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John M. Armstrong, Pilot
386th Bombardment Group,
552nd Bombardment Squadron
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Capt. John Armstrong |
Getting ready to receive wings. Jeanne came down to see me graduate from Flying school. She had just turned 18 and I was already 18. Got married when I came home and finished college. We celebrate our 58th anniversary this year. |
One of the planes I flew on several missions. |
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Grier Davis and John Armstrong on 10 day R&R (Flak Leave). Staying in an English castle.
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On Flak Leave at St. Andrews, Jan 1944. British gave us some civilian clothes to wear on our leave. |
Digging air raid slit trench at Beaumont Jur Oise (French Base).
Everybody got busy digging |
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Plane name "Plew" in memory of my crew chiefs brother who
was shot down and killed. Plew is nickname of crew chiefs brother. We were
shot down in this plane 7-11-44. Bailed out. Only |
Coming base from continent. One plane is |
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Our Quonset hut in England, 1943. Greir and |
John Armstrong. England, 1944 |
We arrive at our new base in France, Beaumont Jur Oise. It was our
little dogs
first trip across the channel - had to teach it to speak French.
Flying on top somewhere over occupied France. Don't remember
anything about mission.
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| Taken at Reunion at Nashville, Tenn. Last one I attended, it was 1990. |
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| Taken at Reunion 50 years after war. Left to right, Nick Bouras, bombardier; Grier Davis, co-pilot; Fran Brow, Engineer/waist gunner; John Armstrong, pilot |
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Taken at dedication of the 386th monument at Air Force Academy. Left to right: Grier Davis, Nick Bouras, John Armstrong, Fran Brow. All these men were with me with we bailed out. |
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Taken at Colorado Springs Reunion 1986. Left to right Jeanne Armstrong, John, Grier Davis, Fay Davis and Fran is seated. |
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Grier and Tad Hankey at out table during the Nashville Reunion. The B-26 program owed a lot to Tad. He was in the very the very beginning and a great contributor. |
Capt. John Armstrong's crew. Left to right: Capt. Nicholas Bouras, bombardier; Lt. Grier Davis, co-pilot; Sgt. Dave Ayers, turret gunner; Sgt. Francis Brow, waist gunner; Sgt. Frank Haluska, tail gunner. Taken at Lake Charles, LA in 1943. We were getting ready to go overseas. |
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Our stained glass memorial window for the 386th at 800 year old
church beside our base at |
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