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#4608740 - 09/15/22 05:22 PM In Memoriam of our loved ones.  
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#4608742 - 09/15/22 06:37 PM Re: In Memoriam of our loved ones. [Re: WangoTango]  
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Great idea WT. I lost my 94 year old father in May. He was a veteran, an avid RC airplane builder and flyer, and the man I respected more than anybody in the world. Here are a few pictures of him in his youth. The one is of him at a bar in Germany. He said the beer was really strong. He cut out the parts of the picture because he never wanted my Mom to see the ladies standing next to him. lol. He was that kind of guy.

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#4608743 - 09/15/22 06:54 PM Re: In Memoriam of our loved ones. [Re: WangoTango]  
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What a lovely thread idea and it's really nice to have an insight into members lives. I'll have to do some digging up of memories.

Makes you humanise random internet people you interact with.

#4608744 - 09/15/22 06:56 PM Re: In Memoriam of our loved ones. [Re: LB4LB]  
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Originally Posted by LB4LB
Great idea WT. I lost my 94 year old father in May. He was a veteran, an avid RC airplane builder and flyer, and the man I respected more than anybody in the world. Here are a few pictures of him in his youth. The one is of him at a bar in Germany. He said the beer was really strong. He cut out the parts of the picture because he never wanted my Mom to see the ladies standing next to him. lol. He was that kind of guy.

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He looks like he should of been in Band Of Brothers in that second pic! If you don't mind sharing, more info about him?

#4608745 - 09/15/22 07:05 PM Re: In Memoriam of our loved ones. [Re: WangoTango]  
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My mother at about age 18, she passed in 2014 and would have been 94 today.

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#4608746 - 09/15/22 07:09 PM Re: In Memoriam of our loved ones. [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Originally Posted by F4UDash4
My mother at about age 18, she passed in 2014 and would have been 94 today.


Respect for your mother F4. They are precious.

#4608750 - 09/15/22 07:49 PM Re: In Memoriam of our loved ones. [Re: RossUK]  
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Originally Posted by RossUK
Originally Posted by LB4LB
Great idea WT. I lost my 94 year old father in May. He was a veteran, an avid RC airplane builder and flyer, and the man I respected more than anybody in the world. Here are a few pictures of him in his youth. The one is of him at a bar in Germany. He said the beer was really strong. He cut out the parts of the picture because he never wanted my Mom to see the ladies standing next to him. lol. He was that kind of guy.

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He looks like he should of been in Band Of Brothers in that second pic! If you don't mind sharing, more info about him?


I should have added that the picture was taken in 1950. He did not see combat in WWII. He was a corporal who drove a truck that carried mortar rounds to the guys who might have had to do any real fighting. I guess it had a 50 cal. machine gun on it. He did get his ranking as sharp shooter. He always said the M1 made you look like a better shot than you really were. He said he was part of the two divisions that were being looked at to go to Korea, Luckily, his was not chosen. The friends of his that did go had some pretty bad stories to tell, which they really didn't talk about that much. He had fours brothers that did see combat in WWII. Three in Europe and one in the Pacific. The one brother had shrapnel in him form Tarawa (I think) until he died. He did say that every once and a while there would be small arms incidents at the Czechoslovakia border. Nothing too wild.

He never graduated high school. He was born into a family of 13 siblings. They were poor Italian immigrants. My grandfather worked in a coal mine. Got paid in company credits. The house they rented and the only store in the town was owned by the company. At age 16 he decided that he did not want to work in the coal mines, so he jumped a train to Detroit, to live with one of his brothers. My dad did manual labor his whole life. He could fix a car, wire a house, fix plumbing, put in gas lines, lay cement, run heavy equipment, weld, and build a house. He was a Jack of all trades. He later married my Mom and they had 4 children. He worked his butt of for his kids. Helped put all four of us through college. He was a classic example of what a man should be, IMHO. Sorry if I wrote too much. I miss him terribly.

