Dave O'Malley Dave O'Malley

THE LAST CARTHAGINIAN

It is our tradition at Vintage Wings of Canada to offer up a story of an American aviator on the occasion of Thanksgiving, that most important of American holidays. Of course, we have Thanksgiving in Canada as well, but it is a full month and…

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David O'Malley with Herbert Bach David O'Malley with Herbert Bach

THE UNTOLD STORY OF JESSE O. WILLIAMS

Last year we began what we hope to be a lasting American Thanksgiving Tradition. Instead of a story about Canadian aviation history, we will run a story of one of the hundreds of thousands of our American friends who risked their lives alongside our own airmen during the Second World War….

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Darryl Owens Darryl Owens

SONS OF MEN — A Thanksgiving Day Story

As the warbird made its final pass overhead Thursday, two men watched, one marvelling and one wishing. For Gregory Kenny, seeing his dad back in the saddle of a P-51 Mustang heightened the admiration inspired

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LCol (ret'd) William Sparks, USAF LCol (ret'd) William Sparks, USAF

INCIDENT AT THUD RIDGE

flew my 145th and last combat mission 5 Nov '67, not by choice. I had arrived at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base on March 15, 1967 after completing the Wild Weasel School at Nellis…

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