There were Dale Mabry fields in both Tallahassee and Tampa. You are both correct. Phil June Milton wrote: > Richard, Dale Mabry airfield was in TAMPA! I am a Tampa native. > June Milton > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard White" <rw@pone.com> > To: <fljackso@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 7:06 PM > Subject: Re: [FLJACKSO] 1944 Two Egg Plane Crash > > > >> A question, Dale: Was the pilot in question U.S. or Chinese? I >> understand that a goodly number of Nationalist Chinese pilots were >> trained at Dale Mabry Field in Tallahassee. Some of my roommates at FSU >> in the late 1960s were ROTC cadet officers. They used 1940s reports of >> a downed training aircraft the crash site of which was not located then, >> and recovered the remains of a Nationalist Chinese pilot. I believe >> that the crash site was in Wakulla County... but it might have been >> southern Leon County... >> >> I wish that I had paid more attention back then. These same guys had >> something to do with getting the battle streamer for FSU ROTC units. >> >> RW >> >> DNDothan@cs.com wrote: >> >> >>> I am trying to find the location of a 1944 military plane crash that >>> happened in or near Two Egg. Does anyone know anything about this? >>> >>> It was a training aircraft that struck a tree when the pilots where >>> buzzing local homes for practice. The nephew of one of the men killed is >>> trying to find the location so he can visit the place this fall. >>> >>> If anyone has any memories or has heard anything about this, please drop >>> me a line. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Dale Cox >>> >>> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- Phil Stover, President and Senior Partner The Portolan Group, Inc www.portolangroup.com Voice: 941.927.2797 Fax: 941.927.9283 pstover@portolangroup.com Expertise without perseverance is like beauty without substance - Phil Stover