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How the hell can a tribute to some very brave men be polluted by a bunch of idiots who have no respect for others or themselves.
cancel2 2022 (02-22-2019), Earl (02-22-2019)
" First they came for the journalists...
We don't know what happened after that . "
Maria Ressa.
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Earl (02-22-2019)
I read about the guy who has been tending the graves yesterday or the day before that, HM, and was moved by the story.
As an ex-airman myself, it is almost impossible for me to see the Missing Man Formation without tearing up...so know that I have tears in my eyes while typing right now. My guess is the memory will be with me for the rest of the day.
My time at RAF Sturgate and RAF East Kirkby back in the 1950's are among the greatest memories I have. I used to eat at an RAF canteen (we called it the NAFFI) in Lincoln often...and the RAF guys there treated us as brothers...and we did the same back to them. The friction that sometimes occurs between different forces NEVER raised it ugly head during my stay in the UK.
Thanks for this reminder of a very special guy, Tony Foulds...a man willing to devote so much time to doing what he has done over the years.
ASIDE: I had an opportunity to be aboard a B17 a few years back...The Yankee Lady. A good buddy of mine is (was) its chief pilot. Hell of a plane.
This is The Yankee Lady in flight:
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" First they came for the journalists...
We don't know what happened after that . "
Maria Ressa.
cancel2 2022 (02-22-2019)
They were bombing a German airfield in Denmark ffs, why do good people die when arseholes like you get to live?
https://www.sofmag.com/mi-amigob-17-crash/The Mi Amigo was a B17 bomber that was transferred to the the 364th Bomb Squadron, part of the 305th Bomb Group based at RAF Chelveston on 30th January 1944. On the 22nd February 1944 it had been on a raid on the German airfield at Ålborg in occupied Denmark and had returned, badly damaged, approx 80 miles off course at Sheffield, where it crash landed. The wreckage was recovered on 25 February and taken to the 2nd Strategic Air Depot at Little Staughton.
Mi Amigo Crew:
First Lieutenant John Glennon Krieghauser, pilot.
Second Lieutenant Lyle J Curtis, co-pilot
Second Lieutenant John W Humphrey, navigator
Second Lieutenant Melchor Hernandez, bombardier
Staff Sergeant Robert E Mayfield, radio operator
Staff Sergeant Harry W Estabrooks, engineer / top turret gunner
Sergeant Charles H Tuttle, ball-turret gunner
Sergeant Maurice O Robbins, tail gunner
Sergeant Vito R Ambrosio, right waist gunner
Muster Sergeant George U Williams, left waist gunner
The Mi Amigo was a B17 bomber that was transferred to the the 364th Bomb Squadron, part of the 305th Bomb Group based at RAF Chelveston on 30th January 1944. On the 22nd February 1944 it had been on a raid on the German airfield at Ålborg in occupied Denmark and had returned, badly damaged, approx 80 miles off course at Sheffield, where it crash landed. The wreckage was recovered on 25 February and taken to the 2nd Strategic Air Depot at Little Staughton. Mi Amigo*Crew: First Lieutenant John Glennon Krieghauser, pilot. Second Lieutenant Lyle J Curtis, co-pilot Second Lieutenant John W Humphrey, navigator Second Lieutenant Melchor Hernandez, bombardier Staff Sergeant Robert E Mayfield, radio operator Staff Sergeant Harry W Estabrooks, engineer / top turret gunner Sergeant Charles H Tuttle, ball-turret gunner Sergeant Maurice O Robbins, tail gunner Sergeant Vito R Ambrosio, right waist gunner Muster Sergeant George U Williams, left waist gunner
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anatta (02-22-2019), Frank Apisa (02-22-2019), RB 60 (02-22-2019), Sailor (02-22-2019)
I hadn't heard of this before. An example of heroism and self sacrifice from a generation where such deeds were far more common than they are nowadays.
The crew would have seen the large stretch of grass in the park as a possible landing place however, when the pilot, Lieutenant John Kriegshauser, saw the children, he instead decided to circle.
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