Restoration of Thunderbird Memorial

[ol-IEWO]

Back in 1964, Captain Eugene J. Devlin, Thunderbird Two, was killed when the fuselage of his F-105 broke up, The memorial of this was misplaced but recently found. Here is the story of the restoration.

[Winchester]

Back in 1964, Captain Eugene J. Devlin, Thunderbird Two, was killed when the fuselage of his F-105 broke up, The memorial of this was misplaced but recently found. Here is the story of the restoration.

. Badass. I'm not crazy about the Tchickens but thrilled to hear they are honoring Devlin and the sexy 105. Thanks for the link.

[LUGNUT]

Always wondered what that old F-105 display was every time I saw it in among a bunch of junk in the RV storage lot on Nellis. Figured it was just an old diplay from in front of T-bird hanger. Can't believe a memorial was just thrown among the trash back there. Reminds me of a story about some shoeclerk wanting to fix the holes on the headquarters building at Hickam, unaware of the fact that they were bullet holes from the Japs.

[Hacker]

Ridiculous that it was removed in the first place.

And yet, some people still think that the AF 'doesn't have any heritage'....

Well, jesus, this is exactly why.

[moosepileit]

https://www.history.com/shows/american-restoration/videos#american-restoration-planes-and-flames