pilotyip
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Had a 93 year old on the B-17 today. WWII Top turret gunner, still very sharp, told tales of his 7 missions in WWII. He flew the 8-17-43 Reagensburg Africa Shuttle mission and was shot down on the 9-6-43 Stuttgart Mission, spend 21 months as a POW. He said he was lucky the average crew was shot down after 6 missions, he got to seven before being shot down. I lucked out and made decent landing, he complemented me and said he had not seen too many like that. I am humbled to be in the presence of the WWII heros.
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