kingmirlin

He was dropping dumb bombs. And doing the dive before releasing the bomb. He didn't want to miss and went too low. The blast damaged the tail. He was in the 68th fighter. I have his flying cross and captains wings. Needless to say Im pretty proud of his legacy. And I'm sure your grandkids will cherish yours as well.

My grandfather would have been about your age and flew p38s. He was a Captain named Lorenzo Olsen. He told me a story about how he blew off his own tail when he tried to make sure he didn't have any civilians casualties. He landed 5 miles off the cost of the island he bombed and got picked up by a lucky Norwegian patrol. What p38 group were you in?