1914 AH Fox 20 Guage

[vaturkey]

Thanks for all the information. My great-great Uncle bought the gun. E was a successful contractor in Washington State. The gun was used for ducks and pheasants, etc. One of pictures of him shows a large amount of ducks lined up. Unfortunately he didn't believe he needed to learn to swim. He drowned in the Deschutes River in Oregon. I believe the gun uses the longer shells.

Awesome indeed. Post that picture of your uncle if you can. We be nice to see.

[Researcher]

Back in the day quite a circle of Seattle well-heeled sportsmen that orbited around Joshua Green, including the fire chief, judges, artists and other leading businessmen, had special ordered Ansley H. Fox 20-gauge guns with 30-inch barrels. They did a lot of their hunting at their club near Toppenish, Washington.

[Foxnut]

Wonderful gun and great Family provenance and history. Glad your son will become the caretaker of the gun! Aligned with Tom on the value given current I’d suggest you check and make sure it is insured properly. What a great gun for ducks and the game in Washington state!!

[Larry4]

I am not sure if I can find a picture of my Uncle. All the men of those generations were over 6' 5". Uncle Donald was 6'7". My Great great great Uncle Eb was 6'9" and the acknowledged Bull of the Woods in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. My father was raised on Mt. Rainer in a depression era lumberjack camp. Here is a picture of my father, back row far left.

[TOOL MAN]

Great pic! 10-man crew, silversides? B-29 Superfort???

[Larry4]

B-24 in the Pacific. My Achin’ Rod wonder how that would fly in todays Air-Force

[Larry4]

Hi flight jacket the small dots on the back are islands he bombed. He led the first low level bombing/stranding run on Iwo Jima. Must of been something with hundreds of those B-24s coming in low with all guns blazing.

[TOOL MAN]

That was my second guess! Wow, that flight jacket is incredible!! Long live The Greatest Generation......balls of steel!! Thanks for sharing.

[Fin2Feather]

Great story and pics. My late brother-in-law was a B-24 tail gunner over Germany, a pretty dangerous spot from what I hear. He made it though.

[Larry4]

My father in law flew B-17s in Europe in WW II, the Berlin airlift and the Korean War. Some great medals with over 3500 hours in the air. He bombed Emden the petrochemical industry in Germany. In 1956 my father went to Eden to rebuild the first petrochemical plant after the war.

The wings signify over 3500 air hours. Don’t see many, or Command level medals.

[Larry4]

Great story and pics. My late brother-in-law was a B-24 tail gunner over Germany, a pretty dangerous spot from what I hear. He made it though.

My Uncle was the same a tail gunner and was shot down and killed over France.

[TOOL MAN]

OMG....what a treasure trove of 8th A.F. history! A real-life figure from 12 O'Clock High! Your FIL must have been soaring with God in the co-pilot's seat. He flew both raids over Schweinfurt (the 8th's bloodiest day) and lived to tell about it. Thanks for the morning goosebumps!

[44whiskey]

great thread,thanks for sharing

[Larry4]

The air-force provided a missing man fly over at his funeral. With bagpipers it was very moving.

[Stan Hillis]

The air-force provided a missing man fly over at his funeral. With bagpipers it was very moving.

When I was about 13 yrs. old my cousin's husband was KIA in Vietnam. He was the driving force behind Operation Dustoff being started, which saved countless wounded soldiers' lives by flying them out of combat zones. His name was Maj. Charles Kelly, nicknamed "Madman Kelly" by his peers for his eagerness to fly a 'copter into hot LZs. He was shot through the heart by small arms fire on his last mission. He is remembered by his peers in a reply to ground forces, when radioed not to land in the midst of a firefight, but to return to base. He said "I'll leave .......... when I have your wounded".

His funeral also had a missing man fly-by, and rifle team salute. When I saw the fly-by and heard the taps being bugled and echoed up the hill by another bugler, and the rifle salute, it changed me forever. Few things in my life have made as lasting an impression on me as that funeral. His grave is about a 20 minute drive from me and I visit it often, alone, just to pay my respects.





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_L._Kelly