On 16 October 1944 Major McComas, CO 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, lead a flight of 10 P-51s and 8 Curtiss P-40s on an escort mission to protect 14th Air Force B-24 Liberators and B-25 Mitchells that were scheduled to bomb the Kowloon docks in Japanese occupied Hong Kong, with the P-51s providing … Continue reading Colonel Edward O. McComas – the Reconnaissance Ace of Aces