4 AIR CLASSICS/August 2022
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AUGUST 2022
VOLUME 58 / NUMBER 8Features
18 BOLERO TO TORCH
How Lockheed Lightnings were transferred
from Britain to North Africa to aid in the fight
against the Germans in the desert /
by Steve Blake
40 BY NORGE TO THE POLE
After numerous failures to reach the North
Pole by ship, Roald Amundsen turned to the
sky for a solution / by Jon Larson
46 FORGOTTEN HERO
How Doug Matthews restored an F-86F Sabre to
honor America’s top Korean War ace / by James
Thompson and Michael O’Leary
70 MUSTANG GOES TO WAR
The Mustang scores its first aerial victory with
the RAF / by Michael O’Leary
78 COLORS OF WAR
More rare images of military aircraft in full
color / by Michael O’LearyContents
Departments
6 MESSAGE FROM THE PUBLISHER
Comments on the August issue of Air Classics
8 WARBIRD AND CLASSIC REPORT
Latest vintage and veteran news from
around the world / by Doug Fisher
38 LOG ENTRIES
Why we have an obligation to help the
next person in line / by Mark Bingham
86 FRIDAY NIGHT OLDIES
Images from the early days of Warbirds /
by Doug Fisher
90 CHECKLIST
Latest in aviation literature / by Nicholas A. Veronico
92 DOWN MEMORY’S RUNWAY
More aircraft from aviation’s glorious past /
by Norm Taylor
94 AIRLINES
News and views from the readers of Air ClassicsPROUDLY
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COVER: Doug Matthews flying his
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