Don Moore

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Stepdaughter paints last birthday gift for dad who flew a P-51 in WW II

In U.S. Air Force, World War II on January 6, 2012 at 4:38 am

Second Lt. Al Zimmerman flew a P-51 Mustang fighter in the 355 Fighter Group in Europe during World War II.

A gorgeous but lethal P-51 Mustang fighter plane knifing its way through puffy white clouds seemed to fly off the wall at De Carter Brown’s Port Charlotte, Fla. studio. Read the rest of this entry »

His P-51 was shot down over Germany – Jack Miller spent 9 months in a German POW camp

In Purple Heart on June 3, 2011 at 4:38 am

This picture appeared in his home town paper. The information under the picture in the paper notes: "Lt. John Miller of Grantwood (right), receives the congratulations of his buddies after he downed his first Nazi plane, but a greater story is his miraculous escape from a plummeting Mustang fighter plane." Photo provided

Jack Miller loved his P-51D Mustang fighter. Twice he was shot down when he was a 20-year-old 2nd lieutenant serving as a member of the 354th Pioneer Mustang Group, 9th Air Force stationed in France during World War II.

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