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ISSUE
17 - May 2008
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"Warbirds in Action" Airshow
Minter Field, Shafter, Ca
19 APRIL 2008 |
| By Dave Green, Contributing Editor & Photographer |
| The annual "Warbirds in Action" took
place 18 April in Shafter, California bringing together about 40 of the most
rare warbirds from WWII and a few acrobatic planes as well. There were four P-51
Mustangs, two B-25 Bombers "Executive Sweet" & "Heavenly Body", a Hawker
Sea Fury, A Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar, countless BT-13's, a C-53 Sky Trooper,
the Zero and Hellcat team and too many others to list off. |
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| 1951 Hawker Sea Fury |
1943 C-53D Sky Trooper “ D-Day Doll” |
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| 1942 Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar |
1944 B-25J “Heavenly Body“ |
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| View from top of B-25J “Executive Sweet” |
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| The B-25's performed the Doolittle Raid re-enactment
to commemorate the 66th year anniversary of the day that sixteen B-25B Bomber
left the flight deck of the USS Hornet bound for Tokyo and sought revenge for
the attacks on Pearl Harbor. Fitting with this, the Zero and Hellcat performed
an air-to-air combat re-enactment to give the crowd an idea of what it was like
for these pilots in the Pacific fighting for air superiority. The Hellcat is
well known for its roll when introduced in the war August 31, 1943. 4,947 Japanese
aircraft were downed in the Pacific by F6F Hellcats, changing the air superiority
from the Zeros to the Hellcats! |
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| 1944 B-25J “Executive Sweet” performs Doolittle’s
Raid on Tokyo re-enactment along with “Heavenly Body” to
commemorate the 66th anniversary of the raid on Japan off the deck of the U.S.
Aircraft Carrier, USS Hornet. The raid lit a fire under the American people to
reinforce the war efforts and stunned the Japanese in believing that their country
was within striking reach of the United States Military. From that day forward,
the U.S. pushed the Japanese Forces from every island they encountered. These
photos are from the Tail Gunner position in the aircraft. |
| Minter Field's museum is housed in the original fire
station, built at Minter Field in 1941. It is the last example of this architecture
left on the field. The base was a major training facility where nearly 12,000
pilots received basic training in BT-13s, UC-78's, AT-6s, P-38s, and B-25s. |
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| A row of P-51 Mustangs |
An FG1-D Corsair |
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| 1942 Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar flying over the crowd |
B-25J “Executive Sweet” |
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| The event had Warbirds, Skydivers, Acrobatic Acts, and
plenty of food and Armed Services Personnel on hand to sponsor the event! Please
visit the Minter Field Air Museum website at http://www.minterfieldairmuseum.com/ |
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