Flight Journal June 2023

FEATURES
Rise of the Phantom
Evolution of the Legendary F-4
By John Lowery

“Dams Raid”
John “Hoppy” Hopgood,
heroic “Dambuster”
By Clive Rowley, MBE RAF (Ret.)

Mustangs over
Normandy
P-51s search and destroy
targets of opportunity
By James P. Busha

A Wolf in
Sheep’s Clothing
Major Charles “Bazooka Charlie”
Carpenter and his gun-toting L-4 Cub
By James P. Busha

REGULARS
Editorial

Classics:
“America” Flies Again
Restoring the Curtiss Seaplane
By Jim Poel as told to Kirk W. House

Gallery:
Howard DGA GH-2
The “Big Blue Freeloader”
earns its keep
By Jan Tegler

Tailview
America’s Last Ace
By Brig. Gen. Steve Ritchie (USAF, Ret.)