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The WWII Bomber pilot who survived 'unsurvivable' crash AND the Great Escape: RAF hero saw his comrades executed for infamous breakout after being shot down over Nazi Germany
UK Daily Mail ^
| 10/28/2021
| James Gant
Posted on 10/28/2021 5:18:37 PM PDT by Scarlett156
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To: jmacusa
The 80 caught me off-guard, too, because the sentence is written clumsily. I had to reread it...
The 80-year-old is the son, Gerald, who wrote about his father, John.
To: Tired of Taxes
Ah ha. Thanks for the clarification.
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10/28/2021 11:43:44 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(America.Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
To: jmacusa
The 80-year-old is the bomber’s son, who wrote the book. The bomber died in 1973.
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10/29/2021 4:24:03 AM PDT
by
Scarlett156
(#CowboysAndMoslems2021)
To: Secret Agent Man
Ah, you’re trying to fight with me. Very clever! (Did it work?)
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posted on
10/29/2021 4:26:06 AM PDT
by
Scarlett156
(#CowboysAndMoslems2021)
To: Scarlett156
not trying to fight, lol
not really into pyrrhic victories :)
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10/29/2021 11:30:52 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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