I am too June,Dale Mabry,oh those were the days,oops sorry Richard,am enjoying all your post ---- June Milton <junebug21@cfl.rr.com> 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