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#4608753 - 09/15/22 08:21 PM Re: In Memoriam of our loved ones. [Re: WangoTango]  
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Great pictures and stories guys.
In my first photo, I should have noted, Dad was a Helicopter mechanic in the RCAF.
As for Germany and their beer and women. Dad was posted to Germany not long after that picture. We lived there 4 years. My Dad built up a collection of many beer Steins. Some of them were works of art. Say what you will about the Germans, they know how to have a good time. My sister was born there, so she has dual citizenship.

#4608754 - 09/15/22 08:27 PM Re: In Memoriam of our loved ones. [Re: WangoTango]  
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My Dad was there during D Day and participated in the invasion of Normandy. While he managed to survive the Second World War, he died of a heart attack in 1968. This is back when bypass surgery was deemed experimental by VA. He was an amazing sheet metal and aircraft mechanic and spent his years after retirement working on jet aircraft at one of the Air Force’s Maintenance Depots. He is the reason I became an engineer.


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#4608755 - 09/15/22 08:31 PM Re: In Memoriam of our loved ones. [Re: WangoTango]  
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Very fascinating Snow46. It really is a shame that surgeries and procedures that are deemed routine now, were so high risk.
There does seem to be a pattern here. Not a surprising one really. But there is a real military background for many of us.

#4608758 - 09/15/22 08:59 PM Re: In Memoriam of our loved ones. [Re: RossUK]  
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Originally Posted by RossUK
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My mother at about age 18, she passed in 2014 and would have been 94 today.


Respect for your mother F4. They are precious.

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Originally Posted by WangoTango
Originally Posted by RossUK
Originally Posted by F4UDash4
My mother at about age 18, she passed in 2014 and would have been 94 today.


Respect for your mother F4. They are precious.

+1


+1 and +1

#4608909 - 09/17/22 08:09 AM Re: In Memoriam of our loved ones. [Re: WangoTango]  
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Nice subject WT. cheers

Let me tell you all some more about my Mom. She was born on a farm the youngest of 3 sisters. The older sister was the farm hand, the next the domestic and Mom looked after the barnyard. She was 5 ft tall and maybe 110 lbs.

After WW2 Dad like many other Vets bult their own houses. No plywood back then like now, just individual 1x6 boards that all needed nailing. Yes Mom hammered nails. You didn't want to be on the end of the right hand fist if she swung at you while teasing her. Yes, many a sore shoulder/arm. She had 4 sons, the youngst 2 being twins and yes we gave her a hard time, tho was nice hard times. If it was to bad she wouldn't bake for a week, so no cookies. Our friends and Dad didn't like that.

She knitted all he life so winter sweaters weren't bought. In 2010 her g'daughter got very sick but recovered. .Mom knit this bear (~15" tall) for her. The bear was a hit and she has knitted one for each son, grand child and g'grand child. My bear is #150. It didn't stop there. Other people wanted a bear. All told there must be about 240 or slight more bears she has knit. Some have gone to Germany, Scotland, England, Ontario, Alberta, Yukon, BC, Philipines and Australia. Her last bear went to the Olympics in Bejing with her DIL.

She also knitted at least 24 afgans for family members.

She would be blushing if she knew this was on the i-net and seen around the world.

Taken late last year, the bear went to Scotland. She was embarrassed as she didn't have her teeth in.
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There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB.
The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed.
There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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Great insight into your Mother, KK
It sounds like she was a strong, kind and creative person.

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Originally Posted by WangoTango
Great insight into your Mother, KK
It sounds like she was a strong, kind and creative person.


That she was WT. Even a Toronto Maple Leaf fan until the Sens came along. Hated the Habs with a passion. hahaha


There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB.
The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed.
There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
#4608928 - 09/17/22 04:17 PM Re: In Memoriam of our loved ones. [Re: KraziKanuK]  
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Originally Posted by KraziKanuK
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Great insight into your Mother, KK
It sounds like she was a strong, kind and creative person.


That she was WT. Even a Toronto Maple Leaf fan until the Sens came along. Hated the Habs with a passion. hahaha

I respect her even more now.


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