Captain Ed Heller and HELL-ER-BUST in action against the Luftwaffe in "All The Way"
Troy White © Oil on Canvas 32" x 44"
Captain Ed Heller of the 486th FS, 352nd FG, closes on the tail of an Focke Wulf FW-190D from II./JG 301 on March 2, 1945 in his P-51D Mustang HELL-ER BUST. The 352nd "Bluenosers" arrived on the scene as the German fighters were making their move on B-17s from the 398th BG as the bombers make a turn over their target. Heller made Ace with this his fifth victory. He finished the war with 5.5 aerial kills and was the top strafer of the 352nd FG with 16.5 ground victories.
Ed remained in the Air Force and eventually wound up in Korea flying F-86s with the 25th FIS, 51st FIW. He transferred to the 16th FIS in October of 1952 and was made Squadron Commander. An aggressive leader, Ed scored 3.5 aerial victories over MiGs before he was was shot down over Manchuria on January 23, 1953. Cannon fire jammed Heller' canopy closed and ed barely managed to extricate himself from his F-86 and deploy his parachute before impact. Ed was badly injured After two years of mistreatment at the hands of his captors in China, he was finally released in 1955, two years after the end of the war. Col. Heller flew F-100s during the Cuban Missile Crisis before retiring from the Air Force in 1967.
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Captain Ed Heller in 1944. Note black swastikas painted on the blue cowl. On the right is a photo showing HELL-ER-BUST on the 486th flight line at Y-84 in Belgium.
Ed poses in his P-51 after scoring seven strafing victories on April 16, 1945. The black swastikas have been removed and replaced with red Maltese crosses. Shooting enemy aircraft on the ground was more risky than air-to-air combat as Luftwaffe airfields bristled with anti-aircraft guns. With 16.5 ground victories Ed Heller was the top strafing ace in the 352nd FG and ranked 6th in the entire 8th Air Force. Photos copyright ©352nd FG Association via Sam Sox . Used with permission.
"The Hunters"
Troy White © 1999 Oil on Canvas 28" x 46"
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Lt. Col. Ed Heller in HELL-ER-BUST X and his wingman Captain Dolph Overton in Dolph's Devil Head north to MiG Alley in search of Soviet MiG-15s in early 1953. Dolph had one of the hottest streaks in the USAF when he officially downed five MiGs and damaged a sixth between January 21 and January 24, 1953. It is rumoured that he had several more confirmed kills that were disallowed because gun camera footage showed the enemy fighters to be north of the Chinese border and went against the rules of engagement for that conflict. Dolph was flying on Ed's wing when he went down over China and as a result of this a desk flying officer at 5th AF Headquarters decided to make a scapegoat out of Captain Overton. Dolph was transferred out of the 51st FIW on January 25, 1953 and sent home to the USA. When ground crews got wind of what had happened they threatened to mutiny and as a result no other pilots were punished.
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