Don Gentile talks shop next to his P-51B "Shangri-La" with his wingman John Godfrey,336th FS,4th FG(rudeerude)

Wingman

These 11 pilots of the 354th Pioneer Mustang Group had 127 aerial victories, at the time this photograph was taken.

Starting at the 5 O’Clock position and moving counter clockwise are:

Capt. Don Beerbower 15 353rd
Maj. Jack Bradley 14 ½ 353rd
Capt. Glenn Eagleston 14 ½ 353rd
Capt. Robert Stephens 9 355th
Maj. Richard Turner 12 356th
Lt. Edward Hund 7 ½ 355th
Lt. Carl Frantz 11 353rd
Capt. Lowell Brueland 7 ½ 355th
Capt. Frank O’Connor 12 ¾ 356th
Capt. Robert Goodnight 11 ½ 356th
Capt. Wallace Emmer 11 ½ 353rd
(rudeerude)

11 ACES

Republic P-47 Thunderbolts of the 350th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force ,near the Austrian border on Feb. 25,1945.

Nearest aircraft is P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt, s/n 44-20978. She was lost on April 27,1945. The other aircraft is P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolt, s/n 42-26640. It was shot down on July 1,1944 when jumped by 30 Me-109's while still armed with bombs, the pilot bacame a POW.(rudeerude)
