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John Clarence "Bucky" Egan (September 8, 1915 – April 16, 1961) was an American pilot who served with the 100th Bomb Group of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and later with the United States Air Force in the Korean War. [1] [2] [3]
Between 25 June 1943 and 20 April 1945, the 100th Bomb Group took part in just over 300 missions, and it is eight of those that accounted for nearly half of their losses. On average, a crew ...
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The Army Air Forces also employed two composite groups with their own TO&Es: the 28th Bomb Group (15 B-24 and 30 B-25), and the 509th Composite Group (15 B-29 and 5 C-54). 19 heavy groups and one light bomb group were to be converted to very heavy groups for duty against Japan, but the war ended before the plan was carried out.
The squadron was activated at Orlando Army Air Base, Florida on 1 June 1942 as one of the four original squadrons of the 100th Bombardment Group, [4] [5] It was intended to equip the squadron with Consolidated B-24 Liberators The Army Air Forces (AAF) decided to concentrate heavy bomber training under Second Air Force, and before the end of June, the squadron moved to Pendleton Field, Oregon.
On August 17, 1943, the 100th Bomb Group joined other heavy bombers from the 8th Air Force on a historic two-pronged attack on Schweinfurt-Regensburg. This mission marked the deepest penetration into Germany to date. Captain Blakely in Just A Snappin was the 100th Bomb Group lead pilot for this mission.
Inspired by a trip to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in the early 1960s, he began to buy vintage aircraft. His first purchases were: a P-51 Mustang for $13,000; a B-25 Mitchell bomber; a Korean War MiG jet; a P-40 Tomahawk; a B-29 bomber; and a Martin B-26 Marauder.
Huglin was born in Fairfield, Iowa, on 22 September 1906. [3] He was the eldest of three sons of John Albert Huglin, a lawyer, and his wife Clara Lenore née Porter. [5] His two younger brothers, Harvey Porter and Henry Charles Huglin, also went to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and also joined the United States Air Force.