Collings Foundation B-17G
Collings Foundation B-17 Crash
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Wandering Sagebrush
, Oct 02 2019 02:36 PM
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ski3pin
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Posted 04 October 2019 - 02:31 PM
2003 Ford Ranger FX4 Level II 2013 ATC Bobcat SE "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln http://ski3pin.blogspot.com/
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Casa Escarlata Robles Too
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Posted 04 October 2019 - 10:52 PM
Ski thanks for posting that video.
That generation on men and women
were as they say the "greatest".
Frank
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Bigfoot Dave
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Posted 05 October 2019 - 07:08 PM
During WWII my dad was a mechanic on a flock of P-51s that were trainers down in Hammond, LA. They had rear seats for the instructor. Once in a while he got a chance to fly one of those wonderful planes with an instructor. He talked of bending over to wipe the landing gear as they were loading live ammo and the gun over his head fired multiple rounds. He said he was lucky! Just a couple of years ago we received a photo album from one of his relatives that had photos of that part of his life.
That was the finest generation. It would be almost impossible to do what they did. There aren't many around that could work, think, do what they did. With a salute, Bigfoot Dave
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Posted 06 October 2019 - 12:04 AM
During WWII my dad was a mechanic on a flock of P-51s that were trainers down in Hammond, LA. They had rear seats for the instructor. Once in a while he got a chance to fly one of those wonderful planes with an instructor. He talked of bending over to wipe the landing gear as they were loading live ammo and the gun over his head fired multiple rounds. He said he was lucky! Just a couple of years ago we received a photo album from one of his relatives that had photos of that part of his life.
That was the finest generation. It would be almost impossible to do what they did. There aren't many around that could work, think, do what they did. With a salute, Bigfoot Dave
They were the generation that saved the world!
My dad flew TBF Avengers in the South Pacific.
South Carolina Low Country.
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