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FLIGHT JOURNAL
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MAY/JUNE 2023
THIS PAGE:
In a scene
reminiscent of 1943, the RAF
Battle of Britain Memorial
Flight Lancaster PA474 flies
over the English countryside.
This month commemorates
the 80th anniversary of the
successful Dams Raid by 617
Squadron. (Photo by John
Dibbs/Facebook.com/
theplanepicture)
ON THE COVER:
Stephen
Gray gets in super-close
to the magical lens of John
Dibbs in “Princess Elizabeth”
in full D-Day invasion livery.
This P-51C Mustang is now
owned by the Air Force
Heritage Flight Foundation.
(Photo by John Dibbs/
Facebook.com/
theplanepicture)
FEATURES
REGULARS
6
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Rise of the Phantom
Evolution of the Legendary F-4
By John Lowery
4
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Editorial
28
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Classics:
“America” Flies Again
Restoring the Curtiss Seaplane
By Jim Poel as told to Kirk W. House
16
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“Dams Raid”
John “Hoppy” Hopgood,
heroic “Dambuster”
By Clive Rowley, MBE RAF (Ret.)
58
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Gallery:
Howard DGA GH-2
The “Big Blue Freeloader”
earns its keep
By Jan Tegler
34
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Mustangs over
Normandy
P-51s search and destroy
targets of opportunity
By James P. Busha
66
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Tailview
America’s Last Ace
By Brig. Gen. Steve Ritchie (USAF, Ret.)
46
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A Wolf in
Sheep’s Clothing
Major Charles “Bazooka Charlie”
Carpenter and his gun-toting L-4 Cub
By James P. Busha
FLIGHT JOURNAL
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EDITORIAL
MAY/JUNE 2023
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VOLUME 30, NO. 3
EDITORIAL
Editorial Director
Louis DeFrancesco
Executive Editor
Debra Cleghorn
CONTRIBUTORS
Bud Anderson, James P. Busha, Ted Carlson,
Eddie J. Creek, Doug DeCaster, Robert S.
DeGroat, John Dibbs, Robert F. Dorr, Jim
Farmer, Paul Gillcrist, Phil Haun, Randy Jolly,
Frederick Johnsen, Geoffrey P. Jones, Ron
Kaplan, Peter Lert, David Leininger, Rick
Llinares, John Lowery, George Marrett, Peter
Mersky, Paul Novak, Dan Patterson, Steve
Pace, Stan Piet, Alfred Price, Clive Rowley,
Brian Silcox, Robert Tate, Jan Tegler, Warren
Thompson, David Truby, Barnaby Wainfan,
Bradley Wentzel, Chuck Yeager
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Betty K. Nero
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PHOTO BY JOHN DIBBS/FACEBOOK.COM/THEPLANEPICTURE
ADVERTISING
Great Raids
D-DAY’S OPERATION OVERLORD
is one of the most pivotal events of WW II
and can be characterized as the greatest raid in modern history. The buildup to
that day was staggering: as more than 150,000 Allied soldiers prepared to storm
the beaches on June 6, 1944, thousands of airmen flying bombers and fighters
had been busy hammering away at ground targets and clearing the skies of
bandits during the weeks before that fateful day. Out of the 11,000 aircraft flown,
4,000 were fighters and many of those were the formidable P-51 Mustang,
which performed many of the dangerous low-level strafing and ground attacks.
In our feature story “Mustangs Over Normandy,” James Busha takes you in the
cockpit with several D-Day P-51 pilots who reported that danger still lurked
everywhere, even though the Allies had achieved air superiority over the
French coast.
This month marks the 80th anniversary of Operation Chastise, the audacious
RAF raid to destroy three dams in the Ruhr valley by 617 Squadron. The 1955
epic British war film “The Dam Busters” immortalized this attack against the
enemy’s industrial base and forever etched it in the public mind. One of the
keys to its success was the innovative bouncing bombs that were used. In our
story “Dams Raid,” modern jet fighter pilot Clive Rowley, MBE, RAF (Ret.) tells
the story of John “Hoppy” Hopgood, one of the heroic pilots who flew a specially
modified Type 464 Lancaster on that harrowing mission. This feature conveys a
poignant mix of emotions: triumph over striking a successful blow against the
enemy and the harsh reality of lives lost in the process of delivering it.
We hope you enjoy all the stories in this issue as we honor those who were
there, making aviation history.
—Louis DeFrancesco
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