"Devil Dog One" has landed !
Happy Miles, a former Marine and aviation history buff, is nearly finished refurbishing a rare de Havilland Heron that once belonged to the British royal family. Mr. Miles has taken the promoting of the Young Marines and the Young Marine Program to a whole new "elevation."
Devil Dog One 2012 Event Dates and Locations
Promoting Core Values
Defining the core values to which the Young Marine program promotes and instills within its members, the words "teamwork, leadership and discipline" are detailed on the plane's tail.
Plane Details
Emblazoned above the windows in red lettering are the words “Young Marines.” A bulldog with the words “Devil Dog One,” appears on a side near the front. Devil Dog is a sobriquet battling Marines earned from German soldiers in World War I at the Battle of Belleau Wood in France. In another place are the words “Semper Fidelis,” meaning always faithful, the Marine motto, and an eagle, globe and anchor, the Marine emblem, is at the rear of the plane. There also is the insignia of the Young Marines.
Young Marine Air Wing flying high.
Home based in Albany, Oregon, the de Havilland is about to roll out on a 10-month long tour of the United States.
Starting in early March, 2012, Happy Miles is taking the plane to air shows in Arizona, Florida, Wisconsin and Nevada.
See the bottom of this webpage for dates and locations.
What kind of plane is it?
It’s a de Haviland DH.114 Heron, and this one is the only flying Heron left. And to top that off, it was once the Queen of England’s personal transport.
The Heron was a pretty small plane (17 passenger capacity) to have four engines, but then the Gipsy Queen six cylinder motors made all of 250 hp each. There were 148 Herons built between 1950 and 1959.
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Please check back frequently for updated pictures and air show dates/locations. On behalf of the Division 6 Young Marines, we woujld personally like to send a special thank you to Happy Miles and his family and partners on this project for their commitment to the Young Marine program.