The "Ellen E and Son", American B 25D was produced and delivered in 1943. It flew Combat Missions over Corsica,Sicily,and Italy. It also was put in the use by the British and Canadian Royal Air Forces as a Trainer Aircraft. This plane came in later years in the possesion of the Yankee War Museum and became known as the "Yankee Warrior". On August 10,2013 I,Arnold Mackey and my brother Charles Mackey paid for the privalege of riding in this plane from the Kalamazoo Airport to over Lake Michigan and back.

Ellen E and Son B 25D Medium Range American Bomber

Recently recaptured P-47D (T9+LK) at Göttingen, late 1944. One of only a handfull of P-47s captured intact by the Germans during the war, this aircraft was used for evaluation and training purposes by the 2º Staffel of Versuchsverband based at Hustedt, Germany.
Note on the upper left corner the fuselage of a British Mosquito. 

'German' P-47

John F. Heyn

Des Moines

John F. "Jack" Heyn, 94, passed away on June 22, 2017 at Wesley Acres in Des Moines. Funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, June 26, 2017 at St. Augustin Catholic Church in Des Moines with burial at Resthaven Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time at the church. 

Jack was born March 12, 1923, in Pipestone, MN. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in August, 1941, and served as a photographer during WWII in the South Pacific Islands. The Heyn family, including daughters, Jean and Gail, moved to Des Moines in 1951, where Jack opened his own business, Jack Heyn Photographer. 

Jack is survived by daughters, Jean (Bob) Keiter and Gail Heyn; grandchildren, Heather Keiter, Dustan Keiter, and Brandon Keiter; and great granddaughter, Morgan Keiter. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Dian and his wife, Evelyn "Jonnie".
