... also famous for his jazz band! :-) :-)

All the best

Rowan

Nice answer, but not it. I was expecting you to say Robin Lindsay, though.

Our subject went back to flying duties in 1943. Keep hunting

Oh, and bonus points if you can ID the carrier in the photo.


Mike

Hi Mike

Is it Lt. Eugene A. Valencia? He looks similar in his mugshot...

All the best

Rowan

You're in the ballpark Rowan

Hi again Mike

Not an answer to the last question, but going back to the infamous Red-X - I've had a look using Internet Explorer and I get the Red-X too. Under Firefox it's fine - a very nice picture of the mystery LSO. Why it works with one browser and not another is beyond me...

All the best

Rowan

Ship= USS Wasp CV7

Lieutenant David McCampbell-LSO
Ensign George E. "Doc" Savage-Assistant Landing Signal Officer.
In the catwalk in the lower center are Len Ford (enlisted man) and Lieutenant Hawley Russell.

Caption details were provided by Capt. David McCampbell, USN(Ret), in 1982.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.


:-)

Ah, a web trawler after my own heart!!

Yep, yep and yep and yep!
Knock 'em dead Dave

:-) :-)


And Rowan, you answered your own question on why one browser and not another - Internet Explorer - Windows - Bill Gates )

Used a real search engine..... LOL :-) :-)

Simple one.......

US Naval Aviator No. 1?

Remeber must be in the form of a question...... :-)

Who is Lt. Theodore Ellyson?

Hi Mike

LOL! You just beat me to it! I just found a reference to "Spuds" Ellyson. :-)

All the best

Rowan

LOL - serves me right for misspending part of my youth at NAS Pensacola :-) :-)

I'm at work right now, so I'll cook up a question in the next half hour

LOL LMAO..... I spent part of my youth in Pensacola also........ :-) :-)

Okay, in the varicose vein that Dave and I are about to unleash :-) :-) , here's another Naval Aviator answer, so reply in the form of a question.

This Naval Aviator - No. 49 (not 5, sorry) - might have had some kinship with a song covered both by Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan.

BTW Dave - what years were you in Pensacola? I lived there in 1968-70 when my dad was stationed there. We lived in an old subdivided stone home about two or three blocks from the radio tower near the old fishing pier and the bridge to Gulf breeze and Fort Walton. The Firehouse Restaurant was going strong then too.

Really laughing my A** off now......
Was on the old Lex 69-70,
Lived when we were in port over in a trailer court over on (if I can recall correctly) Jacksonville.... and spent many a night at Trader Vic's.... Roisie O'Grady's, and of course the San Carlos......

The USO... bowls of chilli...... and being chased by a drunken woman with an ax......... Aw fond memories of youth...... :-) :-)

I'm so damned ashamed - I was in second grade then :-) :-)

But even then I knew what Rosie O'Grady's was ROFLMAO

Errr... what was the question? :-)

Hi Mike

A song covered by Hendrix and Dylan? Was it "All Along The Watchtower"? I'm not sure Dylan covered it (strictly speaking) - I think he wrote it.

All the best

Rowan

Hi again

First Lieutenant Roy S. Geiger... Did he ditch and make a "Drifter's Escape"? Ouch!

All the best

Rowan

Sehr Gut, Herr Merlin

You're right - Dylan did write All Along the Watchtower.

And for those wondering about the Watchtower reference - Operation Watchtower was the Guadalcanal operation, and Geiger commanded Marine aviation during it.

Bring on your worst Rowan - I enjoy those mini-strokes searching for obscure a/c

Hi Mike

Nah!... Would I do that!? :-) :-) Here's a nice easy "3-parter" instead!

A German plane held the world speed record for a piston-engined aircraft for just over 30 years:

1. What was the aircraft?
2. What was it's record-breaking speed?
3. Where are some parts of the a/c still stored?

All the best

Rowan

Hi Rowan!

1 = Me 209 V1
2 = 755,136 Kmh
3 = Polish Air Museum Krakow

Jean-Luc

Nice one (or three!) Jean-Luc!

Sorry - I've been so busy at work, this completely slipped my mind. Over to you for the next question.

All the best

Rowan

Hi Guys,

My turn!

What USN fighter scored kills against all three Axis powers and against the British and French?

What USN unit scored air-to-air against all three Axis A.F.?

Hi Fred,

The aircraft is the F4F Wildcat series.
As for the squadron my best guess is VF-4 which was changed to VF-41 before Operation Torch. The unit was later renamed VF-4 and participated in Operation Leader in Norway.

Brian

Hi all!

Somebody wants to ask a question?... free pizza to win! :-)

Jean-Luc