One of the great joys of the TwelfthRecon Project is all the great people we get to meet and work with. They come from all over the...

It has been some time since I've been able to develop website content. For this I apologize. Let's just say, like so many others, 2020 was a

Hello all. We've just added the Corporal Irving J. Graham Collection to the website! Mr. James Gunnis contacted us after reading my...

On this very day, Germany signed the armistice ending World War One. Hardly two weeks prior, Lt. Robert L. Davidson, reconnaissance pilot..

Here we go. You've heard us talk about how there's lots going on behind the scenes. Most we've been public about but there is one item...

They had just been cleared to turn inbound by "Big Brother" and were climbing to start their bomb/camera run and immediately started picking

As the "Nose" Navigator/Bombardier on a RB-26 Combat Crew, flying combat missions over North Korea, our 1PM daily briefing was always intere

Our mission was to "loiter" just south of the assigned target areas and as soon as the last B-29 had made his releases, wait for bomb impact

Things may appear quiet at TwelfthRecon.com but rest easy knowing there's quite a lot more going on behind the scenes. During the last sever

Shrapnel from well-placed enemy flak rounds ripped through Nicklas’ Mustang. He prepared to bail out now for the second time in five days.

by Scott Wickham Editor's Note: Mr. Scott Wickham is the son of Capt Harold R. Wickham, WWII and Korean War Veteran. Capt Wickham served...

New World War I Content The new World War I exhibit is now public (see screenshots below)! We've added a ton of content as well as...

Major William Harrison Saunders of Sumter, South Carolina, was one of the U.S. Army’s most effective artillery spotters in the First World W

After the Great War, way out in El Paso, Texas, sometime in the early 1920's, the 12th Aero Squadron received a hot little French fighter...

This has been a very productive year for TwelfthRecon. This year we’ve completed the first draft transcribing the Kennedy Letters from...

This Veterans Day we were lucky enough to get some snow. After playing with the kids and dogs, I spent a little time in my office warming...

1 - 11 November 1918 The last days of the war were evidently very exciting ones for the 12th. Details are scarce but four members were...

30 October 1918 On Wednesday morning the 12th Aero Squadron assembled five aircraft to fly a photo mission. Four aircraft were to protect...

29 October 1918 On Tuesday morning, 29 October, the 12th launched Lts. Thomas and Follette on a photography mission. Because...

Monday, 28 October 1918 Lieutenants Arthur and Fleeson, returned Sunday after spending four days resting and relaxing in Paris. Now it...