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#4359448 - 05/25/17 05:05 PM WWII Pilot who climb onto wing to put out fire  
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#4359450 - 05/25/17 05:10 PM Re: WWII Pilot who climb onto wing to put out fire [Re: Chef]  
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A lot of those men from WWII were made from different stuff than you or me. An amazing story indeed!


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#4359478 - 05/25/17 09:16 PM Re: WWII Pilot who climb onto wing to put out fire [Re: Chef]  
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I remember reading this tale in the Commando comic book back in the 1960s They had a feature on those whom had won the VC and each week they featured a different recipient. Thought he was brave at the time and now seeing the picture of his aircraft, a true hero.


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#4359511 - 05/26/17 02:33 AM Re: WWII Pilot who climb onto wing to put out fire [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
A lot of those men from WWII were made from different stuff than you or me. An amazing story indeed!


They grew up in a world we can only imagine. My father was one of them. Walked to school rain or shine, worked in fields from sun up to sundown when not in school. Slept on a mattress stuffed with straw. Could see chickens under the house through the cracks in the floor boards. And they weren't considered poor, just a common farming family of the time. Hard times make hard men.


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#4359779 - 05/27/17 02:36 AM Re: WWII Pilot who climb onto wing to put out fire [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Here's a similar story in some ways. It's about how Captain PG Taylor climbed outside the Southern Cross to transfer oil from a dead engine over to the good engine on the other side. And did it many times.

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#4359943 - 05/28/17 02:57 PM Re: WWII Pilot who climb onto wing to put out fire [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Originally Posted by F4UDash4
Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
A lot of those men from WWII were made from different stuff than you or me. An amazing story indeed!


They grew up in a world we can only imagine. My father was one of them. Walked to school rain or shine, worked in fields from sun up to sundown when not in school. Slept on a mattress stuffed with straw. Could see chickens under the house through the cracks in the floor boards. And they weren't considered poor, just a common farming family of the time. Hard times make hard men.


You are so correct F4. I've had a few in my family who I will always miss. I will always sing the praises of that generation.


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