Folks, I'm only posting this here on FSO because most of you flying FSO are one way or another, into WW2 history.
For the last 3 years, an all volunteer project has been underway to make a documentary of the 325Th FG; mostly because, as an MTO FG, they got precious little coverage during the War. A little over 3 years ago, at the Gathering of Mustangs, a guy involved in making amateur movies about WW2 aviation met Checkertail ace, Barrie Davis. One thing led to another and soon, Neil Pugh "MysticPuma", actually an IL2 movie maker with an established reputation got talked into doing what he thought would be a 10 minute CGI based short on the 325Th. Cutt, Myself and JohnnyMac along with volunteers from Europe and the U.S. all started and as material begin to come in ...Photos, Film footage, and we begin to videotape interviews with surviving pilots, the whole thing snowballed into what is arguably the most ambitious project if its kind. All volunteer. No money has or will be made from it. After 3 years, "Checkertails, Part 1-The Legend Begins" has been released. It is in no way a "video" to be watched on a computer. It is a nearly 6 Gigabyte Hi Def ISO file you can download and burn to a duel layer DVD. Run time is an hour and 40 minutes. No...No footage was created with AH due to certain limitations of the AH film editor. I've been flying Aces High for over a decade and we all know how great the flight model and a lot of the graphics are but other software had to be used to create some of the aerial battles in the documentary. Just take it for what it is....a 3 year labor of love dedicated to some amazing people who went to war before most of us were born. This is for them and Cutt, JMac and I are very proud to have had a small part in it.
http://community.history.com/topic/24870 This link should get you to where you can download the file in a couple of formats. Enjoy.
