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1937 Martin B-10 - Robert Karr
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1937 Martin B-10 - Robert Karr
1917 10 Sopwith Triplane N5468 Naval 1 Sqn Samuel Kinkead - Robert Karr
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1926 Fokker FVIIa-3m Byrd Arctic Expedition - Robert Karr
1952 08 F-86 Sabre FU-834 - Robert Karr
In 7 August 1952, Capt. Clifford D. Jolley, flying an F-86 Sabre "Jolley Roger," became the 18th jet ace of the Korean War, and the first Air National Guard "ace" of the war from the (Utah Air National Guard).Captain Jolley shot down seven Soviet-made MiG-15 aircraft, earning his ace status.He joined the USAAF in 1941. Jolley learned to fly in 1942. He flew P-40s and P-38s with the 18th Fighter Squadron, 343rd Fighter Group, 11th Air Force in the Aleutians. He shot down 3 enemy planes during WWII.He first began flying P-51 Mustangs with the California Air Guard in San Bernardino in 1947.He transitioned to jets in 1948 at Williams Air Force Base, Ariz., and joined the Utah Air National Guard in 1949.During 1951, he toured the country with his Guard unit, putting on firepower demonstrations. Late that year, he attended Jet Gunnery School at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas. He and many Guardsmen were activated from the Utah unit and assigned to a regular Air Force unit in Korea in 1952.Jolley flew with the 335th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, "The Chiefs," of the 4th Fighter Interceptor Group from Kimpo Air Base, South Korea. The squadron flew four kinds of missions in Korea: MiG sweeps, cover flights for bombers, cover flights for photo recon planes, and weather searches.He was shot down over Cho-Do by a MiG-15 on 2 July 1952, managed to eject. He was briefly captured, and subsequently rescued by the crew of an H-5 of the 3rd Air Rescue Service.While flying his F-86E (#51-2769), he downed his first MiG on his 31st birthday, the second on the Fourth of July, the third and fourth on August 7, the fifth on August 8 (becoming the 18th jet ace of the Korean War), and the 6th and 7th later that month. He is credited with having at least 13 probables.He came home on August 30, exactly 10 years after graduation from flight school. He became the operations officer for the 191st Fighter Squadron, Utah National Guard upon his return.Jolley went on to become a flight test pilot with Northrop Corporation, flying many other types of fighter jets, including the F-89 Scorpion. He retired to Salt Lake City in 1966 as a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserve
1945 01 Curtiss C-46 Commando flying the Hump - Robert Karr
4th Combat Cargo Group
1944 11 B-25J Mitchell - Robert Karr
This B-25J was flown by Lt Albert Beiga, 345th Bomb Group ‘Air Apaches’, 498th Bomb Squadron ‘Falcons’, USAAF. The 498th deployed to the Southwest Pacific Theater in June 1943 and the Squadron was engaged in combat over New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, Northern Solomon Islands, the Southern Philippines and Leyte. These B-25s were used for low-level strafing attacks and were modified with extra .50 caliber machine guns installed in the noses of the aircraft. ‘Lady Lil’ was assigned to the 498th on the Philippines Islands in 1944.
1945 04 Focke Wulf 190 D-9 JV44 Oblt Klaus Faber - Robert Karr
1942 10 New Guinea, Curtiss P-40E 49th Fighter Group - Robert Karr