"Jolley Roger" T-shirt

Captain Clifford D. Jolley was a fighter pilot with the Utah Air National Guard, who made military aviation history during the Korean War.

He joined the USAAF in 1941 and began his pilot training in 1942. He flew successively on P-40s and P-38s with the 18th Fighter Squadron, 343rd Group, 11th Air Force, in the Aleutians. He shot down three enemy aircraft during the Second World War.

Returning to the USA after the end of hostilities, he resumed service on P-51 Mustangs with the California Air Guard at San Bernardino in 1947.

He was converted to jets in 1948 at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona, and joined the Utah Air National Guard in 1949.

In 1951, he toured the country with his unit, organizing demonstrations. By the end of the year, he was in the advanced program of the Jet School at the mytic Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas.

In 1952, along with other pilots, he is seconded from his National Guard post to the 335th Fighter and Interceptor Squadron “The Chiefs” at Kimpo Air Force Base.

Jolley flew 4 types of missions in Korea : free MiG hunting, bomber cover flights, photographic reconnaissance cover flights and meteorological research.

On July 2, 1952, he was shot down over Cho-Do by a MiG-15 and managed to eject. He was briefly captured, then rescued by the crew of a 3rd Air Rescue Service H-5.

Flying his F-86E (No. 51-2769), he shot down his first MiG on his 31st birthday, the second on July 4, the third and fourth on August 7, the fifth on August 8 (becoming the 18th ace of the Korean War), and the 6th and 7th later that month. He is credited with at least 13 probables.

He returns home on August 30, exactly 10 years after graduating from flight school. On his return, he became the Operations Officer of the 191st Fighter Squadron of the Utah National Guard.

Jolley then became a test pilot with Northrop Corporation, where he flew many other types of fighter aircraft, including the F-89 Scorpion. He retired to Salt Lake City in 1966 as a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserve.

He died in Salt Lake City on July 13, 1995.

Here we present a Nylon jacket in the colors of Captain Clifford D. Jolley's F-86F Sabre “Jolley Roger”, a pun on both his own name and the famous black pirate flag. The aircraft sported a striking livery, with an indian head on it.