Thank you so very much and your suggestion to check out this other site. I am finally getting to your email after a very hectic Christmas season!...
I think I found the Midland Connection ... See the link below... Midland Army Flying School, Texas. Major General L.H. Van Oyen (right),...
Wonderful find!!! I do think this is the very same airplane and the same event. The man shaking the hand of General Oyen (in my pic) is the same...
Thank you, Richard! I appreciate you taking the time to respond. Your analysis sounds like a good deduction!
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] My father, Cornelis “Kees” Plesman served as a mechanic instructing other mechanics in Jackson Mississippi at the Royal...
Ok, thx, will post there. You have the right to change your mind on the Fokker guess! :-)
I have a pic of my dad in front of a B-25 with a graduating class that he helped train. I also have a notation on the back but need help with some...
Love that idea!
Actually, I did already find this thesis and read through it. It helped fill in several holes for me about the Flying School ... dates and all.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Dad is 3rd from the left
Excellent, I will try that!
I have a copy of the book “Royal Netherlands Military Flying School”, however, I am unable to post a pic of one of the pages I took with my cell...
Hi, Lou, thank you so much for posting! I think your pic is very very close but the cowling is a bit different, my dad’s wreath has a bow that...
[ATTACH] Here are the wings I spoke of. Dad had a pair of the bottom wing which I identified as follows - “WWII Netherlands Aviation Mechanic wing...
Thank u, Lou, will do!
my apologies... I posted this as a reply instead of a new thread. Reposting here. Sorry, should be Jackson MS not MI.... Hello everyone!...
Sorry ... posted here when I should have started a new thread... deleted this post and posted there instead!
