感谢美军飞行员

       就埋藏在这里（英文）

                         (2011-07-19 11:43:47)

 COMBAT FLYING THE A-26 IN KOREA

    With Bob Mosley USAF

----韩战中与美国空军Bob Mosley

    驾驶A-26的战斗飞行----

"There I was enjoying civilian life, flying for fun and working as my big brother Zack's artist assistant creating the daily comic strip of "Smilin' Jack" when suddenly, the United States Air Force called me back to active duty and sent me right back to my WW-II unit, the 3rd Attack Group.  They assigned me to fly the A-26 Invader again in the attack role like my previous combat experience.  My missions were primarily using the fourteen .50 caliber machine guns in night strafing attacks and bombing interdiction strikes in the mountains of North Korea."  That was the way veteran combat pilot Bob Mosley explained his Korean War recall to me.  Not being a warrior who wants to 'toot his own horn' Bob was reluctant in permitting me to write about some of his combat experiences.  A Stars and Stripes Newspaper write up got my attention as a positive heroic war story from the Korean War that needed to be told. Here is the newspaper report:

Bob vividly remembers the night his A-26 stopped the Korean Communists invasion of a friendly island off the west coast of Korea.

"On the night of June 13, 1952, I was flying a combat mission out of Kunsan Air Base in South Korea where my A-26 squadron, the 90th of the 3rd Bomb Wing, was stationed.  My navigator, Captain Bill Sanders rode in a jump seat to my right in the cockpit.  Sergeant Bob Verkstis was at his gunner's position in the rear of the A-26 manning two .50 caliber machine guns defending our Six o'clock.  It was about 2 AM and we were just south of Pyongyang North Korea when we received garbled transmissions from a ground station.  Since the station was unreadable we continued north toward our target in the northeast corner of North Korea.  I was more attentive to the coming bombing and strafing procedures to be used in the enemy area outside our normal targeting territory than worrying about garbled radio receptions."

"When north of Pyongyang the radio came up loud and clear directing us to divert from our assigned mission and proceed ASAP to the southwest coast of North Korea.  We immediately turned back to the south. The station gave us the radio frequency for contact, target information and location of friendly forces. Upon making radio contact approaching the coast, we were told that a small, friendly held island just off the west coast of Korea was being invaded by a large enemy force crossing from the mainland over the mud flats at low tide.  They further advised that a flare ship was available and would light up the mud flats."

"I was flying an early model of A-26 'hardnose' which had the usual six 50s in the wings but only six in the nose instead of the normal eight which gave us 12 instead of 14 forward firing 50s.  When overhead the target, we were cleared to attack. Tracers, explosions and flak seemed to fill the air as we rolled in under the flares in our first firing run on the enemy crossing to the island.  As we pulled off that first run and turned left to start another strafing run, the friendly forces radioed that we were right on target and to 'Keep it up!'  We made nine runs before all our HEI bombs and our .50 caliber ammo was expended.  We reported ammo nil and proceeded toward Kunsan.  As we departed the target area, the friendly ground station was elated and expressed their gratitude for our saving them from being overrun.  They were not going to be wounded, killed or taken prisoner that night."

"After landing at Kunsan and being debriefed we were told that our attacks had knocked out the enemy's command post, artillery and mortar positions and had completely destroyed the invasion attempt.  Friendly ground forces counted approximately 250 dead North Korean communists out of an invading force of an estimated 500 troops.  The Far East Air Forces reported the KBA as a record for a single sortie.  The report of our highly successful mission caused quite a stir. After further confirmation of the results, the Air Wing sent the entire crew of my A-26 to Headquarters Far East Air Forces in Tokyo, Japan where we met the press and were given wide coverage in American newspapers."

                             Squadron 90 Operations Hut

"Now for the rest of the story--as Paul Harvey would say.  Upon returning to Kunsan from Tokyo, the wing commander sent for me.  Well, I thought, this is going to be a nice pat on the head congratulations for my great flying.  I sure wasn't getting promoted very fast.  I was still a First Lieutenant like I was 7 years before in WW-II where I had flown 53 combat missions in the A-20/A-26.  I went into the Colonel's office.  It was a short meeting.  Without even mentioning my superb mission that had put his 3rd Bomb Wing in the news, he said, 'I understand your brother draws a comic strip.'  I said, 'Yes Sir.'  He said, 'I understand you draw too.'  'Yes Sir.' I said.  He said, 'I'm having a party this coming Friday and I want you to draw me a cartoon of a fox chasing a staff car (or some such thing) for my party invitation cover and I need it by Wednesday.  You are excused.'"

"Being a better soldier than the colonel, I drew his cartoon and got it to him on time.  I will never know how a full colonel could not give a little 'well done' to a lowly 1/Lt but for some reason he couldn't bring himself to do it.  My squadron thought enough of my work that night to recommend me for a Silver Star Medal but I still have never learned what happened to that recommendation."

Bob Mosley flew 50 combat missions in Korea and decided to make a career in the Air Force rather than go back to civilian life.  Besides, the government would probably call him back up for the next War anyway.

