User talk:Gsdanielson

/* De Havilland Gypsy Moth in USA service during WW2 */ new section
I have recently read "Behind Japanese Lines: With the OSS in Burma" by Richard Dunlop. The author describes how a de Havilland Gypsy Moth was obtained from the RAF for use as a liason aircraft by the OSS detachment 101. Here is a link to a website with a photographg of the de Havilland Gypsy Moth in which Lieutenant Colonel Eifler flew General Donovan behind Japanese lines to visit the KNOTHEAD group. In the rear and at the controls of the airplane is Lieutenant Colonel Carl Eifler, commanding officer of Detachment 101. General William J. Donovan is in the front seat.

https://arsof-history.org/articles/images/v2n3_det_101/800/26_moth.jpg

The photo is from the The U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) History Office websit which corroborates what Richard Dunlop wrote in his book. The aircraft clearly has USAF markings and paint, with a US General sitting in it.

The Wikipedia page only mentions operational use by the US Navy. The use of this little aircraft while establishing insurgency in Burma was key.