Originally Posted by
Old Photo.Fanatic
In 1987during an extended individual aviation photo tour in the USA .
I visited Kingman airfield to see what was there worth photographing.
I met a chap there who invited me to his small facility on the airfield.
Noticing a load of F86 Pics. I asked his interest.
He then told me that he and Jock Maitland flew the last operational F-86 "Sortie" of the Korean war together.
He said he had lost touch with him and did I know him.
I did know him from wearing my Accredited Press hat at various Biggin hill events.
I contacted his son at Biggin and passed on the details of the chap at Kingman.
I left things at that , so I do not know if Jock followed it up .
Maybe pruners can verify if this was correct about the last sortie ?.
OPF
Maitland's claim is correct: he flew a sortie on 27 July aboard F-86F 52-4517. His log book is annotated, "Last sweep of the war. Last flight to leave North Korea. Hundreds of MiGs at Antung but none flying". He logged 2 hours flight time.
Do you recall the name of the chap at Kingman?