Back to Back we Face the Past

Mofack

Donald Cathcart

有关南非空军的韩战参战资料∶

In the Korean War, the famous 2 Squadron ("The Flying Cheetahs") took part as South Africa's contribution. It won many American decorations, including the unusual honour of a United StatesPresidential Unit Citation in 1952:

著名的二中队--飞豹--作为南非空军的一员参加了韩战，该中队赢得了许多美国勋章，包括1952年美国总统传令单位嘉奖的特别�@誉。

• 2 Sqn had a long and distinguished record of service in Korea flying P-51D Mustangs and later F-86F Sabres. Their role was mainly flying ground attack and interdiction missions as one of the squadrons making up the USAF's 18th Fighter Bomber Wing.

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• 二中队在韩战中有�@P-51D野马以及后来F-86F军刀战机的长期飞行记录及杰出的成绩，他们的主要角色是，作为组成美国空军第十八飞行轰炸机联队的中队之一，执行对地攻击和拦截任务。

• During the Korean conflict the squadron flew a grand total of 12 067 sorties for a loss of 34 pilots and two other ranks. Aircraft losses amounted to 74 out of 97 Mustangs and four out of 22 Sabres. Pilots and men of the squadron received a total of 797 medals including 2 Silver Stars - the highest award to non-American nationals - 3 Legions of Merit, 55 Distinguished Flying Crosses and 40 Bronze Stars. 8 pilots became POWs. Casualties: 20 KIA 16 WIA.

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• 在朝韩�@突中该中队进行了共达12067架次的飞行，损失了34位飞行员和两个其他列队。97架野马战机中损失了74架，22架军刀战机中损失了4架。该中队的飞行员和服务人员共获得了797枚奖章，包括2枚银星奖 - 对非美国国民的最高奖 - 3枚优秀军团奖，55枚接触飞行拦截奖以及40枚铜星奖。有8名飞行员被俘，伤亡人数∶阵亡20名，负伤16名。

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• 辛苦了，谢谢。

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• 2011-7-19  12:56回复(2)

• ��说倚车而立的那位就是波兰裔南非飞行员

• Capt G.B.Lipawsky。

• 谢谢你把毛特勒的儿子炸死! 不然中国就有

• 毛二世 毛三世了 ......

• 海北风

  拯救了中国人民的人啊

  2011-7-19  14:27回复(1)

• littlemonkey

  谁让这丫嘴馋搞特殊要在大白天点火吃蛋炒饭，

• 让美军看到冒�@，该！

  2011-7-20  10:33回复(1)

• 新浪网友

  美国空军是中国人民的大救星啊！

  2011-7-20  14:16

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• 新浪网友

  上帝的眼睛是睁�@的。

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• 大陆网友用蛋炒饭感谢飞机炸死毛岸英，

•    让中国避免了如北朝鲜金家三世世袭般的

•             极端独裁专制。
  

• 2011-10-23  19:17回复(0)

• 王惜梧

• 【段子】毛新宇幽怨的看�@电视上

• 意气风发的金正恩，再低头看了看

• 肩头的少将军衔，怒摔手中茶杯骂

• 道∶吃你妈逼的蛋炒饭！

• 2011-12-21  14:30来自王惜梧的评论回复(1)

• ndhtxs

  谢恩人！// @开车要稳 : 南非飞行员Bob Mosley 驾驶A-26的战斗机炸死了小毛。http://t.cn/aWJgxM //@Ryan34臧老师 :否则毛二掌权，搞不好毛二不育传给新宇将军，哦，no，我也想知道那个飞行员是谁，恩人啊 // @henry铝 :这个。。。。这个。。。。。

  2011-12-21  14:34来自ndhtxs的评论回复(1)

• 欧欧屁

  这个名字要记住，在地狱的门口拉了中国人一把。

  2011-12-21  14:35来自欧欧屁的评论回复(1)

• 草帽海贼团背心男

  那属于绝对要事体额...

  2011-12-21  14:38来自草帽海贼团背心男的评论回复(1)

• 午后暖阳下面的�@

  留好，呵呵。// @开车要稳 : 南非飞行员Bob Mosley 驾驶A-26的战斗机炸死了小毛。http://t.cn/aWJgxM // @Ryan34臧老师 :否则毛二掌权，搞不好毛二不育传给新宇将军，哦，no，我也想知道那个飞行员是谁，恩人啊 // @henry铝 :这个。。。。这个。。。。。

  2011-12-21  21:21来自午后暖阳下面的�@的评论回复(0)

• 新浪网友

  
      1950年11月24日，美四架B-26轻轰炸机炸死了毛岸英。不太可能是25日，因为那天发动反击志司忙得不可开交，而挨炸当天彭总甚至闲得下棋。杨迪的回忆是可靠的，包括蛋炒饭一事。可怜彭总　子，视高瑞欣如子，也只有毛、高二人敢于偷吃彭总大米饭。

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      当时在前线活动的B-26轻轰炸机部队只有两支，即第3轰炸机集群和第452轻轰炸机联队

  2011-12-26  11:04回复(0)

• px5000

  这是建国以来改革之前唯一一次的上天眷顾中华!