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Do you think this guy,as an unmarried teenager in a bomber over Europe, ever thought he would be climbing out of a wheelchair to fly in the same plane some 70 years later?

I would "retweet" this but I do not know how.

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1 posted on 08/21/2010 6:20:42 PM PDT by Copernicus

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My dad flew tailgunner in B-24s out of Spinnazola Italy.

2 posted on 08/21/2010 6:29:33 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown (HARRY: Money Mob & Influence (See my Expose on Reid on amazon.com written by me!))

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It took a lot of guts to fly in WWII. Alot of servicemen did not return.

3 posted on 08/21/2010 6:34:58 PM PDT by DownInFlames

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We lost 60,000 airmen over Europe in WW2.

Small guys were assigned to the ball turret, because it was so cramped in there.

If a fighter shot out the ring gear that held the ball to the plane, you were a goner. There was no room for your chute in the ball.

5 posted on 08/21/2010 7:29:15 PM PDT by exit82 (Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnsLE-Uo3WI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe36UMRkRbk

“Uncle Jack” featuring Gary Sinise

http://www.sleepingdogtv.com/reel/Uncle-Jack.aspx

14 posted on 08/21/2010 9:41:10 PM PDT by smokingfrog (freerepublic.com - Thanks JimRob! The flags are back! - 8/17/2010.)

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