas
| General Paul Douglas - Signed Aviation Art |
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Thunderbolt Strike by Robert Taylor. A flight of P47 thunderbolts of the 404 Fighter group, 9th Air force, clear the target area after a low-level attack on the airfield inland from Le Havre, Normandy, 1944. Tracer winds up towards them from ground defences and almost all the aircraft have taken hits. Ground-attack pilots went in low, did the job and got our fast! |
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