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2010-06-06 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Greatest Generation Fighter Ace reunited with his P-51 - Kleenex required

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2010-06-06 00:45|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Awesome find, GB.

Posted by gorb 2010-06-06 02:54|| 2010-06-06 02:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Churchill said it best:

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. All our hearts go out to the fighter pilots, whose brilliant actions we see with our own eyes day after day

Posted by crosspatch 2010-06-06 03:09|| 2010-06-06 03:09|| Front Page Top

#3 The P-51 was a sweet ride in several respects. It was still on active duty in some foreign air forces in the 1980s.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-06-06 12:55|| 2010-06-06 12:55|| Front Page Top

#4 I believe it is the Discovery Channel that had a show about restoring WWII tanks. A guy out west restored a Hellcat and found out the WWII Commander of that tank lived in the area so he put on a small celebration for the event of re-uniting the tank and Commander. Really interesting.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2010-06-06 16:25|| 2010-06-06 16:25|| Front Page Top

#5 About a year ago, the local air museum hosted a visit by a P-51 pilot that had managed to track down his aircraft, purchase it, and restore it.

Posted by Pappy 2010-06-06 16:51|| 2010-06-06 16:51|| Front Page Top

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