Like Prince, I am a "formerly known as", originally Buckboard. I closed my Buckboard account and set up shop as Reedmalloy. It's a long, boring story why, and anyone with wiki knowledge can track it down if they so wish.
However, according to this, my combined totals of edits as of 25 Aug 2010 is 40,424, placing me 644th among wikipedians. (that doesn't include the hundreds or more of edits made before I remember to log in)
I am a member of several projects, but only to preserve knowledge. The self-congratulatory climate in which we as a society have moved, most notable in journalism, education, and the media, nauseates me and I refuse to participate.
The motto of the AIW is conservata veritate, which translates to "with the preserved truth".
This motto reflects the inclusionist desire to change Wikipedia only when no knowledge would be lost as a result.
To Reedmalloy, for his extraordinarily hard work editing, maintaining and generally helping out on articles about airborne warfare. Skinny87 (talk) 16:27, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
^Per the Veterans Affairs National Gravesite Locator ("National Gravesite Locator". US Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved May 12, 2007.) he and his wife, also a WWII veteran, are buried together in Section 14, Site 724.
^ Schanz, Marc (March 2008). "Special operators Head West". Air Force Magazine, Journal of the Air Force Association., p. 32.
^Frisbee, John L. (1986). "Marauders at Midway". AIR FORCE Magazine. 69 (April). Retrieved 25 Feb 2010. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |quotes= (help)
^Todd Lamb, editor (2002). Ohio State Football Gameday. The Ohio State Athletics Communications Office. pp. 42–43. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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Robert F. Dorr (1998). "Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, Variant Briefing". In John Heathcott (ed.). Wings of Fame:The Journal of Class Combat Aircraft, Vol. 11. AIRTime Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-86184-017-9., 119
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Jack Park (2002). "Francis Schmidt: Mr. Razzle Dazzle". The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia. Sports Publishing LLC. p. 141. ISBN 1582610061.
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Jim Tressel (2003). "Charlie Ream 1934-1937". In Jeff Snook (ed.). What It Means To Be A Buckeye. Triumph Books. p. 3. ISBN 1572436026.
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Richard H. Campbell (2005). "Appendix E: Project Alberta". The Silverplate Bombers: A History and Registry of the Enola Gay and Other B-29's Configured to Carry Atomic Bombs. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0786421398.
Bowman, Martin W., "Background to War", USAAF Handbook 1939-1945, ISBN 0-8117-1822-0
Heimdahl, William C., and Hurley, Alfred F., "The Roots of U.S. Military Aviation," Winged Shield, Winged Sword: A History of the United States Air Force Vol. I (1997) Chapter 1, ISBN 0-16-049009-X
Mortenson, Daniel R., "The Air Service in the Great War," Winged Shield, Winged Sword: A History of the United States Air Force Vol. I (1997) Chapter 2, ISBN 0-16-049009-X
Shiner, John F., "From Air Service to Air Corps: The Billy Mitchell Era," Winged Shield, Winged Sword: A History of the United States Air Force Vol. I (1997) Chapter 3, ISBN 0-16-049009-X
"2005 Almanac," Air Force Magazine, May 2005, Vol. 88, No. 5, the Air Force Association, Arlington, Virginia
Capps, Robert S., Flying Colt: Liberator Pilot in Italy, Manor House (1997). ISBN 0-9640665-1-3
Maurer, Maurer, Air Force Combat Units of World War II, Office of Air Force history (1961). ISBN 0-40512-194-6
Ravenstein, Charles A., Air Force Combat Wings 1947-1977, Office of Air Force History (1984). ISBN 0-912799-12-9
456th Bomb Group Association, 456th Bomb Group History: Steed's Flying Colts 1943-1945, Turner Publishing Company (1994). ISBN 1-56311-141-1
Bishop, Cliff T. Fortresses of the Big Triangle First (1986). ISBN 169487004
Coffey, Thomas M. Decision Over Schweinfurt ((1977). ISBN 0679507639
Freeman, Roger A. 56th Fighter Group (2000). ISBN 1841760475
Freeman, Roger A. The Mighty Eighth (1993 edition). ISBN 087938638X
Freeman, Roger A. The Mighty Eighth War Diary (1990). ISBN 0879384956
Freeman, Roger A. (1991). The Mighty Eighth War Manual. ISBN 0-87938-513-8.
Havelaar, Marion H., and Hess, William N., The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourn: The 91st Bombardment Group in World War II. ISBN 0887408109
Craven, Wesley Frank, and Cate, James Lea, The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume I: Plans and Early Operations, "Chapter 2: The Army Air Service Between Two Wars 1919-1939". University of Chicago press, 1948
Hirschel, Ernst Heinrich; Prem, Horst; Madelung, Gero (2004). 'Aeronautical Research in Germany: From Lilienthal until Today. Springer. ISBN 354040645X
Shiner, John F. (1997). "The Coming of the GHQ Air Force, 1925-1935". In Bernard C. Nalty (ed.). Winged Shield, Winged Sword: A History of the United States Air Force. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN0-16-049009-X. OCLC36103616.
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Oliver O’Mara died July 1, 2008, in Santa Fe, N.M., at 86. An Air Force veteran, Mr. O’Mara had served as a pilot in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Upon graduating in 1943 as a flight officer fighter pilot in the Army Air Corps, he flew P-51 Mustangs, Curtiss P-40 Tomahawks and P-47 Thunderbolts on Saipan and Iwo Jima; completing 32 missions during World War II, Mr. O’Mara was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, the Purple Heart, and two Battle Stars—one for Air Offensive Japan and the other for the Battle of Iwo Jima. Following graduation from the U.S. Air Force Helicopter School at Ellington Air Force Base, Texas, in 1953, he served as a rescue pilot over Korea, flying the Sikorsky H-19 helicopter; he was a recipient of the Sikorsky Flying “S” Rescue Award in 1955. Mr. O’Mara subsequently flew helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft at bases in Texas, Nevada, California, Florida and Japan, before volunteering for duty in Vietnam in 1965; during his military career there, he flew 128 missions—and, in 1969, was awarded the Air Force Cross. Mr. O’Mara completed his final assignment at the Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, N.M.; retiring from the military in 1970 as a lieutenant colonel, he continued working at the base for 15 years, serving as the airfield manager, through Civil Service. Mr. O’Mara had been a member of the Legion of Valor. He is survived by his wife, Ruth; two daughters; two brothers; a sister; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren
M'Mara was also RCC of JG 36 on 2-6-67 when he rescued Duane Hackney, survivor of JG 05.
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