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Squadron pilots pose with a squadron F-102 in 1959	1st Lt. Dave Brownwood with his 1961 squadron ride an F-106A

Front Row   Left to Right

Louis C. Zucker,  Elvis E. Crooks,  Norman Whitney,  Major Ray Farrington ( Executive Officer) (shot down an Me 262 toward the end of the WW II -- a feat in a P-51!),  Col. William (Red) Miller (Squadron Commander),  Werner J. Ruschenberg,  Keith R. Young,  Wendell (Smitty) Smith.  William Martin,  Not Identified,  Guy Jack Sherrill

Second Row   Left To Right

Dave Hamilton,  Rex D. Howerton,  Robert A. Hamblin,  Philip Springer,  David O. Brownwood,  Everett E. Denck,  James C. Mizner,  Mo Price,  Minor Wilson Nelson,  Richard Goudie,  Not Identified,

Third Row   Left To Right

Not Identified,  Not Identified, Chuck Kuhlman,  Edwin R. (Barney) Barnes,  Captin Thomas,  Fredrick R. Williams,  John Garrison,  Granville Quincy Anderson (Andy),  Robert Leverette,  Jack Hudspeth  Carol Killen,  Don Orr

 

The picture on the left shows the 1959 contingent of 456 F.I.S. pilots by a squadron F-102 Delta Dagger.  Col. William (Red) Miller. squadron CO  is seated in the front row seventh from the right.  Behind him kneeling is 1st Lt. Dave Brownwood, and standing behind him in the third row is Fred Williams.  1st Lt Jack Hudspeth is standing in the third row, third from right.  Capt. Keith Young is sitting in the first row, fifth from right.  The squadron executive officer (name?), sitting on Col. Miller's right, shot down an Me 262 toward the end of the WW II -- a feat in a P-51!   Anyone who can identify others in the picture would you please contact me.

 If you take a close look at the squadron patch on their uniforms you will see that it is the original 1944 design of Luther.  Which raises the questions why was it changed, who changed it, and when was it changed to the later version?  Another interesting question that arises is that since The Air Force, and squadron archives at the Air Force Historical Research Center at Maxwell A.F.B.  only contain the original 1944 design, application, and approval. Was the the later design ever officially approved by the Air Force?   Anyone who might have any information about this would you please contact me.

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The Original Luther Design	The Revised Or Later Luther Design
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