Family Experience With M1 Carbine

[Dave-In-Maine]

Thought this might be of some interest to some here......

My dad flew P47's in WWII, then the P51 and F84 on two combat tours in Korea. I recently ran across this note (excerpted) that he had tucked into the back of one of my carbine books.

"Dave-
{I may have been} the only fighter jock in Korea 1951 who carried an M1 Carbine into battle. There was a space beside the left side of the seat where a little rifle would just fit. Knowing what we did of...treatment of prisoners, I was determined to shoot it out if in danger of capture. I carried a Colt 45, a Walther P38 and and M1 Carbine."

Somewhere, I have a photo of him climbing out of a P51, with the carbine, and you can see the P38 holster as well. Guess I inherited the gun bug rightly!!!

As an aside, I remember him always being bemused by the fact that the 45 pistol he carried in WWII was made by Singer Sewing Machine (I think he traded it for a "good one").........wish he'd managed to hang on to that!!!!!

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