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WWII pilot gets shown footage of his 1944 Spitfire crash that he's never seen until now. [video]
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| 6-12-2013
| William Lorton
Posted on 06/12/2013 6:16:24 AM PDT by servo1969
For aviation fans, get ready for a ton of wonderful archival footage coming your way in William Lorton's Spitfire 944. A true-life story, Lorton has discovered rare 16mm footage of a 1944 spitfire crash and tracks down the pilot, now an 83-year-old World War II veteran to show him the footage. The early parts of this film consists of wartime remembrances and nostalgia for days gone by. The elderly pilot recalls his time spent with his comrades and explains the basic information involved with his aircraft. What he doesn't know is that he is about to see, for the first time in his life, footage of his own crash. When the camera captures the man's honest reaction to what he's viewing, the greater theme at work is suddenly revealed in a flash. The result is an affirming, honest portrait of a man confronted with his past.
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Military/Veterans; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: crash; film; spitfire; wwii
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:16:24 AM PDT
by
servo1969
To: servo1969
I think the pilot is a little older than 83.
To: servo1969
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:23:47 AM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
("The British are Coming (to confiscate weapons)" - Paul Revere (We know how that ended))
To: outpostinmass2
The documentary in question was released in 2006.
So the pilot is now 90, or was 21 in 1944.
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:33:31 AM PDT
by
wideawake
To: servo1969
That was awesome. Thanks for posting.
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:33:38 AM PDT
by
Boris99
To: servo1969
15 minutes. Well worth watching.
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:34:12 AM PDT
by
zeebee
To: servo1969
Bookmark for later...83??? :)
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:35:55 AM PDT
by
moose07
(the truth will out ,one day. This is not the post you are looking for ....move along now....)
To: servo1969
I really enjoyed watching that! Thank you for posting.
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:53:05 AM PDT
by
optiguy
(Winter is coming.)
To: servo1969
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:53:11 AM PDT
by
Moby Grape
(Formerly Impeach the Boy...name change necessary after the Marxist won)
To: servo1969
To: servo1969
That was great! Thanks for posting!
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posted on
06/12/2013 7:04:18 AM PDT
by
rochester_veteran
( http://RochesterConservative.com/forums)
To: servo1969
To: servo1969
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posted on
06/12/2013 7:23:20 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
To: servo1969
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posted on
06/12/2013 7:36:18 AM PDT
by
expat2
To: servo1969; windcliff; stylecouncilor
Fascinating. Thanks so much for posting.
w, s, ping....
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posted on
06/12/2013 8:07:50 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: servo1969
Amazing. Never even heard a Spitfire could fly to Berlin ---- and then spend half an hour over the target.
There's one man who really earned his D.F.C.
" Every pilot should fly a Spitfire once" - chance would be a fine thing.
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posted on
06/12/2013 8:08:13 AM PDT
by
Timocrat
(Ingnorantia non excusat)
To: servo1969
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posted on
06/12/2013 8:08:53 AM PDT
by
painter
( Isaiah: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
To: servo1969
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posted on
06/12/2013 8:09:38 AM PDT
by
Jane Long
(While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
To: servo1969
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posted on
06/12/2013 8:20:30 AM PDT
by
sappy
(criminaldems)
To: servo1969
I loved how he pulled out a piece of the spitfire. Reminds me of the Russian interview of a veteran of Stalingrad talking about hand to hand combat........interviewer said “BS” to his story, and the Russian gets up, goes into closet and pulls out MP40 with Russian E-tool imbedded in it.
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posted on
06/12/2013 8:24:10 AM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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