In Reply to: Twelve O'Clock High - and high it flies indeed! posted by Victor Khomenko on April 11, 2011 at 12:58:02:
I've mentioned here before my Dad was a B-17 pilot in WWII flying over 20 missions out of Italy so that film has a very special place in my heart for the window into a time he knew which it provides me.That's Dad in front second in from the right.
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- One of the few store bought films on my shelf - ArdRi 21:35:18 04/11/11 (7)
- RE: I bow to him and his kind. nt - patrickU 13:15:51 04/14/11 (0)
- My dad was a B-25 flight instructor throughout the war. I'll see if I can scan his pictures and wings--- - tinear 07:31:04 04/12/11 (0)
- Wow... thank you for sharing! - Victor Khomenko 05:53:52 04/12/11 (4)
- Glad to share. He developed permenant hearing loss - ArdRi 11:59:01 04/12/11 (3)
- RE: Glad to share. He developed permenant hearing loss - Victor Khomenko 06:28:24 04/13/11 (1)
- Many were much younger. He got to finish College - ArdRi 10:58:54 04/13/11 (0)
- A buddy paid to go up in a "Confederate Air Force" B-17 years ago . . . - mr grits 17:28:38 04/12/11 (0)