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1947 gathering of original 'Flying Sergeants' (Phil Taback collection)

 

The 'Gathering of Eagles' May 31, 1947, Washington, D.C. . First Row (L to R): ?, ?, ?, ?, Clarence H. 'Pop' Corning, ? . Second Row (L to R.): Phil Taback, Stephen C. Waldrup, ?, ?, ?, ?, Tom Carhart, ?, ?. (Phil Taback collection)

 

L to R: Verne M. Yahne, ? , Herman W. Visscher (standing), Ralph C. Embrey, Jessie G. 'Blackie' Oliver, and Clarence H. 'Pop' Corning-Intel. Officer (touching the map on the floor). (Phil Taback collection)

 

(Phil Taback collection)

 

Original 'Flying Sergeants' (L to R): Ralph C. Embrey, Pincus Phil Taback, William J. Schildt, Edward I. Braddock, Lee Thompson, Emory Claude 'Slick' Morgan, Len E. Pratt (behind Morgan), Jessie G. 'Blackie' Oliver, Hank Ford, Fred Wolfe, Hubert L. Krug. (Phil Taback collection)

 

L to R: Roland R. Lynn, ?, ?, J. Wayne Jorda, ?, Ralph C. Embrey, Len E. Pratt, Claud E. Ford, Jessie G. Oliver, P. Phil Taback, Edward I. Braddock(behind Morgan) Claude 'Slick' Morgan, Ray Crawford, ?, William M. Gates (Phil Taback collection)

 

Jerry and Pat Loewenberg (Phil Taback collection)

 

L to R: Ralph C. Embrey, Len E. Pratt, Verne M. Yahne (Phil Taback collection)

 

L to R: William M. Gates, Len E. Pratt, Phil Taback, Emory Claude 'Slick' Morgan, J. Wayne Jorda (Phil Taback collection)

 

L to R: Ralph C. Embrey, Phil Taback, Claude 'Slick' Morgan (Phil Taback collection)

 

L to R: Phil Taback, Don T. Foley, Lincoln D. Jones, John A. Caputo (Phil Taback collection)

 

L to R: ?, Charles Zubarik, Len Pratt, Phil Taback, Penny Zubarik, Harriett Taback, Wayne Jorda (Phil Taback collection)

Phil Taback (L) and Len Pratt (R) enjoying some golf (Phil Taback collection)

 

L to R: Len and Blythe Pratt, Harriett and Phil Taback (Phil Taback collection)

 

Jerry Loewenberg (Phil Taback collection)

 

Walter Ryerson and his wife. 'Uncle Wally' was the Intelligence Officer, for the 97th Fighter Squadron (Phil Taback collection)

 

L to R: Hank Phillips, Roy Norris, Phil Taback, ? (Phil Taback collection)

 

L to R: Steve Taback, Phil Taback, Jack Duncan, Claude 'Slick' Morgan, Fern Morgan (Phil Taback collection)

L to R: Steve Taback(97H), R. Roberson, Roland Lynn, Al Schneider, A. Buonaguidi, Phil Taback, Chuck Luke, Buddy Strozier, G. McAdams, Dick Ostronik, Jim Monyham, Leo Fisher (Chuck Luke/Phil Taback collection)

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- If you have any information, photos, stories, etc. please get in contact with us.

 

- An article by Warren Thompson appears in the June '03 issue of Flight Journal magazine and is entitled "Turkey Shoot Over Vienna". It covers the mission in which the 82nd FG shot down 21 German aircraft in one mission.

 

- The Jan. 2003 issue of Fly Past magazine contains an article about the 82nd Fighter Group written by Warren Thompson.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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