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P-61 Black Widow

NickP976

New Member
I have just acquired my second P-61 Pilot's A-2 this one from the 426 Night Fighter Squadron and named to Ira Craig Elrod.
Some picture of Elrod appear in the book by Gary R Pape titled "Queen of the Midnight Skies".
If I Google Elrod he comes up as listed in the USA as does Gary Pape and I would like to write to both of them to try and obtain copies of the photographs.
The problem is that although there are companies from which you can purchase addresses and phone numbers you cannot buy the information outside the USA as zip codes etc are required. I even tried phoning one company but they declined to help.
So my request is there anyone in the USA that uses something such as http://www.zabasearch.com who can get me the details I require at of course my expense.


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Marv

Well-Known Member
Excellent jacket you have aquired there, what contract is it as I can't tell from the photos.
 

dmar836

Well-Known Member
Yes, it's a great jacket ..... and is someone going to help Nick? :?

With divorce costs? My wife would kill me if I picked up a jacket that nice right now!
What a beaut!
 

Peter Graham

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Very interesting jacket. I won't ask what it cost but it's nice to see someone in the UK aquire a piece like this. You are obviously a serious collector, and they are few and far between. Luckily we have a few on this forum.
 

Jwilliamsfnp

New Member
Craig Elrod was friend of my father. In the late 1970s I was given this jacket along with other patches, wings, etc. when he moved from Charlotte NC to the Morganton area by Craig. I was a kid with a love for militaria and my father was a WW 2 vet as was most of his friends. My father was an Antique dealer at the Antique show in Charlotte NC. I brought the jacket to the market show to show an adult collector who borrowed it for photos. He kept stalling to bring it back, when my father confronted the guy he paid my father a small sum to shut the kid up (me) and got away with the "lost" jacket. My father was mad that I essentially lost Craigs jacket having his other things but said I learned a lesson. I was 12 or 13 at the time and I am 58 now and I still have Craig Elrod's wings and other things which I will never part with. His wife Joy was a Flight nurse in the 9th USAAF, she gave me some things also. I have looked for this jacket my whole adult life I am still a collector of Army Aviation mostly Vietnam Helicopter. Craig is long passed but I still carry guilt for losing the jacket. I would love to have the opportunity to purchase the jacket at current value or to be in touch with the owner in case they sell it. Jeff Williams [email protected] I live in Morganton NC, USA. I have made post on the US military forum and facebook looking for this jacket. Thank You! I am not saying it was stolen to lay claim; I want to buy it back if I can!!!!!
 

B-Man2

Well-Known Member
Craig Elrod was friend of my father. In the late 1970s I was given this jacket along with other patches, wings, etc. when he moved from Charlotte NC to the Morganton area by Craig. I was a kid with a love for militaria and my father was a WW 2 vet as was most of his friends. My father was an Antique dealer at the Antique show in Charlotte NC. I brought the jacket to the market show to show an adult collector who borrowed it for photos. He kept stalling to bring it back, when my father confronted the guy he paid my father a small sum to shut the kid up (me) and got away with the "lost" jacket. My father was mad that I essentially lost Craigs jacket having his other things but said I learned a lesson. I was 12 or 13 at the time and I am 58 now and I still have Craig Elrod's wings and other things which I will never part with. His wife Joy was a Flight nurse in the 9th USAAF, she gave me some things also. I have looked for this jacket my whole adult life I am still a collector of Army Aviation mostly Vietnam Helicopter. Craig is long passed but I still carry guilt for losing the jacket. I would love to have the opportunity to purchase the jacket at current value or to be in touch with the owner in case they sell it. Jeff Williams [email protected] I live in Morganton NC, USA. I have made post on the US military forum and facebook looking for this jacket. Thank You! I am not saying it was stolen to lay claim; I want to buy it back if I can!!!!!
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