BoNidle Posted January 31, 2016 Posted January 31, 2016 Brigadier General Henry R Spicer was C.O. of the USAF Air Training Command between 1956 and 1958. He was assigned his own F-86F-40 in which he would tour the bases under his command. The eight coloured stripes represent the eight Wings which formed the ATC at that time. The Sabre was kept clean and polished as you can imagine. This at User Files and should be available soon.
BoNidle Posted January 31, 2016 Author Posted January 31, 2016 There was not a lot of reference material for this Sabre. In fact it was two black and white photos of poor to mediocre quality and a decal manufacturer profile which had errors. I had never heard of General Spicer before, but from the photo he appears quite a character. He had been C.O. of the 357th Fighter Group, 8thAF, during WW2 and claimed three victories before being shot down himself in 1944. He spent the remainder of the war in a POW camp.
Rangi Posted January 31, 2016 Posted January 31, 2016 Great skin. Thanks. I will check it out. I thought they didn't allow gays in the military back then.:music_whistling: PC: 6600K @ 4.5 GHz, 12GB RAM, GTX 970, 32" 2K monitor.
BaconSarnie Posted January 31, 2016 Posted January 31, 2016 (edited) During WW2 he was Chuck Yeagers CO, until he was sho down that is. http://victoriayeager.com/col-spicer-357th-fighter-group-commander/ Edited January 31, 2016 by BaconSarnie And lo, Reverend Vegas did say "Take forth unto the infidel the mighty GAU 8 and expend its holy 30MM so that freedom will be brung upon them who knoweth not the joys of BBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTT" "Amen"
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